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Healing Relationships: Communication | Dr. Tim Clinton · Meditative Prayers by Pray.com

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  Speaker 1: The tongue has the power of life and death, and
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  Speaker 1: those who love it will eat its fruit. Proverbs 18.21
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  Speaker 1: Dear Lord, Your word is power and convicts my heart
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  Speaker 1: to repent. Your word is also comforting, like a balm
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  Speaker 1: to my wounded soul. Your word is uplifting, encouraging, and
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  Speaker 1: empowers me to step up and into my potential. I
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  Speaker 1: pray the words I speak to others would be informed
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  Speaker 1: by the words you have spoken over me. I want
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  Speaker 1: to convict, comfort, uplift, and empower others. While others might
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  Speaker 1: seek to tear people down with their words, I want
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  Speaker 1: to raise people up Transform my heart through the power
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  Speaker 1: of your word and anoint my lips to speak healing
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  Speaker 1: and praise wherever I go. In Jesus' name, amen. Thank
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  Speaker 1: you for joining me in prayer. Stay tuned for today's
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  Speaker 1: free podcast, Meditative Prayers with Dr. Tim Clinton, where you
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  Speaker 1: can draw close to God and find strength in Him.
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  Speaker 2: Welcome to your meditative prayer on healing relationships. To get
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  Speaker 2: the most out of your spiritual journey, use Pray.com every
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  Speaker 2: day and make prayer a priority in your life. Our
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  Speaker 2: goal today on meditative prayer is healing relationships. I hope
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  Speaker 2: you'll slow down a little. Again, look for a place
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  Speaker 2: where you'll be able to unwind. And without rush, take
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  Speaker 2: a few moments and close your eyes. Take a couple
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  Speaker 2: of deep breaths and prepare your mind to receive from God.
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  Speaker 2: We will be meditating on Proverbs 18, verse 21 from
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  Speaker 2: the King James Version. The tongue has the power of
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  Speaker 2: life and death, and those who love it will eat
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  Speaker 2: its fruit. As we begin, let's take a moment to
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  Speaker 2: pour out our adoration, our love to God. Yours, Lord,
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  Speaker 2: is the greatness and the power and the glory, the
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  Speaker 2: majesty and the splendor for everything in heaven and earth
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  Speaker 2: is yours. Yours, Lord, is the kingdom. You are exalted
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  Speaker 2: as head over all. I will praise you all day.
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  Speaker 2: The days of my life. Hear me. Your words have power.
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  Speaker 2: They can create life. And they can create death. With
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  Speaker 2: words you can help and heal. Or cause hurt and harm.
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  Speaker 2: You can speak words of encouragement to build people up,
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  Speaker 2: or you can speak words of slander to tear them down.
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  Speaker 2: Whether it be a professional, familial, or even social relationship,
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  Speaker 2: your words affect the quality and the outcome of your
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  Speaker 2: interactions with others. So therefore, choose your words wisely. For
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  Speaker 2: once they are released into the atmosphere, they cannot be
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  Speaker 2: called back. You can apologize, make amends, but the damage
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  Speaker 2: will have been done. A few words spoken in anger
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  Speaker 2: can cost you a close and irreplaceable relationship. Let's now
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  Speaker 2: reflect for a moment on your choice of words. Think
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  Speaker 2: of what you have spoken and the outcome created by
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  Speaker 2: your words. Have your words improved your relationships? Or have
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  Speaker 2: they caused them to suffer? Confess to the Lord your
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  Speaker 2: broken relationships. Tell Him the words you misspoke in your anger,
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  Speaker 2: in your hurt, and in your pain. Think about being
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  Speaker 2: on the receiving end of someone else's anger, of their
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  Speaker 2: hurtful words. Now take a moment to dwell on God's
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  Speaker 2: blessings over your life. Thank God for his loving words
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  Speaker 2: spoken over you. Words of love, peace, joy, prosperity. Recollect
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  Speaker 2: situations when God gave you wisdom to speak his blessings
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  Speaker 2: over others. And the joy. Thank God for restoration of
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  Speaker 2: past relationships through kind words. Words inspired and led by
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  Speaker 2: the Holy Spirit operating in your heart. Thank God for
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  Speaker 2: blessings of past reconciled relationships. again through His Word, and
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  Speaker 2: for those yet to come. Thank Him for the wisdom
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  Speaker 2: and the knowledge found in His Holy Word. And don't forget,
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  Speaker 2: God is present. He's listening to you. Bring to mind
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  Speaker 2: the areas you lack control over your emotions. Ask God
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  Speaker 2: for the ability to apply restraint to the words of
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  Speaker 2: coming out of your mouth. Watch your mouth. Ask Him
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  Speaker 2: to give you control to not lash out in anger.
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  Speaker 2: Pray for wisdom to be applied in all your conversations.
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  Speaker 2: When talking with your family or your friends, while speaking
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  Speaker 2: with your superiors or colleagues at work, ask the Holy
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  Speaker 2: Spirit to help you to be mindful and attentive to
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  Speaker 2: what you say and how you say it. Remember, what
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  Speaker 2: you say can bring life or death, and you will
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  Speaker 2: reap the consequences of your words. So be careful with
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  Speaker 2: what comes out of your mouth. Strive to apply love
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  Speaker 2: to everything you say. Strive to bring peace and harmony
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  Speaker 2: to your relationships, through your conversations, Trust in God. Trust
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  Speaker 2: in His Word. And I think you will see blessings
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  Speaker 2: manifested in all of your relationships. Thank you for completing
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  Speaker 2: today's meditative prayer on Pray.com. By incorporating this healthy habit
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  Speaker 2: as a daily practice, you're making prayer a priority. And
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  Speaker 2: I believe strengthening your walk with God. I'm Dr. Tim Clinton, President,
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  Speaker 2: of the American Association of Christian Counselors, and we'd love
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  Speaker 2: being a part of your life.