LLYWD Wk 2 "Speak Sweeter"

We started week two in our Live Like You Were Dying Campaign yesterday with the emphasis from the song being, "Speak Sweeter." The key verse for you to meditate on or memorize is found in 1 Thessalonians 5:11 which says, "Therefore encourage one another and build each other up, just as in fact you are doing." And the greatest way to encourage someone is through your words.

Words are incredibly powerful and creative. Proverbs 18:21 says the "tongue has the power of life and death." Words can inspire and motivate or wound and destroy. How you use your words and the attitude behind them can alter someone's destiny forever.

Yesterday we looked at three ways to speak sweeter:
1. Appreciate People- Col. 2:7
We do that by...
* saying Thanks to the people who serve us.
* saying Thanks to the people who shape us.

2. Encourage People- 1 Thes. 5:11; Prov. 16:24

3. Pray for People- Eph. 6:18; Mt. 7:7-11

In the message, I challenged everyone to let their words be life giving this week. Because I believe if you had less than 30 days to live, you would speak sweeter. Don't forget to pick up your LLYWD wrist band at the information table to remind you all week long to live according to these principles we are learning.

Now, "May the Lord bless you and keep you; the Lord make His face shine upon you and be gracious to you; the Lord turn His face toward you and give you peace" (Num. 6:24-26).