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Controlling the Tongue

 

Yesterday we spoke of speaking the right kind of words based on the

Scripture; Colossians 4:6 “Let your speech be always with grace, seasoned with salt,

that ye may know how ye ought to answer every man”.

How do we do that when we read James 3:8, “But the tongue can no man tame;

it is an unruly evil, full of deadly poison.” 

One of the toughest battles anyone will ever face is the battle of controlling

the tongue.

Someone expressed it this way:

If your lips would keep from slips,

Five things to observe with care:

To whom you speak, of whom you speak,

And how, and when, and where.

—Author unknown

  1. Think before you speak, are the words helpful or hurtful?

Am I lifting up or tearing down?

Am I speaking in anger?

  1. Don’t say something about someone that you wouldn’t want said about

you.

Galatians 6:1, “Brethren, if a man be overtaken in a fault, ye which are spiritual,

restore such an one in the spirit of meekness; considering thyself, lest thou

also be tempted.” 

  1. Make sure your heart is right with the Lord!

Luke 6:45, “A good man out of the good treasure of his heart bringeth forth

that which is good; and an evil man out of the evil treasure of his heart

bringeth forth that which is evil: for of the abundance of the heart his mouth

speaketh.”