Each born again Christian feels a deep inner need to serve God. Eph 2.10a names one of the services that God asks every Christian to do for Him. Namely, it calls upon every Christian to do good works. As Eph 2.9-10 clearly states, good works will not get a person saved from his or her sins. Salvation is by the grace of God through faith alone.
Pleasant words are like a honeycomb, sweetness to the soul and health to the bones.
You may not have the talent or calling to be a great preacher or evangelist, but there is one special ability that God bestows on every Christian who asks for it, including you . Pleasant words are in critically short supply among God's people today. The following are a couple of poems that beautifully express the reason why encouraging and comforting other people will, in the words of Proverbs 16.24, bring sweetness to their souls and health to their bones. In the worst of you and me. I have no voice for singing, I cannot make a speech, I have no gift for healing, I know I cannot preach.