Topics:<\/b> Betrayal; Lying; Preaching; Tongue; Truth<\/p>\n
References:<\/b> Proverbs 18:21; Ephesians 4:29; James 3:1\u201312<\/p>\n
When a friend describes a beautiful sunset, a picture is created in your mind. The words enable you to make meaning. When a parent reacts to a child\u2019s artwork, meaning is created between child and parent, which can affect the child\u2019s self-concept for a lifetime.<\/p>\n
Likewise, when a lie is spoken, a false reality is constructed that, once discovered, can rupture relationships. For example, when Bill Clinton\u2019s inner circle believed his lie that he hadn\u2019t had sex with Monica Lewinsky, their minds accepted an \u201cunreal reality.\u201d Their eventual discovery of the truth and resulting feelings of betrayal were probably more dramatic than those who hadn\u2019t believed Clinton in the first place. This power to affect one another is serious business. Our spoken words shape the reality of those with whom we interact.<\/p>\n
\u2014Lori Carrell, The Great American Sermon Survey<\/i> (Mainstay Church Resources, 1999)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Topics: Betrayal; Lying; Preaching; Tongue; Truth References: Proverbs 18:21; Ephesians 4:29; James 3:1\u201312 When a friend describes a beautiful sunset, a picture is created in your mind. The words enable you to make meaning. When a parent reacts to a child\u2019s artwork, meaning is created between child and parent, which can affect the child\u2019s self-concept … Continue reading “SHAPING
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