Dear Friend,
I pray you are doing well on your journey with speaking God’s Word. Don’t get discouraged! It takes time to train yourself to speak God’s Word over a situation. Sometimes, it’s harder still to hold your tongue! I know there have been times when I wanted to unleash my words in anger. We really do carry a loaded gun beneath our noses! We can shoot off words that destroy rather than heal.
This week I want to encourage you to set a guard on your tongue. Don’t speak the first thing that comes to your mind.
Set a guard, O Lord, over my mouth;
Keep watch over the door of my lips.
Psalm 141:3 (NKJV)
If anyone thinks he is religious and does not bridle his tongue but deceives his heart, this person’s religion is worthless.
James 1:26 (ESV)
When I lived in North Carolina, I bought a license plate that read, “Proverbs 18:21.” That scripture says that the power of death and life are in your tongue, and I wanted to keep that scripture close to me everywhere I traveled.
We all fall sometimes and speak words that we shouldn’t. Be encouraged. Get up and keep walking by faith, keep speaking the Word of God. Set a guard over your mouth.
Victory is yours!
Pastor Jo