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Post by wwworks on Aug 22, 2016 22:18:21 GMT
In Genesis, it says that in the beginning, God saw that the world was dark and formless. It was a great void, and He spoke to it and the worlds came into existence. He said, "Let there be light!" And light came forth at 186,000 miles per second. When God commands a thing, it happens fast!
Take a minute and think about how the very DNA of this world is made up by God's spoken word. The very essence and core of creation is God's Word. He established a pattern for us to follow when He spoke life that day. We are created in His image, and our words carry great power, too.
The Bible tells us that life and death are in the tongue. Words are containers of power. Thoughts are simply a bunch of words in our heads. Thoughts are constantly bombarding our lives, and so we have to take a serious stand on what we allow to dominate our lives. We have to take captive every thought and be careful not to put the power of words behind thoughts that are destructive or self-defeating.
Instead of speaking about the voids in your life, speak to the voids in your life! Where things are missing, empty, broken or heavy, speak the life of God into your situations. Speak light to the dark places. Speak life to the dead places. Speak hope and life and watch it come forth at the speed of light! Your words are powerful, and you have creative power with your words!
"The tongue has the power of life and death, and those who love it will eat its fruit." (Proverbs 18:21, NIV)
Written By~ Victoria Osteen
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Post by christinall on Aug 24, 2016 23:13:51 GMT
Yes there is power in the spoken word!
Speaking good things over our lives and God hear us
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Post by wwworks on Aug 25, 2016 11:32:02 GMT
Thy word is a lamp unto my feet
And a light unto my path
Praise the Lord for His mighty Word!
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Post by hollygail on Aug 25, 2016 17:12:49 GMT
I rarely read threads begun by wwworks, since most of the ones I have read are Christian in nature. However, I obviously stopped in this morning. I read a piece about an hour ago written by Rabbi Lord Jonathan Sacks (here's the URL in case you're interested: www.aish.com/tp/i/sacks/390842241.html?s=mm) that also talks about words, more specifically about listening. Here's the ending of the article: "... There is something profoundly spiritual about listening. It is the most effective form of conflict resolution I know. Many things can create conflict, but what sustains it is the feeling on the part of at least one of the parties that they have not been heard. They have not been listened to. We have not "heard their pain." There has been a failure of empathy. That is why the use of force — or for that matter, boycotts — to resolve conflict is so profoundly self-defeating. It may suppress it for a while, but it will return, often more intense than before. Job, who has suffered unjustly, is unmoved by the arguments of his comforters. It is not that he insists on being right: what he wants is to be heard. Not by accident does justice presuppose the rule of audi alteram partem, "Hear the other side." Listening lies at the very heart of relationship. It means that we are open to the other, that we respect him or her, that his/her perceptions and feelings matter to us. We give them permission to be honest, even if this means making ourselves vulnerable in so doing. A good parent listens to his/her child. A good employer listens to his or her workers. A good company listens to its customers or clients. A good leader listens to those he or she leads. Listening does not mean agreeing but it does mean caring. Listening is the climate in which love and respect grow. In Judaism we believe that our relationship with God is an ongoing tutorial in our relationships with other people. How can we expect God to listen to us if we fail to listen to our spouse, our children, or those affected by our work? And how can we expect to encounter God if we have not learned to listen. On Mount Horeb (Sinai), God taught Elijah that God was not in the whirlwind, the earthquake or the fire but in the kol demamah dakah, the "still, small voice"[7] that I define as a voice you can hear only if you are listening. Crowds are moved by great speakers, but lives are changed by great listeners. Whether between us and God or us and other people, listening is the prelude to love." |
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Post by wwworks on Aug 26, 2016 14:07:21 GMT
Numbers 6:24-26
Complete Jewish Bible (CJB)
24 ‘Y’varekh’kha Adonai v’yishmerekha.
[May Adonai bless you and keep you.]
25 Ya’er Adonai panav eleikha vichunekka.
[May Adonai make his face shine on you and show you his favor.]
26 Yissa Adonai panav eleikha v’yasem l’kha shalom.
[May Adonai lift up his face toward you and give you peace.]’
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