Words are powerful. All day yesterday this was on my mind and heart. Our pastor’s sermon did a tremendously good job kicking this off yesterday using James 3:1-13 as the foundation for the message. I went to see my prayer warrior once I’d gotten home from church so I could have her speak to me about the importance of words and how they are used.

As I visited with Lois, my prayer warrior, I told her I personally knew the power of negative words for my dad’s words clung to me for most of my life. She kindly reminded me that I still had moments when this was true bringing me out of my denial that I had any bondage from those childhood years. She then added that words are not only powerful, but they are prophetic. They can and do guide people to take steps they wouldn’t have taken otherwise. These steps can be steps to freedom or steps into bondage. It is critical to be awake to this.

The message behind the message is still very much on my mind. What I have awakened to is that words taken as knowledge, just to know something, don’t do anything to motivate action. However, words that ignite our emotions then have power, for the words generate desire/adrenaline. It’s so critical for us to monitor what we say for all of these reasons. I feel as though this is only the beginning of some learning God wants me to be much more awakened to. I’m going to stay alert to this.