One word has the power the lift up or bring down. Isn’t it amazing to think that one word is able to carry so much influence on those around us? Today I want to encourage your heart to let your words always be with grace and seasoned with the salt of the Living God!
Proverbs 12:25 (AMP)
“Anxiety in a man’s heart weighs it down, but an encouraging word makes it glad.”
The Voice translation of Proverbs 12:25…
“The weight of worry drags us down,
but a good word lightens our day.”
Today as you encounter people, pause before you speak. Think about how your words can lift them up and possibly change the way they are thinking about themselves. Kind thoughts and kind words cost not one penny yet the hearer may be receiving a wealth of encouragement that their money could never buy.
Proverbs 18:21 (Good News Translation)
“What you say can preserve life or destroy it.”
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