Mary Cassian asks, do you ever use your words like weapons?

Often our communication resembles a war game.

We have our personal castles and our empires that we feel that we need to defend.

So we set up these high gates of defense and fortify our walls.

And at the same time, we try to topple the empires of our opponents by verbally

or non-verbally attacking them. We see ourselves as better than the other person. This is the

Reviver Hearts podcast with Nancy DeMoss Walgermouth, co-author of True Woman 101 Divine

Design. For April 15th, 2020, I'm Dana Gresh.

Just like a deadly virus, harmful words can be incredibly destructive. But according to the

Word of God, we can choose peace promoting

words instead. Nancy? Our guest teacher this week is my longtime and very dear friend Mary Cassian.

She's addressing a topic that affects every one of us, the power of our words. Mary's the author of a Bible study workbook called

Conversation Peace. And again, that's P-E-A-C-E, how our conversation can bring peace rather than

disruption. Today, Mary's teaching about how pride affects our communication. Here's Mary.

When I was young, I'd love to watch a children's

television program called The Friendly Giant. Are any of you familiar with that program?

Friendly Giant lived in a castle with Jerome the D giraffe and Rusty the Rooster. And every day at 10 o'clock,

when the flute music started, I watched in fascination as the drawbridge of the castle was lowered,

and the gates opened to allow all the young viewers to enter in.

And the friendly giant would put some miniature chairs

and a rocking chair in front of the fireplace

to welcome the guests and the stories and the music

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