Set a Guard over My Mouth

Faith in Action

Self-controlled, Upright and Godly Faith

A Disciplined Faith

Matthew 12:33-37 The Message

33 “If you grow a healthy tree, you’ll pick healthy fruit. If you grow a diseased tree, you’ll pick worm-eaten fruit. The fruit tells you about the tree.
34-37 “You have minds like a snake pit! How do you suppose what you say is worth anything when you are so foul-minded? It’s your heart, not the dictionary, that gives meaning to your words. A good person produces good deeds and words season after season. An evil person is a blight on the orchard. Let me tell you something: Every one of these careless words is going to come back to haunt you. There will be a time of Reckoning. Words are powerful; take them seriously. Words can be your salvation. Words can also be your damnation.

For Reflection

"Watch your mouth," my aunt used to say, "Remember who you are!"  Good advice for anyone, any age, any time, any where.  One can not un-say anything.  Words hurt.  One needs to judge well, but needs not to be judgmental.  The words you use indicate your spiritual maturity.  Your words either invite others to spiritual maturity or drive them into dark places.  Words are powerful. Use words wisely.

Pray

Pray that the words you use heal rather than harm.  Pray that the words you use bring others in to spiritual rest.

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