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Words: They Matter


"Therefore, shall ye lay up these words in your heart and in your soul, and bind them for a sign upon your hand, that they may be as frontlets between your eyes. And ye shall teach them your children, speaking of them when thou sittest in thine house, and when thou walkest by the way, when thou liest down, and when thou risest up. And thou shalt write them upon the door posts of thine house, and upon thy gates: That your days may be multiplied, and the days of your children, in the land which the LORD sware unto your fathers to give them, as the days of heaven upon earth." - Deuteronomy 11:19-21

 Dear Friends, 

 "Keep thy heart with all diligence; for out of it are the issues of life." - Proverbs 4:23  

Words in our heart. May they be good words. Words of wisdom. Words of encouragement.  Hopeful words. Loving words. Kind words.  Let these words abide in our hearts.  Yes. Words matter.  "Death and life are in the power of the tongue..." (Proverbs 18:21cf)

 When the Word of God permeates our heart, our conversation will be filled with power.  This power in the Person of the Holy Spirit will teach us how to speak and when.  The Spirit also guides us when to be silent.  

 Good words.  Out of our mouths. Posted with magnets on the fridge.  Inspirational calendars on the wall.  Reciting scriptures.  Talking about the goodness of the Lord over coffee.  Sharing a "good word" via text.  Words.  They matter.

 Jesus instructs: It is the spirit that quickeneth; the flesh profiteth nothing: the words that I speak unto you, they are spirit, and they are life." (John 11:63)

 Words. They matter.

 God bless, 
in Christ,
Sis. Stephanie



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