words will provide a helping of life or a helping of death because life and death are in the power of the tongue. Power to Heal, Power to Destroy In the book of Deuteronomy, we read of Moses speaking to the nation of Israel about this reality: “I call heaven and earth as witnesses against you today that I have set before you life and death, blessing and curse. Choose life so that you and your descendants may live” (Deuteronomy 30:19). When Moses says, “life and death,” he is not referring to killing