Words

Are important. They bring life and also destroy a person utterly. It can go both ways.

Proverbs 15:3-5
3 The eyes of the LORD are everywhere,
keeping watch on the wicked and the good.
4 The tongue that brings healing is a tree of life,
but a deceitful tongue crushes the spirit.
5 A fool spurns his father's discipline,
but whoever heeds correction shows prudence.

Have we been careful with our words? I have to constantly remind myself that words matter, even when they seem trivial. We can lift someone's spirit when we praise them and ruin it by saying something hurtful and careless. So, it is important that we watch our tongue.

What are the words we should speak then?

Kind words.
So then, don't be afraid. I will provide for you and your children." And he reassured them and spoke kindly to them.
Genesis 50:21

Words of thanks and praise to God.
He who sacrifices thank offerings honors me, and he prepares the way so that I may show him the salvation of God."
Romans 15:6

Words that build others up.
Do not let any unwholesome talk come out of your mouths, but only what is helpful for building others up according to their needs, that it may benefit those who listen.
Ephesians 4:29

Gentle words
Proverbs 15:4

Words that bless those who hurt you.
Do not repay evil with evil or insult with insult, but with blessing, because to this you were called so that you may inherit a blessing.
1Peter 3:9

Truth.
These are the things you are to do: Speak the truth to each other, and render true and sound judgment in your courts;
Zechariah 8:16

God help us to speak more words that should be spoken and less of those that shouldn't be. With God's help all things are possible! Matthew 19:26

Dawn :)