Why What We SAY Is So Important

It is impossible to understand the power of healing through the Word of God without understanding how much power truly rests in the spoken word to begin with. So, I decided to highlight some of the key scriptures that help us realize just how powerful our own words really are for framing our realities.

Proverbs 18:21
"Death and life are in the power of the tongue: and they that love it shall eat the fruit thereof."

Our words and our beliefs not only affect our bodies but our immune systems as well. Our words, and how we speak about our health in general, become either a blessing or a curse to us.

Luke 6:45
"...for out of the abundance of the heart [a man's] mouth speaketh."

In his book, God's Creative Power for Healing, Charles Capp says that "God's Word is infused (engrafted) into you by giving voice to His Word with your own mouth, and this is the language of health to your body" (p7).

Some "building blocks" for this truth:

Job 22:28
"Thou shalt also decree a thing, and it shall be established unto thee: and the light shall shine upon thy ways." 

Proverbs 18:7
"A fool's mouth is his destruction, and his lips are the snare of his soul."

Mark 11:23
"For verily I say unto you, That whosoever shall say unto this mountain, Be thou removed, and be thou cast into the sea; and shall not doubt in his heart, but shall believe that those things which he saith shall come to pass; he shall have whatsoever he saith."

Proverbs 18:20
"A man's belly shall be satisfied with the fruit of his mouth; and with the increase of his lips shall he be filled."

Proverbs 21:23 
"Whoso keepeth his mouth and his tongue keepeth his soul from troubles." 

Proverbs 10:11
"The mouth of a righteous [faithful] man is a well of life."

Proverbs 12:6
"...the mouth of the upright shall deliver them."

Proverbs 12:4 
"A man shall be satisfied with good by the fruit of his mouth."

Proverbs 12:18
"...the tongue of the wise is health." 

Proverbs 13:3
"He that keepth his mouth keepeth his life."

Proverbs 14:3
"...the lips of the wise shall preserve them."

Proverbs 15:4
"A wholesome tongue is a tree of life; but perverseness therein is a breach in the spirit."

Proverbs 15:2
"The tongue of the wise useth knowledge aright."

Proverbs 16:23
"The heart of the wise teacheth his mouth, and addeth learning to his lips."

Proverbs 16:24
"Pleasant words are as an honeycomb, sweet to the soul, and health to the bones."

It's pretty obvious even from just this handful of references that God has an awful lot to say about words and how they affect us - and our health!