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I do what I do because I've seen God's power transform my own life and he will do it for you. The key to everything is found in God's

word. I'm Joyce Meyer and I believe that God can heal you everywhere you hurt.

A wise man suffers much less than a fool.

Proverbs 18, 6, and 7.

I talk to you for a minute about our words.

A self-confident fool's lips bring contention and his mouth invites a beating.

You know that that's actually just worth reading again.

A self-confident fool's lips bring contention,

starts arguments, starts fights, causes strife, causes problems. How many times have you said

something dumb or if I saw, I'll just blame on me, how many times have I said

something dumb? Because I know you don't do that.

And I've just started some big ordeal with somebody and just thought later,

why didn't I just keep my mouth shut? It's so hard for us to just keep our mouth shut. I often say God

gave us two ears and one mouth that must mean we're supposed to listen more than we talk but we fail to do that.

Proverbs 1218. There are those who speak rashly that means they just say whatever floats around in their head

and they don't really give any thought to what they're about to say. There are

those who speak rashly like the piercing of a sword but the tongue of the wise brings healing.

Isn't that good?

Proverbs 1821. The power of life and death is in the tongue.

And get this, and those who indulge it must eat the fruit of it. Uh-oh.

Come on, I'm not making this up, this is real stuff.

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