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\"\"<\/strong><\/h6>\n
When words are spoken you can\u2019t see them\u2026<\/h6>\n
You can hear them<\/h6>\n
You can understand them<\/h6>\n
You can think them<\/h6>\n
You can write them<\/h6>\n
But you can\u2019t see them when they are spoken\u2026<\/h6>\n
In other words, letters don\u2019t come flowing out of the mouth when we say them\u2026<\/h6>\n
We\u2019ve been taught letters; letters make words\u2026words have meaning\u2026and we understand the words when spoken in our language but, we cannot see the words\u2026<\/h6>\n
God spoke words and they materialized into substance\u2026<\/h6>\n
God said, \u201cLet there be light.\u201d And light appeared instantly\u2026 (Genesis 1:3)<\/strong><\/h6>\n
The words of God could be seen\u2026<\/h6>\n
Moon\u2026 Sun\u2026<\/h6>\n
Sky\u2026clouds\u2026<\/h6>\n
Wind\u2026 Stars\u2026<\/h6>\n
Water\u2026 Land\u2026<\/h6>\n
Trees\u2026birds\u2026grass\u2026mountains\u2026plains\u2026vegetation\u2026sea-creatures\u2026animals\u2026<\/h6>\n
He didn\u2019t speak man into being though. Oh no, this was going to be something special\u2026this was going to be created in the image of God\u2026So he took some dirt out of the earth he had made and formed a body\u2026THEN\u2026He blew His holy breath into the man and the man became a Living Soul<\/em>\u2026He said, Let us make man in the our image!<\/h6>\n
Who are the \u201cUs?\u201d Well there was God, The Word (Jesus) and The Holy Spirit! They made man in their own image\u2026I know, it blows the mind\u2026but back to words\u2026<\/h6>\n
And when God had done all this he spoke the words\u2026It, Is, Good!<\/h6>\n
All that God does is good! He is Good!<\/h6>\n
Words can heal and words can kill\u2026<\/h6>\n
Words can give life and words can bring death\u2026<\/h6>\n
Words are powerful\u2026<\/h6>\n
God is the Word and the Word is God\u2026God created words\u2026<\/h6>\n
He taught Adam how to speak His language it is life giving\u2026he didn\u2019t want to destroy His creation\u2026He joyed in Adam and the animals and the beautiful place he had made for man to enjoy and have relationship with\u2026<\/h6>\n
It was never His plan to bring death\u2026God is Life\u2026but He also didn\u2019t want to force us or make robots\u2026He gave us a free will of our own\u2026to choose\u2026.Hoping we would choose the truth\u2026<\/h6>\n
How did the serpent tempt Eve in the garden? He whispered lies\u2026he used words\u2026deceitful words\u2026Surely God didn\u2019t say<\/em>\u2026<\/h6>\n
He used words to cause her to doubt what God had said\u2026Words!!!<\/h6>\n
She chose to believe and act on the words of the serpent over, obedience to God\u2026<\/h6>\n
Words are how we communicate with each other\u2026<\/h6>\n
Words are powerful\u2026<\/h6>\n
And how we use our words will determine if our lives are used for good or for evil\u2026to encourage or to deceive\u2026<\/h6>\n
Be slow to speak and quick to hear\u2026<\/h6>\n
Let every word that proceeds out of your mouth be for edifying, uplifting, helpful so that others will be built up for good and not for evil\u2026<\/h6>\n
God said, \u201cLet there be\u2026\u201d and it was so.<\/h6>\n
How many times do we use our words to slander, judge, gossip, lie, murder, bear false witness? How many times do we use our words to produce anger and hate\u2026blaspheme\u2026how many times do we use our words to manipulate and scheme to get what it is we want yet it destroys someone else\u2019s life, reputation, truth, degrades and humiliates?<\/h6>\n
Words are like a two-edged sword, they will cut to the bone and marrow of a body and soul when spoken out of abuse and anger\u2026Words in the mouth of someone who hates can murder faster than an AK-15. You don\u2019t usually see the results of the damage words cause until it\u2019s too late.<\/h6>\n
Words can kill\u2026or words can heal\u2026<\/h6>\n
No, you can\u2019t see words, but you can see the results of words\u2026<\/h6>\n
Adam and Eve didn\u2019t fall-down-dead when they sinned; but they died instantly non-the-less\u2026<\/h6>\n
It is so important to be aware of how we use our words\u2026<\/h6>\n
God said, \u201cit is very\u00a0good!\u201d (Gen. 1:31)<\/h6>\n
Let your words be God-words!! Kind, loving, helpful, respectful, encouraging, uplifting\u2026life giving\u2026let them be, Good!<\/h6>\n
~Marla Shaw O\u2019Neill August 2, 2018<\/h6>\n
Proverbs 25:11-13<\/em> The Passion Translation (TPT) <\/em><\/strong>Winsome words spoken at just the right time[a<\/a>]<\/sup><\/em> are as appealing as apples gilded in gold<\/em> and surrounded with silver.<\/em> To humbly receive wise correction<\/em> adorns your life with beauty<\/em> and makes you a better person.<\/em> A reliable, trustworthy messenger<\/em> refreshes the heart of his master,<\/em> like a gentle breeze blowing at harvest time\u2014<\/em> cooling the sweat from his brow.<\/em><\/h6>\n
Footnotes: <\/em><\/strong>Proverbs 25:11<\/em><\/strong><\/a> (a) <\/em><\/strong>The Aramaic reads \u201cThe one who speaks the word is an apple of gold in a setting of silver.\u201d The Septuagint is \u201cA wise word is like a golden apple in a pendant of rubies.\u201d<\/em><\/h6>\n
