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November 10, 2013 Sukkot Teaching at Kol Hamashiach- Trees of Life Part Four of Six- The Healing Power of Words

12/26/2013

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4. A Healing Tongue is a tree of life


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

The word 'wholesome' translated in the King James Version is from the hebrew word  מַרְפֵּא  marpe'   that has the meaning according to Strong's ; Health, Healing, Cure, Sound of mind and Profit.  The word tongue is translated from  h3956  לָשׁוֹן  lashown which means tongue or speech. Speech is made up of words and the words can be defined as : Words are analogs for perceptions and actions that allow us to communicate with each other about our personal experiences, feelings, desires, and thoughts. Words are  learned through the cultural conditioning of our families, schools, and the broader cultural milieu.

Other Scriptures that confirm this truth is
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Pleasant words are a honeycomb, Sweet to the soul and healing to the bones. (Proverbs  16:24 ) 

Did  you know that the words you speak have incredible power to bring healing in  people’s lives? When you speak words of love, comfort, or encouragement to someone, those words have power to affect the person hearing them in such a  positive way, that the result is health in their body.

Anxiety in a man's heart weighs him down, but a good word  makes him glad.  (Proverbs  12:25)

Who in this life doesn’t suffer from some “anxiety?” Often the source of our anxiety  is focusing on the negative, and sometimes even things that are not true, rather than the positive things that are true. You can help someone by speaking  to them words of truth for encouragement to them and to build up their faith.

There is one whose rash words are like sword thrusts, but  the tongue of the wise brings healing.  (Proverbs 12:18)
For  those of us who are parents, our words can impart knowledge and life to our  children, which results in their good health: My son, be attentive to my words; incline your ear to my sayings. Let them not  escape from your sight; keep them within your heart. For they are life to those  who find them, and healing to all their flesh.  (Proverbs 4:20-22)


Are you speaking healthy words to those around you?

 Not  only do our words have power to heal, but unfortunately they also have power to  destroy, which can result in sickness. As Proverbs 12:18 above states:  “There is one whose rash words are like sword  thrusts..”– and swords kill or  cripple people! Proverbs 18:21 says: “Death and  life are in the power of the tongue…” When we get into a conflict or argument, our words can either diffuse the situation like dousing a fire with water, or they can inflame the situation like throwing gasoline onto a fire! 
 
A soft answer turns away wrath, but a harsh word stirs up anger. (Proverbs 15:1)


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Words and neuroplasticity


" Neuroplasticity is the term used to describe how the
brain continues to re-invent itself. Older, unused pathways fall away, and new
ones, with repetition and focus, emerge. What we think about actually rewires
our brains—for better or worse. We now know that our choice of words has a
direct and immediate effect on our emotional response and makes our brains
inclined to respond in specific ways. This is true whether we are reacting to
spoken words delivered by someone else, or to the inner self-talk that we hear
ourselves “saying” inside our heads."

This is an amazing discovery for me as it shows we can change and that by using our "heads," as my mother would say, we can establish new ways or even better Torah ways of living and loving. We must remember if we repeat those loving sayings to ourselves and our family that it will help them to create positive ways of thinking and  behaving as well. As servants of a righteous and just King we are to speak blessings out to this world.


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