From the fruit of a man’s mouth his stomach is satisfied; he is satisfied by the yield of his lips. Death and life are in the power of the tongue, and those who love it will eat its fruits. Proverbs 18:20-21

Warrior;

The tongue is a muscular organ in our mouth that aids in chewing, speaking and breathing. It is not only very flexible, allowing us to speak, swallow and suck in a coordinated way. It is also a sensory organ responsible for tasting.  This is the intent of the organ that our creator gave us, as usually we pervert it and use what God intended for good, for evil. The Message Bible paraphrase puts today’s verse this way: Words satisfy the mind as much as fruit does the stomach; good talk is as gratifying as a good harvest. Words kill, words give life; they’re either poison or fruit—you choose. As the words to the Hawk Nelson song go, “They’ve made me feel like a prisoner. They’ve made me feel set free. They’ve made me feel like a criminal. Made me feel like a king. They’ve lifted my heart, to places I’d never been, And they’ve dragged me down, Back to where I began. Words can build you up, Words can break you down, start a fire in your heart or put it out. Dr. Carolyn Leaf posits that 75% to 95% of the illnesses that plague us today are a direct result of our thought life.

Leader, our Words that we think, and sometimes say out loud, come out of what we hold onto, our POUND OF FLESH, our RECORD OF WRONG, our LACK of FORGIVENESs and the BITTERNESS of REGRET, RESENTMENT, and RESISTANCE. The Bible says, “A good man brings good things out of the good stored up in his heart, and an evil man brings evil things out of the evil stored up in his heart. For the mouth speaks what the heart is full of”. (Luke 6:45) What we think about affects us physically and emotionally. It can be an epidemic of toxic emotions. The average person has about 16,000-18,000 thoughts a day. Through an uncontrolled thought life, we create the conditions for illness; we make ourselves sick! Research shows that fear, all on its own, triggers more than 1,400 known physical and chemical responses and activates more than 30 different hormones. Our Creator knows how He made us and knows the Power of and healing of Forgiveness.  There are INTELLECTUAL and MEDICAL reasons to FORGIVE! Toxic waste generated by toxic thoughts causes the following illnesses: diabetes, cancer, asthma, skin problems and allergies to name just a few. Consciously control your thought life and start to detox your brain! Medical research increasingly points to the fact that thinking and consciously controlling your thought life is one of the best ways, if not the best way of detoxing your brain. It allows you to get rid of those toxic thoughts and emotions that can consume and control your mind.

Conduit, A group of frogs were traveling through the woods, and two of them fell into a deep pit.  When the other frogs saw how deep the pit was, they told the two frogs that they were as good as dead. The two frogs ignored the comments and continued their effort to jump up and out of the pit, with all their might. The other frogs watched their effort and continued to tell them to stop, that they were as good as dead. After a while, the 2 frogs were starting to get discouraged, although they continued to jump.  Finally, one of the frogs took heed to what the other frogs were saying and gave up. He fell down and died. Not willing to give up the fight, the other frog continued to jump as hard as it could. Once again, the crowd of frogs yelled at him to stop the pain and just die. Ignoring them the other frog continued to Jump harder, and harder each time, and eventually he made it out. When the one frog got out, the other frogs said, “Did you not hear us?” The frog explained to them that he was deaf. He thought they were encouraging him the entire time. There is the power of life and death in the tongue. An encouraging word to someone who is down can lift them up and help them make it through the day. The RIGHT word, at the RIGHT TIME can change someone’s life forever, maybe even save someone’s life.  It is written; “Make a tree good and its fruit will be good or make a tree bad and its fruit will be bad; for a tree is known by its fruit. You brood of vipers, how can you who are evil say anything good? For out of the overflow of the heart, the mouth speaks. The good man brings good things out of his good store of treasure, and the evil man brings evil things out of his evil store of treasure. But I tell you that men will give an account on the day of judgment for every careless word they have spoken. For by your words you will be acquitted, and by your words you will be condemned.” (Matthew 12:33-37) The right Word at the right time can change someone’s life. A destructive word to someone who is down can be all it takes to kill their hopes, to kill their will, to kill their drive, to kill their desire, to kill their effort and belief, to kill them. In other words, the WRONG words, at the RIGHT time- if someone allows it, can steal, destroy and kill and hope and effort at change. An encouraging word can go such a long way. Anyone can speak words that tend to rob another of the spirit to continue in difficult times. Special is the individual who will take the time to encourage another. Remember, Hurting People Hurt People.  Be like Jesus, part of the SOLUTION and Help people heal- Be that WORD Warrior!