WORDS HAVE POWER

chingpherd (61)in #words • 7 years ago

Proverbs 15:1

"A gentle answer turns away wrath, but a harsh word stirs up anger."

Words are incredibly powerful. Words inspire people, lift people up, encourage people, give new ideas, cast vision. Words also put people down, injure people, hurt people and stop people in their tracks.

People in the Bible understood the power of words. Moses couldn't enter the Promised Land because he hit the rock instead of speaking to it. God was showing Moses that the new reality, the new power, wasn't in violence; it was in words. And Jacob did everything he possibly could just to get his father Isaac to say a word of blessing over him because he knew that those words had incredible power to bless his life.

Many of us carry personal memories of insults that parents or mentors said to us that still pain us today. Some of us also carry with us life-encouraging blessings, maybe spoken years ago by someone older who loved us and saw something in us.

Words CREATE, Words DESTROY. WORDS ARE POWERFUL.

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7 years ago in #words by chingpherd (61)

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nayrpay (49) 7 years ago (edited)

Communication is a powerful tool to.be connected with anybody... It changes people's reactions,too..
Whatever you want to say does matter. We just have to observe on HOW WE SAY IT, meaning, THE WORDS WE USE IN SAYING THAT AND MOST ESP THE FEELING TONE. Saying not so good may not impact so much negativity if we say it in a tone and words not so offending.
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