HONEY
WORDS
BREAD
24 Pleasant
words are a honeycomb, sweet to the soul and healing to the bones. Proverbs 16:24 (NIV)
23 A man
finds joy in giving an apt reply-- and how good is a timely word! Proverbs 15:23 (NIV)
14 From
the fruit of his lips a man is filled with good things as surely as the work of
his hands rewards him. Proverbs 12:14
(NIV)
11 A word
aptly spoken is like apples of gold in settings of silver. Proverbs 25:11 (NIV)
26 An
honest answer is like a kiss on the lips. Proverbs 24:26 (NIV)
Stop
doing wrong, 17 learn
to do right! Seek justice, encourage the oppressed. Defend the cause of the
fatherless, plead the case of the widow. Isaiah 1:16-17 (NIV)
5 But my
mouth would encourage you; comfort from my lips would bring you relief. Job 16:5 (NIV)
29 Do not
let any unwholesome talk come out of your mouths, but only what is helpful for
building others up according to their needs, that it may benefit those who
listen. Ephesians 4:29 (NIV)
33 “Make a tree good and its fruit will be good, or make a tree
bad and its fruit will be bad, for a tree is recognized by its fruit. 34 You
brood of vipers, how can you who are evil say anything good? For out of the
overflow of the heart the mouth speaks. 35 The
good man brings good things out of the good stored up in him, and the evil man
brings evil things out of the evil stored up in him. 36 But I tell
you that men will have to give account on the day of judgment for every
careless word they have spoken. 37 For by your words you will be
acquitted, and by your words you will be condemned.” Matthew 12:33-37 (NIV)
24 And
let us consider how we may spur one another on toward love and good deeds. 25 Let us not give up meeting
together, as some are in the habit of doing, but let us encourage one
another--and all the more as you see the Day approaching. Hebrews 10:24-25 (NIV)
BUTTER
“Kind words can be short and easy to speak, but their echoes are truly endless.” Mother Teresa
“Kind words also
produce their image on men’s souls; and a beautiful image it is.” Blaise Pascal
“There must be a practical outworking of our
faith here in this present world, or it will never endure in the world to
come. We need fewer words and more charitable works; less palaver and
more pity; less repetition of creed and more compassion.” Billy Graham
“Each day offers us an
opportunity to build or to tear down. We do both with our actions, attitudes,
and most of all, with our words. Wherever you are today, the critical question
to ask yourself is, ‘Am I building or am I tearing down?’ We build our legacy
one choice and one day at a time. Hudson Taylor once wrote that there are three
phases to any impossible project, ‘Impossible...difficult...done!’” Donna Evans
“The most important thing in life isn’t what we think about ourselves or what others think about us, but what God thinks about us. He is the final Judge. When He examines and evaluates our motives, words, and actions, are we commended, as was Abel, or are we condemned, as was his brother Cain? ‘The Lord does not look at the things man looks at,’ God told the prophet Samuel. ‘Man looks at the outward appearance, but the Lord looks at the heart’ (1 Sam. 16:7). Warren Wiersbe
“Cold words freeze
people, hot words scorch them, and bitter words make them bitter.” Blaise Pascal
“Though it might be easier to say nothing, how much better to say something. To get our focus off ourselves and on others. To look for ways to lift up rather than tear down. To whisper words from God and bring refreshment to a parched soul.” Liz Curtis Higgs
“Our words have the power to speak life or death over someone. Watch the face of the hearer. Think before we speak. Store up in our hearts His truth before we spout out from our lips our opinions. Out of the overflow of the heart the mouth will speak. Be the conduit that life flows freely through to others. We will then leave the aroma of Christ in our circumstances not the stench of death.” BHY
HEART SAVOR
·
What’s in
my heart will eventually come out of my mouth.
·
I am not
to let any unwholesome talk flow through my mouth. I should put my words through the sieve of
the following test before I spout them: Are
they True, are the noble, are they right, are they pure, are they lovely, are
they admirable, are they excellent, are they praiseworthy are the necessary??
·
I want to
leave the aroma of life in my circumstances not the stench of death.
