Taming Our Tongue

Psalms 120:2-4 - "Deliver me, O Lord, from lying lips, from a deceitful tongue. What shall be given to you, and what more shall be done to you, you deceitful tongue? A warrior's sharp arrows, with glowing coals of the broom tree!"

There are many scriptures in the bible about lying lips and deceitful tongue, being the one of smallest part of the body it has the potential to cause greatest damage to our lives if not in control. "For we all stumble in many ways. And if anyone does not stumble in what he says, he is a perfect man, able also to bridle his whole body. If we put bits into the mouths of horses so that they obey us, we guide their whole bodies as well. Look at the ships also: though they are so large and are driven by strong winds, they are guided by a very small rudder wherever the will of the pilot directs. So also the tongue is a small member, yet it boasts of great things. How great a forest is set ablaze by such a small fire! And the tongue is a fire, a world of unrighteousness. The tongue is set among our members, staining the whole body, setting on fire the entire course of life, and set on fire by hell." - (James 3:2-10)

The bible says that "Death and life are in the power of the tongue, and those who love it will eat its fruits." - (Proverbs 18:21) The words that comes out of our mouth can either build someone or destroy relationships and we need to be very careful about what we say because we cannot take back the words that we have spoken, so"Let no corrupting talk come out of your mouths, but only such as is good for building up, as fits the occasion, that it may give grace to those who hear." - (Ephesians 4:29)

Let's ask the Holy Spirit to guard our mouth and keep it from all evil - "Set a guard, O Lord, over my mouth; keep watch over the door of my lips! - (Psalms 141:3)

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