When God made man, He told man: "...God said to them, “Be fruitful, multiply, fill the earth, and subdue it. Rule the fish of the sea, the birds of the sky, and every creature that crawls on the earth” (Genesis 1:28). Man was to be fruitful and multiply his kind. Meaning he will reproduce himself. God expects that as man reproduces himself, he passes on not just his DNA; he also passes on what he has learnt. This He repeated when He told the children of Israel (while they were in the wilderness) to bind His word in their hearts. To teach their children while they sat at home or they were walking along the road. As they do this, not only will they be blessed, but their days and that of their children may be long on earth (Deuteronomy 11: 18-21). This means parents, especially the fathers, must disciple their children, teaching them what they themselves had learnt. To disciple them is to teach th...
"Death and life are in the power of the tongue, And those who love it will eat its fruit" (Proverbs 18:21). Have you noticed that one of the things the enemy has succeeded in doing is changing definitions of certain words? Such that words that were plainly understood now have double meanings. And of course, neither of the meanings is exactly what the meaning of the word should be. Some words, allow your imagination to run while actually meaning something different. The whole idea is not just to demystify language but to demystify the power of words on our tongue. Now, when you think words don't matter, or they matter in certain circumstances and not in others, you will speak without guardrails on your tongue. What this means is you will mean one thing in certain circumstances and something else in another circumstance. Hence the words "I really didn't mean it like that"! Sadly, the damage will be done. ...