Get Smart – Words that Bring Life

I wonder, have you ever gotten in trouble for something you said? How many minutes ago was that? Have ever hurt someone by something that you said or been hurt by something someone else said? Have ever been surprised by something hateful that you said? “Like, where did that come from?” Don’t you wish our mouths came with a remote? Maybe a “pause” button or a “rewind” button? Consider this: The first job God gave man was to speak a name for each of the animals of creation. “Now the Lord God had formed out of the ground all the wild animals and all the birds in the sky. He brought them to the man to see what he would name them: and whatever the man called each living creature, that was its name.” (Genesis 2:19-20) Adam’s job was to speak, and whatever he spoke stuck. The words that you speak stick. They hang around. Good words hang around in life-giving ways and produce healthy relationships of appreciation and love. Carelessly spoken words wound and fester, slowly poisoning and painfully ending our relationships. Join us this weekend as we discover what the Book of Proverbs has to say about the tongue and how to use it more wisely. Not only that, we’ll discuss the cure for the tongue, and it’s not what you think.