Yes, the power of words can hurt or heal.

Lelia


----- Original Message -----
From: "Ned Benton" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Sunday, January 04, 2004 2:31 PM
Subject: Prayer request


>     Hello family,
> I just wanted to let you know how things are with Linda, my cousin, and
her
> mother.  I spoke with Linda about an hour or so ago and she tells me that
> the Lord heard and answered our prayers.
> Anne, her mother, is in intensive care but they say she has congestive
heart
> failure.  Her lungs were filling with fluid and causing the chest pains
and
> the feeling of inability to breathe.  She is doing mucyh better and
resting
> now.  Thank you so much for praying with me and for you constant readiness
> to respond to prayer requests.
>
> Truly, this is a "holy place".  It is a wonderful place of fellowship and
I
> thank the Lord for it.
>
> Phil, I appreciate what you had to say about the power of words.  It is so
> true.  Wehn I was in school at the Academy for the Blind in Macon, Ga
(seems
> like a hundred years ago) the was a guy who was quite impressionable.  A
> bucnch of us decided to see if we could make him sick.  Each one would
tell
> him something like "you sound like you don't feel well" or you sound
rather
> weak" or ask, "do you feel all right".  After a while he went to bed sick.
> Let's remember the power of words and always use them positively for Jeus.
>
> Praise Him,
>
> Ned
>