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Old Time Country Preacher brought this topic up in another thread: life and death are in the power of the tongue (Proverbs 18:21)Our pastor mentioned this last Sunday and talked about it even more than that the Sunday before last. (He was doing a sermon series based on Jentezen Franklin's book

Ole Timer, I have a purty good idee of what it ain't. What I was a hopin for was some discussion of what it IS.

Verses 17-19 are about conflict. IMO, verses 20 and 21 are an extension of that thought. If I went to a biker bar and yelled that Harleys are for sissies, I suspect I'd discover that life and death are in the power of my tongue.

Let's say you go before the king and convince him to attack his enemies, or you say something that provokes his wrath. Your tongue could lead to death. Talk your neighbor out of planting his crops on time. He starves to death. Death in the power of the tongue. Insulting an angry man who hates you who is holding a sword-- possibly speaking death to yourself.If you entice someone to sin with your words, death in the power of the tongueConvince someone to plant his crops on time and work hard-- speaking life. Testify truthfully at a court case in a way that saves the falsely accused life--speaking life. Convincing someone to repent of their sin-- speaking life. Is there any reason to think that this verse is intended to indicate we are supposed to 'say, I speak life to this person's body' when someone has cancer, or that we should 'speak life' into a situation by saying we speak life into it?Are we supposed to try to put the blood of Jesus on people and situations by saying we are doing it? Is there any benefit to praying the blood of Jesus on the food before you eat it, or to cover you with the blood of Jesus so you will have a safe trip? I've heard variations of both kinds of prayer. Maybe one variation was to sanctify the food with the blood of Jesus. Was that the purpose of the blood of Jesus?How many other mystical 'pop' interpretations of verses and practices like this do we hear in the charismatic movement.I've heard, A man's gift makes room for him applied to spiritual gifts, which, IMO, seems a rather tenuous application to a verse on men giving gifts to say the least

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Verses 6, 7, and 8 also seem to speak to that (saying foolish things that incite contention and violence or saying things that are slanderous). Being just a little silly here. In that case Dave is dead, or wishes he was! This indicating the power of the spoken word.Forgive me for I am silly. I just finished 1000 mile drive to Florida and back. CARRY ON Some facts but mostly just my [email protected]/

I am not quite sure how speaking life can be a bad thing. More of Him...less of me.twitter.com/camiracle77www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=691241499&ref=name

Is there a parallel between the word-of-faithers and the heathen who think they will be heard for their much speaking?

Matthew 6:7seems to indicate a bit of superstition on the part of the heathen as if there is a power in the abundance of words.Sorry, I meant to start a separate thread with this, but I'll just leave it here.

Some WOF people have faith in FAITH not in God. That if they will just confess a million times (slight exaggeration) they are healed, they'll be healed. Our faith must be in GOD and in the power of His Word, not in our ability to believe More of Him...less of me.twitter.com/camiracle77www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=691241499&ref=name