Speak Life
“She opens her mouth with wisdom, and on her tongue is the law of kindness.”
~Proverbs 31:26
“A soft answer turns away wrath, but a harsh word stirs up anger.”
~Proverbs 15:1
“Let no corrupt word proceed out of your mouth, but what is good for necessary edification, that it may impart grace to the hearers.”
~Ephesians 4:29
“Let your speech always be with grace, seasoned with salt, that you may know how you ought to answer each one.”
~Colossians 4:6
“Let the words of my mouth and the meditation of my heart be acceptable in Your sight, O Lord, my strength and my Redeemer.
~Psalm 19:14
~Proverbs 31:26
“A soft answer turns away wrath, but a harsh word stirs up anger.”
~Proverbs 15:1
“Let no corrupt word proceed out of your mouth, but what is good for necessary edification, that it may impart grace to the hearers.”
~Ephesians 4:29
“Let your speech always be with grace, seasoned with salt, that you may know how you ought to answer each one.”
~Colossians 4:6
“Let the words of my mouth and the meditation of my heart be acceptable in Your sight, O Lord, my strength and my Redeemer.
~Psalm 19:14
Words carry so much power. With our words we can encourage and build others up, or we can tear them down.
As a wife and mother, I know I can use words to encourage my husband and children. It’s so important to always speak life-giving words.
When I have my morning prayer time, I ask the Lord, “Please help me to speak with wisdom and kindness today, and please help me to speak life into the hearts of my family and all I come in contact with.” I often fail in this, but I just keep asking.
After listening to this song, it’s become part of our family’s vocabulary to say to each other, “Are you speaking life?”
I love this song! It served as the basis for a blog post that I wrote recently too. It is a powerful message. What are we speaking to others? Thanks for sharing your thoughts on it.
It is a great song with a great message! Thanks so much for stopping by, Misty!
Once again, Joy, thank you for the graceful words! I have a notecard by my bed with some of these verses and I still struggle daily! Thank God for Grace.
Bless you,
Sarah from VA
Thank you, Sarah, for adding your thoughts. Yes, I'm so thankful for grace! Blessings to you!
Thank you for this reminder! I find that I'm trying to fit a lot into our days and I tend to get short and snappy when I feel stressed. Sometimes it really takes a conscience effort on my part to slow down and speak with kindness, let alone speak kind words.
Angela
I have the same difficulty when I get stressed and there's so much to be done!
Joy –
Thanks for the reminder! Another song I love is Psalm 19 sung by Shane & Shane. I think we'll be discussing this at breakfast tomorrow =)
Blessings,
Joy
http://m.youtube.com/watch?v=OY0FHMME2dU
Thanks so much for the link to that song!! I'd never heard it before! 🙂
Our family used to ask each other if we're speaking life or death and then we heard this awesome song come out. 🙂 Such a great song and a very good reminder. I really needed this reminder again, so thanks for posting about the power of our words! I love, love, love your new blog header! Super cute! Did you design it yourself? Also, I used your recipe for soy candles last week and they turned out great! I did burn myself on the glue gun, though, which wasn't too fun. 🙂 Have a great week! ~Kristin Eason
Hey Kristin! I love that song! Thanks about the blog header–yes, I designed it myself. 🙂 It was time for a change. 🙂 I'm so glad the soy candle recipe worked out for you, but sorry you got burned! I can relate to that, as you know! 🙂