As I got ready to post this blog, I noticed God has a distinct theme weaving through my life right now: Be strong and courageous.
God has been speaking those words to me for quite some time.
Why? Because things in the world are bad and are going to get worse—it says so in the Bible. I need to be strong and courageous, but He is also telling me to encourage others with the same words.
Proverbs 18:21 tells us the power of death and life resides in the tongue. The writer put death and life in that order for a reason. I can only guess why, but I do know that we human beings are quick to speak the negative rather than positive.
Continually touting how bad things are only continues to make things worse. We’re actually helping the Devil when we speak the problem.
Instead, we need to speak God’s truth.
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