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The mouth of the righteous is a fountain of life, but the mouth of the wicked conceals violence.
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The Scriptures speak over and over about how we are called to continually encourage one another just as the apostle Paul wrote to the brothers and sisters in Thessalonica, {1Thes.5:11} as well as to us today. Those words fueled by the Holy Spirit are what will build each of the believers up. Those faithful words fuel the abundant life that the Lord came to bring us! For with the heart man believes. {Rom.10:10}

It is truly sad today to see how common it has become that sarcasm, a quick supposedly witty retort, has often become more prized by the world than encouragement! It would do us well to understand the meaning of these two words—’encourage’ and ‘sarcasm’—because what comes out of our mouths reveals what is in our hearts! {Matt.12:34} 



The root of the word ‘encourage’ is the Latin word for heart, ‘cor’, the core of our being. It is the first organ formed in the body. The flesh, carnal, on the other hand has its root in the Greek word ‘sarx’ (to help remember that, think dirty socks) and think of what the Word says…“For the mind set on the flesh is death, but the mind set on the Spirit is life and peace, because the mind set on the flesh is hostile toward God; for it does not subject itself to the law of God, for it is not even able to do so;” {Rom.8:6-7}



As our Scripture for the day says {Prov.10:11} our mouths are fountains of life because words of life should flow abundantly from us bringing encouragement and life. The words of the world, the flesh, no matter how pretty or pithy they may sound are nothing more than a sarcophagus (remember ‘sarx’) at best only there to provide a place for death. 



The world still spends amazing amounts of money and resources to bury the dead while we, the children of God who are to live forever, can bring the words of eternal life right from the throne of God with a simple statement, quoting from our Brother, our Lord, our Savior, Jesus who said that He came that we might have life! {Jn.10:10} Death has been conquered. It is no wonder that He said to one disciple headed to a funeral, “Follow Me; and allow the dead to bury their own dead.” {Mat.8:22} 



We are to comfort those who mourn, {Mat.5:4} the living, knowing that He heals the brokenhearted and binds up their wounds. {Ps.147:3} We have to make every effort to bring the Good News to those who are yet living! Don’t wait too late, don’t hesitate. Tell somebody today that Jesus came that they may have life and have it abundantly—and eternally!



As faithful, godly women came to the tomb where Jesus had been laid to rest they found it empty: 
   
“And it happened that while they were perplexed about this, behold, two men suddenly stood near them in dazzling apparel; and as the women were terrified and bowed their faces to the ground, the men said to them, ‘Why do you seek the living One among the dead? He is not here, but He has risen. Remember how He spoke to you while He was still in Galilee, saying that the Son of Man must be delivered into the hands of sinful men, and be crucified, and the third day rise again.'” (Luke 24:4-7)



LIFE AND DEATH ARE IN THE POWER OF THE TONGUE