Words have power beyond expression; they define what a person wants to express. Words express insights, ideas and emotions. It can change the course of life when spoken wisely without causing hurt.

Words that can build up or destroy How can we use the power of words in an encouraging and uplifting way? Words can tear down, so why not use your words as an organic compound for growth and nutrition for those who hear them? Words are seeds; they are the food we can use that make people feel good and be sincere in complimenting people and not with insincere flattery. Proverbs 16:24 tells us, "Gracious words are like a honeycomb, sweetness to the soul and health to the body."

We can use words to encourage others when they are going through difficult times; it would enable them to endure.

Encouragement from Words

1Thessalonians 4:18 "Therefore encourage one another with these words."

Avoiding Word That Speak Wars

1 Timothy 6:3-4 tells us we should not be puffed up with conceit and understands nothing. It is good to have an unhealthy craving for controversy and quarrels about words, which produce envy, dissension, slander, and evil suspicions.

Every Idle Word has consequences.

Matthew 12:36 For by your words you will be justified.

Gossiping Words

Proverbs 18:8 "The words of a whisper are like delicious morsels: they go down into the inner parts of the body."

The Word of Life

John 5:24 "If they hear His word and believe them, that person "does not come into judgment, but has passed from death to life."

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