There is power in our words. In one sentence we can encourage and uplift another or discourage and dishearten. How many times over the course of your life have you regretted something you said? I cringe at those moments for I was so immature in spirit and in body. But if we can only study up on and learn what the Lord thinks and tells us of our mouths, we would truly see how we can breathe life or death in a moment's time. I pray for my husband's workplace everyday and it is a good thing for you to...I pray everyday that everyone in his office speak life through their words, not death. That everyone speaks words of encouragement and of hope, not criticism and negativity. How easy it is for us to be an encouragement for someone else today. Thanking someone, wishing someone a blessed day, telling someone they did a great job. I loved my Mom for so many reasons but one thing she always would do is tell a store manager when an associate was kind and did a good job. She would always start out by telling them that reason she would take the time to praise their employee was because she felt managers are only told about things when someone messed up or did somethingwrong, never when they did a good job, so she would take the extra time and seek out the manager...always! She was so awesome at speaking life. I used to call her on my way to work and thank her for being the way she was because she taught me how to be. I used to always try to uplift my employees and praise them when they did something good, instead of just criticize them when they did something wrong. I believe it helped build their self esteem and confidence.. And I always would give and still do, all glory and honor to God. I recently went for my annual doctor's examine and was called with the news that my test came back negative and I exclaimed, "Praise God for the good news". There was dead silence on the other side of the phone but you know what? She may have been encouraged by that. The Lord tells us to be the light in the dark world. To be the salt where there is sin. And we can do it not only with our hearts and actions but also through our words. So breathe life. Meditate on Proverbs 18:21 and ask the Lord to guard your tongue from sin and death. Be someone's blessing today. Make someone's day today. You will please God to no end. Have a wonderful day in Him. And remember Jesus loves you!
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