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Your Words Echo in Hearts and Minds Long After They Are Spoken Have you listened to yourself lately? Did you know that your words are shaping other people's lives? That they are the mirrors in which others see themselves? Every day you can speak life into their souls or suck the life right out of them. The choice is yours. In The Power of a Woman's Words, bestselling author Sharon Jaynes will show you how to exchange careless words that hurt for intentional words that help others succeedrecognize words that tear down confidence and replace them with words that build others upovercome the negativity that pushes people away and become a well of positivity that draws others intame your tongue by practicing practical principles that help you think before you speakstop being disappointed in your lack of control by taking hold of the power of the Holy Spirit Words are one of the most powerful forces in the universe, and God has entrusted them to you! How will you use this gift? Your words can change the course of someone's dayeven someone's life.

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Publié par	Harvest House Publishers
Date de parution	21 avril 2020
Nombre de lectures	0
EAN13	9780736979849
Langue	English
Poids de l'ouvrage	1 Mo

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EUGENE , OREGON
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Cover design by Bryce Williamson
Cover photo Miroslav Boskov, IMR, GOLDsquirrel, letoosen / Gettyimages
The Power of a Woman s Words (revised)
Copyright 2007, 2019 by Sharon Jaynes
Published by Harvest House Publishers
Eugene, Oregon 97408
www.harvesthousepublishers.com
ISBN 978-0-7369-7983-2 (pbk.)
ISBN 978-0-7369-7984-9 (eBook)
Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Jaynes, Sharon.
The power of a woman s words / Sharon Jaynes. p. cm.
ISBN 978-0-7369-1869-5 (pbk.)
ISBN 978-0-7369-3502-9 (eBook)
1. Influence (Psychology)-Religious aspects-Christianity. 2. Oral communication-Religious aspects-Christianity. 3. Christian women-Conduct of life. I. Title.
BV4597.53.I52J39 2007
248.8 43-dc22
2007007378
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Dedication
To my precious friend Cynthia Price, a woman who uses her words well.
Cynthia, Many friends may come and go, But rare the whole life through, Are those who are forever friends, Like the friend I ve found in you.
Acknowledgments
Just as a painting combines many colors on a canvas to create what the artist intended, this manuscript combines many lives to create a portrait of The Power of a Woman s Words. I am so thankful for Jean Harper, Gayle Wentling, Catherine Grimes, Mary Marshal Young, Connie Roads, Gayle Roper, Glynnis Whitwer, Don and Jona Wright, Nancy Anderson, Mary Southerland, Bonnie Schulte, Mary Johnson, Sharon Johnston, Jonathan Edwards, Ginny Carlson, Larry Clark, and Kim Moore for sharing your stories of how you were impacted by a woman s words. The examples you shared help us all to see the impact our words have on those around us.
I am forever grateful to the staff of Harvest House Publishers. It is such an honor to work with this incredible team of men and women who truly are bringing in a harvest for God. Thank you, Bob Hawkins Jr., Terry Glaspey, and LaRae Weikert, for believing in the project; and Kim Moore and Kathleen Kerr for their expertise in editing.
And to my Girlfriends in God, Mary Southerland and Gwen Smith-I am so thankful that God has joined us together for such a time as this to share not only our words but our lives as well.
While this book is about the power of a woman s words, it is the power of a man s words that has been the wind beneath my wings along this entire journey. Thank you, Steve, my wonderful husband, for giving me the encouragement I ve needed, for believing in me, and for praying for me each step of the way. I am also so thankful for my son, Steven, an amazing man whom God has used as a reflector of my words.
Finally, and most importantly, I am so thankful to my Savior, Jesus Christ. It is only by God s grace that I am allowed to reach out to His children by the written word.
To God be the glory!
