Words are powerful! These three words pack such truth. Now that I am much more awake to the truth of this, I can’t help but see this in every session of counseling I encounter each day.

As a child growing up, I truly hated hearing the ugly things my dad would say about others and about me. I would think that I would never talk like that about anyone, and I don’t. What I do however, is talk like Earnie. When I was meeting with my prayer warrior a few years ago I used an ugly phrase to describe the wife of a man I was working with. She was falsely accusing him and he was desperately trying to make his marriage work. As I stated the ugly phrase I used to describe her, my prayer warrior said with emphasis to immediately asked for forgiveness. She said that words can be prophetic and I should never speak this way of anyone. I knew she was right and I did seek forgiveness.

The power of communication (words) is in every aspect of our lives: family, work, friendships, casual encounters and anywhere else where we are. It is especially critical between God and us. We never hear God belittling us and He sure doesn’t want us to do that with anyone else. Instead, a genuine complement, a reassuring word, a note of encouragement, and more, are like a refreshing stream in a parched desert. Lets try this route!