"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... it's His glory to overlook an offense."
It is our choice to give words of life or words of death. Our words are like food to everyone's mind, that's where most of our brain stimulations come from. We eat food. We eat mind food. We eat spiritual food. It is our responsible to take care of our health by eating right food. It is our responsible to take care of our mind by eating words from the right people. It is our responsible to take care of our spiritual by eating His words, the Bible.
We may think, "maybe we don't need to say anything" to get ourselves out of the power of our tongue. We just become like a lamp hiding under the cover because we aren't willing to give the power in our tongue of life! We became disconnected from everyone else in achieving God's mission because we didn't either gave the life or gave the death through our tongue. In order to give the power of life, we have to become connected with them. The power of our words wouldn't give the death if we aren't somehow connected with them.
"Weak leaders sometimes get so caught up in the vision of where they're going that they forget the people they're trying to lead." Believe it or not, there are some great leaders out there who forgot that they are leading the people not the program. "If you want to influence others, and you desire to get them moving in the right direction, you must connect with them before you try to take them anywhere. Attempting to do it before connecting is a common mistake of inexperienced leaders." -Becoming A Person of Influence
"Discipline your son for there is hope; do not set your heart on putting him to death."
While there's chance, we are called to discipline each other to set our mind on hope. Becoming connected with one another is more than being one of His voices that will help us to understand His puzzle, it is becoming a voice to one's mind. It's not about the spiritual revelation from God, but giving a life. Connectedness. Blood flowing in the Body of Christ regardless of what language, culture, or race we are. We don't want one limb from the Body of Christ to fall off.
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