Did you know that your words can affect how others view Jesus?

Dana Gresh explains.

It's not just your relationship with that person you're in conflict with that's at stake

when you choose harsh words that cut and divide and cause pain.

If you're a daughter of Jesus, if your life is surrendered to him, every single interaction is a representation of our Savior.

Today, Dana will help us see the amazing power of our words.

This is the Revive Our Hearts podcast for July 26, 2021.

I'm Nancy DeMoss-Walkman.

Music I'm Nancy DeMoss-Wogam. If you scroll through your feed on Facebook or Instagram or whatever social media you use the most,

you'll notice something pretty quickly.

Some of the words you read are helpful, kind, and encouraging. But other words,

sadly, a lot of words come across as arrogant, destructive, or harsh. And we can say the same

about the words that come from our own mouths, can't we? This month on Revive Our Hearts,

we're focusing on how we can develop our kindness skills.

And recently, my co-host, Dana Gresh, shared an encouraging message from Proverbs

chapter 15 during our weekly staff chapel.

Afterwards, I asked her if she would be willing to share it with the whole Revive Our Hearts

audience, and she graciously agreed.

You're in for a real treat. But first,

let me just pray for us. Oh, Lord, I need this message, and we all need this message. Our words have such power to give life or death, to heal or to wound. So I pray that you give us ears to hear

and hearts to receive what you have to say to us today.

I pray in Jesus' name. Amen. Let's listen now to Dana Gresh. So let me ask you, does anyone in your

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