EFFECTS OF SLANDER

PSALM 119.23

Saturday, July 27, 2013

6:00 AM

"Rulers who slander."  Who are they?

 

These are people who have influence and effect on my life.

Who influences me?

Who effects me?

Whose words influence and effect me?

People who devalue, criticize, condemn, belittle, scorn, mock, laugh at me.

People who devalue by what they don't say:

Ignor, overlook, avoid, reject, withdraw, abandon.

 

What are the effects?

I am unwanted, worthless, rejected, unloved, alone, lonely…..

 

 

How do I counteract the effects?  

 

Meditate on God's Words.

 

 

Identify what was said and its effects.

Read Scripture and find words that apply to the effects words of others have on you.

Meditate on God's words to see what validity there is in the words of others.

Meditate on God's words about you until God's Spirit confirms the value He places on you.

 

Believe the Words God gives you.

Act accordingly. 

 

Let humiliation develop humility.

 

 

Care about what you say to others.

Seek to "edify" them.

Become more and more aware of the power of the tongue to produce life and death.

Seek to give life--encouragement, hope, value.

 

Read Proverbs, looking for the power of words, lips, tongue, speech.

Anger and fear are also powerful.

 

Memorize the most appropriate.

 

Apply them diligently.

 

 

Speak to others

as you would have them speak to you!