Guard your steps when you go to the house of God. Go near to listen rather than to offer the sacrifice of fools, who do not know that they do wrong. Do not be quick with your mouth, do not be hasty in your heart to utter anything before God. God is in heaven and you are on earth, so let your words be few.Ecclesiastes 5:1-2
How are you with your mouth, your texts, your emails, etc? Do you often spout off and wish you could turn back the clock? I think all of us have.
Does your mouth need to be washed out with Holy Spirit soap so to speak. Ugly words, cursing, gossip, backbiting, betrayal, divulging secrets, lying, are all pretty much no no’s for those who identify with Christ and follow Him. Our tongue is like a deadly weapon it says in JAMES chapter 3. You can bless people with it then curse them.
Whatever you say and do it should be glorifying to God, so check your social media posts. Is there anyone who needs to hear you say “Forgive me”. This honoring God should be between marriage partners and the divorce rate and consequently fracturing of families would not be happening so much as well. Kindness starts with you.
PRAYER:Father I love you and thank you for the ability to speak. The tongue and vocal cords are so amazing. The pattern of each person’s voice being different. Forgive me when I use this gift hastily without thought of who I might hurt. Give me the ability to speak words of love, joy, peace, and ditch the ugliness that may be even innocently on social media. In Jesus’ name. Amen.
Becky: Thank you for this reminder. We all have times when we slip. We need to immediately go to God and tell Him we are sorry for our bad ways.
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