James 1:19-22 New International Version (NIV) <\/strong>Listening and Doing<\/strong><\/h6>\n
My dear brothers and sisters, take note of this: Everyone should be quick to listen, slow to speak and slow to become angry, because human anger does not produce the righteousness that God desires. Therefore, get rid of all moral filth and the evil that is so prevalent and humbly accept the word planted in you, which can save you.<\/h6>\n
Do not merely listen to the word, and so deceive yourselves. Do what it says.<\/h6>\n
Ephesians 4:29 New International Version (NIV) <\/strong>Do not let any unwholesome talk come out of your mouths, but only what is helpful for building others up according to their needs, that it may benefit those who listen.<\/h6>\n
Proverbs 18:21 The Message (MSG) <\/strong>Words kill, words give life; they\u2019re either poison or fruit\u2014you choose.<\/h6>\n
Proverbs 25:11-13<\/em> The Message (MSG) <\/em><\/strong>The right word at the right time is like a custom-made piece of jewelry, and a wise friend\u2019s timely reprimand is like a gold ring slipped on your finger. Reliable friends who do what they say<\/em> are like cool drinks in sweltering heat\u2014refreshing!<\/em><\/h6>\n
Proverbs 15<\/em> New International Version (NIV) <\/em><\/strong>A gentle answer turns away wrath, but a harsh word stirs up anger. The tongue of the wise adorns knowledge,<\/em> but the mouth of the fool gushes folly. The eyes of the <\/em>Lord<\/em> are everywhere, keeping watch on the wicked and the good. The soothing tongue is a tree of life,<\/em> but a perverse tongue crushes the spirit.<\/em><\/h6>\n
Genesis 1:10-31<\/em> New International Version (NIV) <\/em><\/strong>God called the dry ground \u201cland,\u201d and the gathered waters he called \u201cseas.\u201d And God saw that it was good.<\/em><\/h6>\n
Then God said, \u201cLet the land produce vegetation: seed-bearing plants and trees on the land that bear fruit with seed in it, according to their various kinds.\u201d And it was so.<\/em> The land produced vegetation: plants bearing seed according to their kinds and trees bearing fruit with seed in it according to their kinds. And God saw that it was good. And there was evening, and there was morning\u2014the third day.<\/em><\/h6>\n
And God said, \u201cLet there be lights in the vault of the sky to separate the day from the night, and let them serve as signs to mark sacred times, and days and years,<\/em> and let them be lights in the vault of the sky to give light on the earth.\u201d And it was so. God made two great lights\u2014the greater light to govern the day and the lesser light to govern the night. He also made the stars. God set them in the vault of the sky to give light on the earth, to govern the day and the night, and to separate light from darkness. And God saw that it was good. And there was evening, and there was morning\u2014the fourth day.<\/em><\/h6>\n
And God said, \u201cLet the water teem with living creatures, and let birds fly above the earth across the vault of the sky.\u201d<\/em> So God created the great creatures of the sea and every living thing with which the water teems and that moves about in it, according to their kinds, and every winged bird according to its kind. And God saw that it was good. God blessed them and said, \u201cBe fruitful and increase in number and fill the water in the seas, and let the birds increase on the earth.\u201d And there was evening, and there was morning\u2014the fifth day.<\/em><\/h6>\n
And God said, \u201cLet the land produce living creatures according to their kinds: the livestock, the creatures that move along the ground, and the wild animals, each according to its kind.\u201d And it was so.<\/em> God made the wild animals according to their kinds, the livestock according to their kinds, and all the creatures that move along the ground according to their kinds. And God saw that it was good.<\/em><\/h6>\n
Then God said, \u201cLet us make mankind in our image, in our likeness, so that they may rule over the fish in the sea and the birds in the sky, over the livestock and all the wild animals, and over all the creatures that move along the ground.\u201d<\/em><\/h6>\n
So God created mankind in his own image,<\/em> in the image of God he created them; male and female he created them.<\/em><\/h6>\n
God blessed them and said to them, \u201cBe fruitful and increase in number; fill the earth and subdue it. Rule over the fish in the sea and the birds in the sky and over every living creature that moves on the ground.\u201d<\/em><\/h6>\n
Then God said, \u201cI give you every seed-bearing plant on the face of the whole earth and every tree that has fruit with seed in it. They will be yours for food.<\/em> And to all the beasts of the earth and all the birds in the sky and all the creatures that move along the ground\u2014everything that has the breath of life in it\u2014I give every green plant for food.\u201d And it was so.<\/em><\/h6>\n
God saw all that he had made, and it was very good<\/strong>. And there was evening, and there was morning\u2014the sixth day.<\/em><\/h6>\n
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