Our words are so powerful. Sometimes I don’t think we realize just how powerful the words coming out of our mouths are.
Did you know that on average we speak anywhere between 10,000 and 25,000 words per day?
That’s a lot of words! That’s also why God talked so much about the words coming out of our mouths as much as He did. Because he knew that we would need help controlling that little moving object under our noses.
James 3:5 tells us, “And so the tongue is a small part of the body yet it carries great power. Just think how a small flame can set a forest ablaze.” And the beginning of verse 6 says, “and the tongue is a fire!”
Then verses 9 and 10 go on to say, “We use our tongue to praise God our Father and then turn around and curse a person who was made in his very image! Out of the same mouth we pour out words of praise one minute and curses the next.”
Ouch! Anyone else with me?
I mean, think about it, have you ever said something that as soon as it left your mouth, you knew you shouldn’t have said it?
Or have you ever said something to someone when you were mad that you didn’t really mean, but you were just taking it out on them because they were convenient? Yeah, I’ve done that, too.
The crazy thing about our words is that, as James 3:5 says, they carry with them so much power. We can use our words to build someone up or we can use our words to tear someone down.
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