Contents
Dedication
Acknowledgments
PART ONE: THE POWER WE POSSESS
1. Mixed Messages
2. God s Incredible Gift
3. A Woman s Life-Changing Potential
PART TWO: THE PEOPLE WE IMPACT
4. A BIG Impact on Little People:
The Power of a Woman s Words to Her Children
5. The Dripping Faucet or the Refreshing Well:
The Power of a Woman s Words to Her Husband
6. Come Sit by Me:
The Power of a Woman s Words to Her Friends
7. Cheering from the Sidelines:
The Power of a Woman s Words to Her Adult Children
8. Especially These:
The Power of a Woman s Words to Fellow Believers
9. The Woman in the Checkout Line:
The Power of a Woman s Words to the World
PART THREE: THE PURPOSEFUL PURSUIT OF TAMING THE TONGUE
10. You re Not in This Alone
11. The Graveyard of Grumbling and the Life Force of Gratitude
12. The Melody of Silence
13. The Bucket Principle
14. Profound Possibilities
Notes
About the Author
The Power of a Woman s Words Bible Study and Discussion Guide
PART ONE
The Power We Possess
1
Mixed Messages
Discretion of speech is more than eloquence.
F RANCIS B ACON
M y friend Catherine and I set out for a lazy summer stroll through the neighborhood just before the fireflies emerged to start their party. We chatted about raising boys, working husbands, and decorating dilemmas. When we arrived back at her house, she invited me to come in and look at some fabric swatches for a new sofa. Before I knew it, a few minutes had turned into a few hours.
Oh, my! I exclaimed. It s ten o clock. I ve been gone for over two hours! I bet Steve s worried sick. He doesn t even know where I am. I d better give him a call before I start back home.
When I dialed our number, the answering machine picked up. After I listened to my sweet Southern greeting, I left a bitter message.
Steve, I was calling to let you know I m at Catherine s. I thought you d be worried, but apparently you don t even care because you won t even pick up the phone! Click. I said my goodbyes to Catherine and left feeling dejected. I m wandering around in the dark all alone and he doesn t even care, I mumbled to no one in particular. I could be lying in a ditch injured, or dead for that matter! He doesn t even care. I don t think he even loves me.
As my eyes adjusted to the darkness, I noticed someone coming toward me. It was Prince Charming riding on his steed! Actually, it was Steve riding on his bicycle.
Where have you been? Steve desperately asked. I ve been riding all over the neighborhood looking for you! Do you know what time it is?
Oh, you do care, I said with a grin, giving him a big hug.
What are you talking about?
Oh, nothing. Let s go home.
When we arrived at the house, what did I do? You know it, girlfriend; I quickly erased the message on the answering machine before Steve could hear my caustic words. Whew , I thought. That was close .
A few days later, Steve called me from work.
Sharon, have you listened to the answering machine lately?
No, why?
Well, I think there s something on there you need to hear.
We hung up and I reached for my cell phone to call my landline phone. The message on the answering machine went something like this:
(The voice of sweet Southerness) Hello, you ve reached the Jaynes residence. We re unable to answer the phone right now (enter the voice of Cruella De Vil) I was calling to let you know I m at Catherine s. I thought you d be worried, but apparently you don t even care because you won t even pick up the phone! (Return of sweet Southerness) At the sound of the beep, leave a message, and we ll get back with you as soon as possible. Beep.
Oh, my goodness! I screamed. How did this happen! How many people have heard this over the past three days?
I called the phone company, and they explained that sometimes during a thunderstorm (which had occurred three days prior), lightning strikes the wires and answering machine messages get scrambled. My message somehow became attached to the greeting.
I was mortified. It sounded like Dr. Jekyll and Mrs. Hyde.
Lord, I prayed, this is so embarrassing.
Yes, it is, He replied.
Well, He didn t really say that in so many words. It was more like this: With the tongue we praise our Lord and Father, and with it we curse human beings, who have been made in God s likeness. Out of the same mouth come praise and cursing. My brothers and sisters, this should not be. Can both fresh water and salt water flow from the same spring? My brothers and sisters, can a fig tree bear olives, or a grapevine bear figs? Neither can a salt spring produce fresh water (James 3:9-12). As my country grandma would say, that means what s down in the well will come up in the bucket.
Okay, Lord, I get the message. But, unfortunately, so did a lot of