Thursday, October 5, 2017

 

 

Devotional for Thursday, October 5, 2017
“One Word”
 

tongue life and death

 

by Dona Hake

 

Have you ever had the greatest of days, all was going well, and one person said a negative thing to you, and all you did was focus on that one negative comment or word?  OR… Have you ever been discouraged in your heart, feeling like giving up, and someone spoke the most encouraging word to you , and you felt like your world was turned right side up again?   That one word made you feel like once again you could pull up the boot straps, stand strong, and go forward!   I am sure everyone of you that just read these two questions can totally identify with where I am going today.

 

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?

 

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, study before you speak.  Give out  GOOD and ENCOURAGING words today!   Think about how your words are able to minister grace to the hearer,  and possibly change the way they are thinking about themselves.  Kind thoughts and kind words cost not one penny for you to give 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.”