Footsteps to Zion

In life, we can only speak two things: the right and the wrong words. It says in Proverbs 18:21 that death and life are in the power of the tongue, and those who love it will eat its fruit. The words that we speak can therefore, bring life and death. The right words bring life . The wrong words bring death . John 6:63 tells us that words are spirit and they are life. Man is spirit too. That is why words can affect us tremendously. They can either hurt us or encourage us. They can either put us down or lift us up. Death is in the power of the tongue 2 Timothy 2:15-19 says that wrong words increase to more ungodliness and they eat up the soul like cancer. “...Hymenaeus and Philetus are of this sort, they have strayed concerning the truth, claiming that the resurrection of the dead has already occurred; in this way, they have turned some people away from the faith” (2 Timothy 2:17-18). A wrong word is a devouring spirit that can destroy the faith in others. The same is true with th...