Scriptures of the word tell us the words we speak are very important to our spiritual, mental and emotional well-being. The Old Testament records King David praying…”Let the words of my mouth and the meditations of my heart be acceptable in your site oh God.” In the New Testament, we hear the Apostle Paul saying “Faith comes by hearing and hearing by the word.” God, referring to His own words, declares “My words shall not return to me void”
I had the opportunity to read the book “Law of Attraction” and it speaks of how what you think and say determines what you see and do both consciously and sub-consciously. Your are a reflection of your every words. You are ultimately a product of your environment and ultimately your words create your environment. One of the quickest ways to change how you feel is to change the words you are using.
Hear are a few facts about the world of words we live in:
- There are 75,000 words in the English vocabulary; it being the largest in the world.
- Shakespeare used 24,000 words, the most of any writer. He used what was available and made some up.
- Words create feelings. Emotion packed words create feelings. For instance, the Italians generally use a lot more emotion-packed words than the English and Germans.
- Out of 75,000 words only 4,000 describe emotions. Of the four thousand, thirty-six hundred of them describe negative feelings…only leaving four-hundred to describe positive emotions.
- In most dictionaries there are only 34 words to describe pleasant feelings. Yet there are 275 words to describe unpleasant feelings.
God, Creator of the universe, created people to reflect His image. As the reflection of the Creator, all people have His creative power. When we put God’s Word in our mouths and speak His words, those words release creative power into our circumstances that enables us to maintain a high level of Christian living.
It is important that we understand the significance of being made in God’s image. One of the differences between us and animals is that though animals can procreate, they have no creative power. Man has a certain measure of God’s creative power. Science cannot create, it can only discover what was already created. Researchers discovered the law of gravity and that the world was round. But their discoveries only revealed what originated from God.
Man has the ability to produce beyond the physical senses because of the image in which we were created. Man’s creative power is in the image of God’s. In other words, just as God released His creative power through words, He has given us the same ability to create through the words we speak. God spoke a word, and the worlds which did not exist suddenly existed (Hebrews 11:3; Romans 4:17). Likewise, man is able to influence the outcome of his life with the words he speaks. Proverbs 18:21 says, “Death and life are in the power of the tongue: and they that love it shall eat the fruit thereof.”
A man can see a vacant lot and think, What a great place for an apartment building.He can think about the apartments and everything it would take to build them and run them, yet still that lot will be vacant. But when he turns to a business partner and says, “We can build apartments there,” he begins creating something that did not exist. Once he speaks it, he commits himself to the idea, and
together they begin exploring its merits. All the creative force starts with his words.
The principle is: one of the quickest ways to change how you feel is to change the words you are using; both the words you speak to others, and the self-talk you are hearing all day long. For instance, if I say, “that really makes me angry,” those words are going to generate pretty intense feelings. However, if describing the same situation, I say, “that really bothers me,” I won’t experience quite as intense emotion. You might become aware of the words you’re using and see how they are generating either positive or negative feelings. You can decrease a lot of emotional unrest by simply softening some of you vocabulary. Your nervous system in always responding to the words you use.
Words come toward us at lightening like speed from every imaginable source… television, radio, friends, family, and business associates. Likewise we send words to others with equal frequency and speed. Advertisers have known for years that words can trigger emotional responses within us that can make us hungry, tired, or curious. There is no doubt about it, words are powerful! They can build up or tear down, hurt or heal, support or weaken. You can decrease a lot of emotional unrest by simply softening some of you vocabulary. Your nervous system in always responding to the words you use.
Hear are some suggestions for creating a more positive world through your choice of words:
- Speak words which profit others.” Our words have built within them a strong tendency to return to us as self-fulfilling prophecies. We have heard the concept put many ways…what you give you receive, what you sow, you reap, and what goes around comes around. Perhaps if we viewed the journey of our words as circular in nature, we would be more attentive to our choice of words before we speak them.
- “Speak words which create positive images” Most people’s minds work in pictures. For example, if I say “think of your husband, wife, or significant other”, you don’t spell out the person’s name in your mind, you get an image or picture of them. Or if I say “Think of a beautiful sunset on your favorite beach”, your mind automatically pulls up a picture of that scene. Lets be aware that the words we speak are either creating pleasurable or painful mental pictures for others and ourselves.
- “Speak words which inspire other’s and your dreams and goals” You probably know what it is like to share your innermost dreams with a “trusted” friend, only to have them shot down in mid-air. If, when sharing your dreams with others, they respond with words like “that’s silly”, or “who do you think you are?”, it really has a way of throwing cold water on even the hottest ideas. So with that in mind, let’s make sure our responses to other people’s dreams are positive, encouraging and uplifting.
The book of Proverbs tells us that “Life and death are in the power of the tongue” Let’s make sure we speak words of life to others and ourselves. Your words really do create your world!!! It’s very powerful when you stand in front of a mirror and speak spiritual inspirational words to yourself as well as motivational positive words.