word.

I was encouraged this morning by the “words” in John 1,

^“1 In the beginning the Word already existed.
      The Word was with God,
      and the Word was God.
 ² He existed in the beginning with God.
 ³ God created everything through him,
      and nothing was created except through him.
 ⁴ The Word gave life to everything that was created,
      and his life brought light to everyone.
 ⁵ The light shines in the darkness,
      and the darkness can never extinguish it.“

Again, I’ve dropped the ball on consistently blogging, but its alright I’ll get there. I’ve been listening to several sermon podcasts lately of various topics from the likes of Mark Driscoll, John Piper, and  Brian Houston. The messages are solid. There has been a consistent message within each podcast and that is the power of spoken word. 

James 3 says this about taming the tongue,

 ”¹ Dear brothers and sisters, not many of you should become teachers in the church, for we who teach will be judged more strictly. ² Indeed, we all make many mistakes. For if we could control our tongues, we would be perfect and could also control ourselves in every other way. ³ We can make a large horse go wherever we want by means of a small bit in its mouth. ⁴And a small rudder makes a huge ship turn wherever the pilot chooses to go, even though the winds are strong. ⁵ In the same way, the tongue is a small thing that makes grand speeches.

   But a tiny spark can set a great forest on fire. ⁶ And the tongue is a flame of fire. It is a whole world of wickedness, corrupting your entire body. It can set your whole life on fire, for it is set on fire by hell itself.

 ⁷ People can tame all kinds of animals, birds, reptiles, and fish, ⁸ but no one can tame the tongue. It is restless and evil, full of deadly poison. ⁹ Sometimes it praises our Lord and Father, and sometimes it curses those who have been made in the image of God. ¹⁰ And so blessing and cursing come pouring out of the same mouth. Surely, my brothers and sisters, this is not right!”

I’m learning so much right about this. Spoken word can carry so much power, yet it can also self destruct our own being. Jesus healed a lame man in the book of John (5:1-16) by a few simple words, “Would you like to get well? ‘Stand up, pick up your mat, and walk! (5:6,8)” 

When I was Africa last year, I was able to pray for hundreds and saw several of them healed of deaf ears, blind eyes, and immobile bodies. Cancerous growths and tumors were dissolved by commanding them to leave in Jesus name. If you don’t believe me, check this video out and see the testimonies of those healed. I’ve definitely experienced the extremes of taming the tongue lately. I’m humbly being transformed and pruned (John 15:1-17) as I stay connected. John says it best, “The Word gave life to everything that was created, and his life brought light to everyone (1:4)”

I can either bring life with my words or I can bring death. I choose life. I pray that each day I would continually be transformed and renewed by the Word and that it would cultivate the desire to encourage and bless and not tear down. So yeah, I pray also that this would encourage those that read this blog..

Something that made me smile today,

“From His abundance we have all received one gracious blessings after another.” – John 1:16 

Our God doesn’t act in the “one and done” way, He continually blesses from his “abundance”.. again and again WOW!

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