6. Taming the Tongue

Jun 6, 2022

Did you know that the average person spends 1/5 of their lifetime talking?  That is A LOT OF WORDS!

If all the words we spoke in a day were printed, on average we would fill a 50 page book EVERYDAY.  

In his book, James has spent considerable time focused on our words. He challenged us to be "quick to listen, slow to speak and slow to become angry" James 1:19. 

But it is very to do just the opposite - "to be slow to listen, quick to speak and quick to become angry."

We've all said things to people we care about that we wished we could take back.  We wish we could take them back because we know that our words have the power to influence us positively or negatively.. 

Take a moment and ponder these two questions:
What has someone said to you that has encouraged you?
What has someone said to you that hurt or discouraged you?

Every single day, as you go about your business, you are influencing people with your words.  Jesus says that our tongue is a reflect of our heart:

"A good man brings good things out of the good stored up in his heart, and an evil man brings evil things our of the good stored up in his heart. For the mouth speaks what the
heart is full of. " ~ Luke 6:45

 

 Join us this as we seek out God's wisdom on taming our tongue and transforming our heart.