Weight of Your Words, Part 2 - “Look Who's Talking”
Your Move with Andy Stanley Podcast
Andy Stanley
4.7 • 3.9K Ratings
🗓️ 24 April 2026
⏱️ 29 minutes
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Summary
Words have weight, but unfortunately they are not weighted equally. Who you are and who you represent influences the gravity of your words.
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| 0:00.0 | Hey everybody, Andy here. Welcome to Your Move, where we help you make better decisions and live with fewer regrets. |
| 0:06.7 | As a nonprofit organization, we rely on the generosity of our listeners. |
| 0:10.9 | So if you have been positively impacted by this podcast, would you consider supporting your move with a tax deductible donation? |
| 0:18.1 | To give, just visit your move.is slash give. That's your move. |
| 0:23.4 | dot is forward slash give. Thanks for considering. And now back to the show. Today, if you have not been tracking along with us, or if you have, we are actually in part two of a series entitled The Weight of Your Words, The Weight of Your Words, and if you have ever been crushed by someone's words, you get this, and you know what we're talking about. |
| 0:52.7 | Words carry weight. They can leave a mark for good or for |
| 0:55.9 | bad. They can inspire. They can build or they can destroy. They can wound, right? I mean, we have all been |
| 1:02.8 | on the receiving end of words that have built us up. We've all been on the receiving end of words |
| 1:07.5 | that have torn us down, left us wondering, taking away our confidence. |
| 1:12.8 | I'm so proud of you. |
| 1:16.7 | You embarrassed me tonight. |
| 1:20.7 | I wouldn't miss it for the world. |
| 1:34.8 | You're not needed here anymore we've all been on both sides of things like that haven't we in fact some of those phrases are emotional for you maybe something recently that's the power |
| 1:40.2 | of words here i am reading words on a screen that reflects something someone has said to you, |
| 1:45.7 | and suddenly it's very personal. It's very emotional. Our lives, I don't need to convince you of |
| 1:50.9 | this, but our lives have been shaped by the words spoken to us, over us. At times, we feel like |
| 1:57.2 | words spoken at us. This is true for our childhood. It's true right now for some of you |
| 2:02.0 | in your marriages. You are dealing with wounds and carrying wounds and your spouse has said, |
| 2:06.5 | I'm just telling the truth. I'm just being honest. We talked about that last time. And you're like, |
| 2:09.9 | yeah, you're just being honest, but you're killing me with the weight of your words. Words inflate |
| 2:15.6 | or deflate our confidence. With the words spoken to us or at us or over us, |
| 2:20.3 | it impact who we see in the mirror, right? And here's the thing, and here's where we make a term. |
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