Our words are powerful. They have the power to kill and the power to give life. Throughout the book of Proverbs, Solomon often writes about the dangers and the life-giving abilities of our words. He was very aware of the power of words. As a result, Solomon encourages us all to be aware of the types of words we speak to others and the positive and negative affects they can have.
Debt of Love..
Our Heavenly Father loved us long before we knew Him - He loved us when there was nothing in us that deserved His love - and He gave His Son as a sacrifice for sin so that, through faith, we might experience His deep and wonderful love for all eternity. This is a love I don't think we fully appreciate or even understand. And yet, this love which was demonstrated through the life of Jesus has become the standard for how we are to love others; "As I have loved you, so you must love one another" (John 13:34). When Jesus came to earth He revealed the true love of God. John wrote of the awesome power of Jesus; "Through Him all things were made" (John 1:3). But we also know that the Creator of the Universe "made Himself nothing...being made in human likeness" (Philippians 2:7). Jesus Christ came to earth in human form; He "humbled Himself and became obedient to death - even death on a cross!" (Philippians 2:8). His entire life was an act of divine ...
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