More on Words

The Lord keeps hammering me about my words. How quickly they leave my tongue. Reading through Proverbs again, the verses about words are just piercing my heart.

Here are just a few from my reading of Proverbs 18:

18:4 — The words of a man’s mouth are deep waters; the fountain of wisdom are a bubbling brook.

18:7 — A fool’s mouth is his ruin, and his lips are a snare of his soul.

18:8 – The words of a whisperer are like dainty morsels, and they go deep into the innermost parts of the body.

18:21 – Death and life are in the power of the tongue, and those who it will eat its fruit.

Someone posted this little ditty on Facebook last week and it really pierced my heart:

Sticks and stones may break my bones,
But words can also hurt me.
Sticks and stones break only skin,
while words are ghosts that haunt me.
Pain from words have left its scar
on mind and heart that’s tender.
Cuts and bruises now have healed,
It’s words that I remember! 

Ouch! Lord remind me today that death and life are in the power of the tongue. May I choose life when I speak to my wife, my kids, my staff and those who you bring across my path today. Amen. – Bill Welte contributes weekly to the Freedom Fighter blog and serves as President & CEO of America’s Keswick in Whiting, NJ.

Team YOU: Psalm 105-106; Proverbs 20; 1 Corinthians 3

Motivations: Worship is the believer’s response of all that he is – mind, emotions, will, and body – to all that God is and says and does. This response has its mystical side in subjective experience, and its practical side in objective obedience to God’s revealed truth. It is a loving response that is balanced by the fear of the Lord, and it is a deepening response as the believer comes to know God better. Warren W. Wiersbe

Practice to Remember: Level 1:Philippians 3:12; Level 2: Philippians 3:12-16

Powered Up:  The revelation of our spiritual standing is what we ask in prayer; sometimes what we ask is an insult to God; we ask with our eyes on the possibilities or on ourselves, not on Jesus Christ. Oswald Chambers