Dec 2 2025 … Words Have Power …

Dec 2 2025 …  Words Have Power  … 

Devotional Song: ... GO TO THIS LINK ...      and PLEASE take the time to listen to music and lyrics, from Charity Gayle singing I Speak Jesus …  calling on fellow Christians to speak the words of Christ which heal and help others. 

Words have the power to kill ... 

 

Highlight Passage: … Proverbs 15:28 … [NLT] … 

28 The heart of the godly thinks carefully before speaking; the mouth of the wicked overflows with evil words. 

… Solomon contrasts the effect that our words have to help or hurt others.

Highlight Passage in Context:  Proverbs 15:1-4, 23-28 [NLT] … USE THIS LINK … 

… Solomon writes of the power our word have to heal or hurt others.

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Reference Passage: … Proverbs 16:24 [NLT] … USE THIS LINK … 

… Solomon compares kind words to the sweetness of honey.

Reference Passage: … Proverbs 18:21 [NLT] … USE THIS LINK … 

… Solomon shows the results of using words that hurt or heal when directed to others.

Reference Passage: … Matthew 12:36 [NLT] … USE THIS LINK … 

… Jesus declares to the religious leaders following him that they - and all mankind will be held to account, in God’s judgement, for EVERY word we’ve every spoken.

Reference Passage:… Ephesians 4:29 [NLT] … USE THIS LINK …

… The Apostle Paul exhorts fellow Christians to consider the words they (we) use and the effect that those words have on others. 

Reference Passage: … Hebrews 4:12 [NLT] … USE THIS LINK …

… God, thru the Author of Hebrews, declares the power of HIS word in the lives of those who follow it faithfully.

Reference Passage: … James 1:26 [NLT] … USE THIS LINK … 

…Jesus’ brother James condemns those who cannot control their tongues, …  as having a worthless religion.

My Devotional Journal: Today’s Our Daily Bread Author, Tim Gustafson …  USE THS LNK  -   …  wrote about a young journalist in the 1980s who encountered some graffiti on the wall of a restroom in the Florida Keys; … words which were hateful against Cuban immigrants.   However, one sentence stood out, … from a Cuban ,,, who wrote of thanking some Americans who had welcomed him to his new land.   And the young journalist wrote, ”The very worst things about America were on that men’s-room wall, and the very best.”

And I’m sure any of us reading … and thinking here … get the point, … which is depicted in the attached photo and emphasized from God’s word which is shared above.  And that is … what we say to others or write down for others to read, has the power to create hate or healing.  Solomon wrote about it (see the Proverbs above);  and God’s authors proclaimed it (see New Testament scriptures above); … that what we say can help or hurt our interaction with others.  

And I’m praying that I’m writing something here today to convey God’s love and grace to someone who might be reading my words today.   How about you?   What will you say today to lift someone up or possibly tear them down?  I’m praying for the former!  

My Thanksgiving: … Oh, King Jesus, thank You …Lord, … for Your words which lead me to Your glory.

My Prayer Today: Oh Abba Father, ... King Jesus, … for showing us the power of our words to help or to hurt others.  … Amen

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