Speak Life
When God created the heavens and the earth, he spoke them into existence. As our creator God, he demonstrated the power of the spoken word and our ability to creat things that do not exist with our words. “And God said, “Let there be light,” and there was light.” (Genesis 1:3) Being positive and optimistic isn’t just good for our health and relationships, but our words give shape to our existence.
A child derives their self esteem and their concept of themselves based on the words that their parents use to describe them. Positive parenting is being intentional about finding genuine reasons to compliment children in order to build their self confidence. Much of our self talk can be sabotaging and extremely negative. Often the way that we feel about ourselves determine how we speak about others.
Pause and examine your speech patterns and think about what your conversations convey about you. We can examine a person’s speech to make an assessment about their character. “The good person out of the good treasure of his heart produces good, and the evil person out of his evil treasure produces evil, for out of the abundance of the heart his mouth speaks.” (Luke 6:45)
And since our words have such power, why not be intentional about what we say. Since there is life and death in our tongues, then let us speak things that do not exist as though they already are a reality.
A.P.-Y.
Published by Anneta Pinto-Young
I am a trained Social Worker who currently provides professional leadership on a programme to support Social Work students and Newly Qualified Social Workers entering the Social Work Profession.
Born and raised in Jamaica in a Christian family where my father is an ordained Pastor and Deacon who has served for over 50 years in the ministry. My father is also a trained musician and our family can be described as a musical family. I grew up in a small farming community in St. Peter’s, St. Andrew and my parents also have a small farm.
I credit my gift of writing to my father who I watched and listened to over the years as he wrote sermons, poems and other recitals in his capacity in ministry. English has always been an easy subject for me and over the years I have developed an increased interest in writing.
I am a Trainer, I sing and have a passion for worship, the spoken word and the free flow of the prophetic anointing. I am married to my best friend Andrew Christopher Young who is an advanced Musician and whose music you can find on YouTube and Facebook. I am a trained Coach and Mentor and I love experimenting with food so I love cooking. I enjoy trying cultural dishes from across the world and I view food as an entry into cultures and languages.
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November 9, 2020November 9, 2020
