All Is Well by Dr. Emily Shava

Day 1 of 3: It Matters What We Say

So she set out and came to the man of God at Mount Carmel.
When the man of God saw her at a distance, he said to Gehazi his servant, “Look, there is the Shunammite woman. Please run now to meet her and ask her, ‘Is it well with you? Is it well with your husband? Is it well with the child?’” And she answered, “It is well.”
-2 Kings 4:25-26 (AMP)

Yet we have the same spirit of faith as he had, who wrote in Scripture, “I BELIEVED, THEREFORE I SPOKE.” We also believe, therefore we also speak...
-2 Corinthians 4:13 (AMP)

Words have creative power. Using the Word, God created the heavens and the earth, and all of humanity. We are created in God’s image and likeness, and Psalm 8 says He has made us just a little lower than angels.

The Shunammite woman was going through a very difficult experience. She had just lost the child that God had blessed her with. During that trying time, she still spoke hope. Words have creative power — it matters what we say. The Shunammite woman shows us that it is important to have faith and speak that which we believe and that which we want God to do. We believe, therefore we speak…

Let us deliberately choose to speak hope and life, knowing that our words have creative power.

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