Our words either build us up or tear us down. The Bible tells us life and death are in the power of the tongue, and we will eat the fruit of it (Proverbs 18:21). In other words, we reap what we sow by the words we speak.

Often, we are far too careless about the way we think and speak. Words have the power to create energy and release emotions that produce life and health or death and disease. Our utterances are not meaningless expressions that evaporate into thin air. The mind records what we give it. And our thoughts accumulate to build beliefs: positive or negative, liberating or limiting, life-giving or life-threatening.