Subject: The Power of Your Words

Scripture Reading: 2 Kings 6: 24 – 29 & 7: 1 – 20

Memory Verse: Proverbs 18: 21

Objective: What comes out of us is a result of what is in us.

1. When the king’s official failed to “weigh” his words carefully, what was the result? 2 Kings 7: 1 – 2 & 16 – 20

2. What price did Saul’s daughter pay for failing to consider her words? 2 Samuel 6: 16 & 20 – 23

3. Eli’s unsound response to God’s pronouncement cost him, his family and the nation of Israel dearly, how is this recorded in the scriptures? 1 Samuel 2: 22 – 25, 3: 10 – 18 & 4: 12 – 22

4. In contrast to the cases sighted above how beneficial were the words spoken by a harlot? Joshua 2: 8 – 14 & 6: 21 – 26

5. How did the inspired words of the Shunamite engender life for her dead son? 2 Kings 4: 22 – 23, 26 & 30 – 37

6. What does the wiseman say of the power of words? Proverbs 12: 18, 25: 11, 18: 21