Say the Word
“I’m busy in footwear with an athlete.” That’s what I heard the employee at Dick’s Sporting Goods say into a walkie-talkie. Athlete–she meant me. I chuckled at being called an…
Category: Power of Words
Using God’s Keychain
Mark 11:22 Make Your Faith Like God’s Faith Somebody who knows Greek better than me–which would be knowing it at all if I’m honest–explained that when Jesus said, “Have faith…
The Mountain You’re Stuck On
Mark 11:23-24 Consider Your Favorite Mountains I suggested yesterday that mountains have their good qualities, lest we go about dropping them into the ocean without thought and thereby raising the sea…
A Mountain in the Way
Mark 11:23 Know Your Mountains This idea of moving mountains is in all four gospels in one manner or another; thus, those who read the New Testament regularly run across it.…
The Progress
John 6:63 Tap the power of the words. Have you ever read the first novel written in the English language? That would be John Bunyan’s Pilgrim’s Progress. Published in 1678, Bunyan’s…
Want what enough?
Joel 3:10 Speak well of yourself. “You can accomplish anything if you just want it badly enough.” Have you heard that before? Is it true? I recall, years ago when…
Words Matter for Good and Bad
Matthew 12:36-37 Bless your life with your words. There are passages in the Bible that a lifelong Baptist struggles to read. Today’s verses would be one of those passages. Read…
The U-Word
James 3:9-12 Purify your language to purify your life. I’m not a foul-mouthed person. It’s not that I don’t know the words, and it’s not as if they haven’t escaped…
