Proverbs 18:21
Death and life are in the power of the tongue: and they that love it shall eat the fruit thereof.
What of Today’s Verse…
Words have the power to motivate or destroy, energize or deflate, inspire, or create despair. Many a successful executive can remember the time their father failed to give affirmation to them as a child. The result was either over achievement to prove their worth, or under achievement to prove he was right.
Many a wife has lost her ability to love because of a critical husband. Many a husband has left a marriage because of words of disrespect and ungratefulness. Stories abound to the power of words. There are just as many stories of those who have encouraged, challenged and comforted with words that made a difference in their life.
Jesus knew the power of words. He used parables to convey his principles of the Kingdom of God. He used words of forgiveness and mercy. He used words to challenge. He used words to inspire His disciples to miraculous faith.
Do your words give life? Do they inspire and challenge others to greatness? Who does God want you to encourage through your words today? Affirm someone close to you today.
Words of Wisdom
One Step At A Time
Do you have some daunting task or large project facing you? Are you having trouble getting motivated to do it?
The best approach is to break it into small, manageable parts. Work on each part, one at a time until that part is finished. Then go on to the next part. This approach has many benefits.
First, it gives you a way to work on your project when you don’t have a lot of time available. For example, if you have only 15 minutes until you need to leave for an appointment across town, you would probably not even consider doing any work on your large project – that’s just not enough time to get anything done. But it is enough time to do a little work on just one small section. You’ll be surprised at how 15 minutes here and 20 minutes there will add up.
Also, you get more of a sense of accomplishment along the way, as you finish each part. Not only that, but this approach makes it easier for you to delegate work to others if you need to.
Take one step at a time, confidently and consistently, and you’ll get where you want to go.
That which we persist in doing becomes easier for us to do; not that the
nature of thing itself is changed, but that our power to do is increased.
Ralph Waldo Emerson
