Proverbs 18:21 tells us that our words have power to cause harm and power to bring life. Not only can God bring healing to powerful negative words that have been spoken over us, but God is calling us to be a people who speak life over others!
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MESSAGE STUDY NOTES (also as PDF download above)
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WARM UP
Think back to the earliest days of the pandemic—what was the one thing that seemed most uncertain for you? How did this make you feel?
READ
Proverbs 18:21, Proverbs 10:11, Proverbs 12:18, James 3:1-12
TAKEAWAYS
1. Our words have power positive or negative, we can be people who speak life
2. God and his people and word can speak life into areas of our life where there has been death spoken
QUESTIONS FOR DISCUSSION
1. All of us have had words of death spoken over us. Oftentimes, those words that seem to shape our lives in a negative direction have been spoken over us in our earlier years. Why do you think words spoken to us as children can still hold significant power years later?
2. When we speak words of life to others, why can it be especially powerful to speak words of life directly from the Bible?
APPLICATION
1. Are there words of death right now—today—in your life that are defining your life? Share those with the Lord and others you trust and ask God and others you trust to speak life into those areas.
2. Pray and ask the Lord to show you someone in your life who needs to hear a word of life spoken to them. Go and speak life to that person either in person, over the phone, text, or email.