Have you ever thought much about the effects our words have? The book of Proverbs has a lot of verses on our words. In Proverbs 18:21 it says: "death and life are in the power of the tongue"; ouch!

Our words can edify, encourage and build up or hurt and tear down. Furthermore, in Matthew 12:34, we are told that when we speak, we speak what’s in our heart. In other words, what’s in us will come out over time. Words once spoken can never be taken back, even if we plead that we did not mean it, or were just joking.

This is not to say that our words should always be warm and fuzzy; Jesus confronted when he needed to but it was always in love and to bring revelation and life. "A word fitly spoken is like apples of gold in settings of silver" (Prov 25:11).

Let us walk in love and choose our words carefully.

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