Words have power

Positive and negative words have a great impact on people when we speak over them or when we pray for each other. I believe this is an extension of God's power because we are created in His image.

Be careful what you speak because you cannot take it back once it’s spoken out. The living Bible describes Jesus as the “Word of God” in John 1, and we find God speaking the creation into being in Genesis. Words, positive words, have a great creative impact on the world. Jesus said, “The words that I have spoken to you are spirit and life.” (John 6:63) Jesus, we are told, was the “Word that became flesh”. Jesus taught us, “What comes out of the mouth proceeds from the heart, and this defiles a person.”

Life and Death are in the power of the tongue. (Proverbs 18:21) Your words have power. You can build up and you can destroy from the words you speak. It is said that one word can last a life time. Every time we speak we are prophesying our future. Proverbs 13:3 says “Whoever guards his mouth preserves his life; he who opens wide his lips comes to ruin.” Your life will reflect the words that you say. Speak positive, uplifting words on yourself and others for it will surely manifest that way.

With all the negative things happening in the world, the people you deal with everyday need your encouragement. You may be the only person in their life that says anything kind and uplifting to them. What an impact you can have! Many lives have been saved by the use of uplifting words.

Words are seeds whatever is in a seed must produce after its own kind. For example, an orange seed will produce orange. This principle is especially true where words are concerned. Words are a powerful force. Yet that force can be positive or negative. A situation can become worse when you speak negatively about it likewise when you speak positive words, your circumstances will change for the better. This is so because words are like the rudder of a ship. Once spoken, words begin to steer your life in a specific direction.

By Hilda Oti