Kindness is NOT an option

        We can use the power of our words to BLESS others. We need to recognize that the words we speak are windows into our souls. We must make sure we speak the right words. The words of a man’s mouth are as deep waters, and the wellspring of wisdom as a flowing brook (Pro18:4). Deep waters won’t run dry. So, encouraging words should ever be present in our mouth. When we remember that God so loves people, it is easy to always speak encouraging words.

        There’s an old saying that goes like this “Sticks and stones may break my bones, but words will never hurt me”. But this saying is totally WRONG. 

Words are actually more powerful than sticks and stones and can hurt longer. We need to watch the words we say.

We can hurt people with our words. But we can also bless people with words. “Death and life are in the power of the tongue” (Prov. 18:21).

Let’s COMMIT to make the following verses OURS.

Pr 10:11a The mouth of the righteous is a well of life.

Eph 4:29 Let no corrupt word proceed out of your mouth, but what is good for necessary edification, that it may impart grace to the hearers.

Pr 15:1a A soft answer turns away wrath.

Pr 15:4a A wholesome tongue is a tree of life.

Pr 16:1 The preparations of the heart belong to man, but the answer of the tongue is from the Lord.

Pr 16:24 Pleasant words are like a honeycomb, sweetness to the soul and health to the bones.

Pr 14:3b The lips of the wise will preserve them.

Pr 31:26b On her tongue is the law of kindness.

2Chr 10:7 And they spoke to him, saying, “If you are kind to these people, and please them, and speak good words to them, they will be your servants forever.”

Ps 19:14 Let the words of my mouth and the meditation of my heart be acceptable in Your sight, O Lord, my strength and my Redeemer.

Ps 35:28 And my tongue shall speak of Your righteousness and of Your praise all the day long.