How are you doing, good I hope? And I hope your week is off and running on a good note so far? Have a good and very Blessed Tuesday and rest of the week too.
God Bless You and Yours!
Words are a valuable gift when used kindly and wisely.
“May the words of my mouth . . be pleasing in your sight, O Lord.” Psalm 19:14 NIV.
My thoughts and comments today are that “Words Matter.”
By Pastor Allen Randolph
More than you might realize, words matter. They can matter a lot more than you might think, to the one that speaks them as well as the ones that hear them. Words are easily spoken, readily heard, and sometimes quickly forgotten, but not always. And it seems the words we tend to remember are often the words that would be better if forgotten. The good things a person hears seem too quickly lost amid the daily distractions of life while less wholesome words can lodge in one’s memory indefinitely. Choose wisely the words you speak.
Words matter because words have unimagined power. All that was created, was spoken into existence by the Word of God. The New Testament further explains, “By faith, we understand that the worlds were framed by the Word of God.” Hebrews 11: 3 NKJV. Words are a valuable gift when used kindly and wisely. Your words have the power to heal or hurt; use them to heal. With words, you can encourage or discourage; be encouraging. I remember my Mom saying, “If you don’t have anything good to say, don’t say anything.”
Ponder carefully your words before you speak; consider your own feelings if you heard them said about you instead of spoken by you. The Bible offers wise counsel, “Let your conversation be always full of grace, seasoned with salt, so that you may know how to answer everyone.” Colossians 4:6 NIV. Salt has two important properties: to preserve and enhance. Your words should do the same.
Now let me change my attention to the important matter of self-talk. As always, the Bible provides instruction; “Give ear to my words, O Lord, consider my meditation . . May the words of my mouth and the meditation of my heart be pleasing in your sight, O Lord.” Psalm 5:1 NKJV and Psalm 19:14 NIV. There is an inviolable connection between your public conversation and your private meditation. At a time when popular opinion was unfavorable and threatening, “David encouraged himself in the Lord.” 1 Samuel 30:6 KJV. I recently heard an interesting statement. “Don’t listen to yourself. Talk to yourself.” Let your self-talk be uplifting and inspiring. Never talk to yourself in a lesser way than you would speak to others.
Don’t indulge negative thoughts about yourself or your circumstance. Be as wise in what you tell yourself as you should be careful in what you say to others. The meditation of your heart and mind should be purposeful, healing, and uplifting. “Be filled with the Spirit, speaking to one another in psalms and hymns and spiritual songs, singing and making melody in your heart to the Lord.” Ephesians 5:18-20 NKJV. What you store in your heart is revealed in your words.
Today, I pray for you to be gracious in your words to and about others.
K-Love’s Encouraging Words:
And the Holy Spirit helps us in our weakness. For example, we don't know what God wants us to pray for. But the Holy Spirit prays for us with groaning’s that cannot be expressed in words.
Romans 8:26 (NLT)
~Long Live Real Cowboys~
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