Episode #10 The Power of Words
January 20, 2026
Kijuan “The Psalmist” Williams
Words hold power, shaping life and death, blessing and curse. Scripture emphasizes the connection between heart and speech, urging believers to align their words with God’s truth and love. Through heart examination, Scripture saturation, prayerful restraint, and gospel-shaped speech, Christians can cultivate a Christlike tongue that builds, blesses, and heals.
Episode Notes
- Power of Words: Words are not neutral; they can bring life or death, blessing or curse.
- Heart-Mouth Connection: Speech reflects the inner thoughts and state of the heart.
- God’s Influence: God shapes the heart, which in turn shapes speech.
- Theological Foundation of Speech: Words are creative and covenantal, reflecting God’s nature and purpose.
- Scriptural Vision of Speech: Speech should be truthful, wise, and life-giving, mirroring God’s character.
- Biblical Metaphors for Speech: The tongue is compared to a rudder, fire, and fountain, illustrating its power and influence.
- Power of Words: Words, though small, have immense power, capable of both blessing and cursing, building up or tearing down.
- Speech Reflecting Worship: Our words should mirror our worship, demonstrating a consistent and genuine faith.
- Transforming Speech into Ministry: Four practices are suggested: heart examination, cultivating grace-filled speech, embracing the power of words, and choosing life-giving speech.
- Speech Transformation: Begins with a cleansed heart, regular meditation on Scripture, and prayerful restraint.
- Gospel-Shaped Speech: Requires balancing truth with love, ensuring that words are both honest and compassionate.
- Speech Commitment: A declaration to speak life-giving words, renounce harmful speech, and align speech with Scripture and the Holy Spirit.
- Speech Sanctification: Prayer for the holy gift of speech to be sanctified and pleasing to God.
- Speech Characteristics: Request for the Holy Spirit to guide speech to be gracious, gentle, truthful, and a source of peace, hope, and blessing.
- Speech Impact: Desire for conversations to reconcile, restore, and serve as a witness to the gospel, governed by sincerity, purity, and love.
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