Words of Mass Destruction
Theme of the week: The Cure for Toxic Talk
Sunday, September 9, 2012
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Who Said It … Craig Groeschel
Craig Groeschel is senior pastor of LifeChurch.tv, a pace-setting multicampus church with over 80 weekly worship experiences in 14 locations, including an online campus. LifeChurch.tv is also the creator of the popular and free YouVersion Bible App. Craig is the author of several books including Weird, It, and Soul Detox. He, his wife, Amy, and their six children live in Edmond, Oklahoma.
What he Said … Words of Mass Destruction
[You probably have] heard the childhood mantra, "Sticks and stones may break my bones, but words can never hurt me." Just because it's spouted by first graders doesn't mean it's true. Perhaps the adult translation of this age-old adage is more like, "Sticks and stones can bruise your body for a few days, but words can scar your soul for life."
Like a neutron bomb which annihilates human life but leaves buildings intact, words can devastate. Your body may remain unharmed, but your heart suffers the deadly shrapnel of painful phrases. David, who knew a thing or two about having enemies in high places, wrote that evildoers "sharpen their tongues like swords and aim cruel words like deadly arrows" (Ps. 64:3, NIV). Whether you're 18 or 80, you can probably recall the pain of someone's harsh words scalding your soul. Maybe you still hear the message from years ago, playing an endless loop in your mind, echoing inside you every day: "You'll never amount to anything," "I wish I never had you," "You're nothing like your brother," "I'm sick of you," "I never loved you," "You'll never change." [continued 9/10]
Key Study Passage: Proverbs 10:11-14, 18-21, 31-32
Adapted from Soul Detox (Zondervan, 2012) by permission. All rights reserved by the copyright holder and/or the publisher. May not be reproduced.
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Lord, make me aware of the things I say from day to day; help me to use my words to build others up.
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