WEIGHTY
WORDS
BREAD
11 A word
aptly spoken is like apples of gold in settings of silver. Proverbs 25:11 (NIV)
23 A man
finds joy in giving an apt reply-- and how good is a timely word! Proverbs 15:23 (NIV)
5 Better
is open rebuke than hidden love. 6 Wounds from a friend can be trusted, but an enemy
multiplies kisses. Proverbs 27:5-6
(NIV)
12 Like
an earring of gold or an ornament of fine gold is a wise man's rebuke to a
listening ear. Proverbs 25:12 (NIV)
12 Whoever
of you loves life and desires to see many good days, 13 keep your tongue from evil and
your lips from speaking lies. Psalms
34:12-13 (NIV)
30 The
mouth of the righteous man utters wisdom, and his tongue speaks what is just. 31 The law of his God is in his
heart; his feet do not slip. Psalms
37:30-31 (NIV)
18 Reckless
words pierce like a sword, but the tongue of the wise brings healing. 19 Truthful lips endure forever,
but a lying tongue lasts only a moment.
Proverbs 12:18-19 (NIV)
21 The
tongue has the power of life and death, and those who love it will eat its
fruit. Proverbs 18:21 (NIV)
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 12:35-37
(NIV)
16 All
Scripture is God-breathed and is useful for teaching, rebuking, correcting and
training in righteousness, 17 so that the man of God may be thoroughly equipped for
every good work. 2 Timothy 3:16-17
(NIV)
BUTTER
“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
“Know the Truth and
speak the Truth – always, always wrapped in love. Is Jesus high and lifted up in my words or
are they merely springing forth from my opinions and leanings and seriously,
what good is that?” BHY
“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
“Kind words can be short and easy to speak, but their echoes are truly endless.” Mother Teresa
“Kind
words produce their own image in men’s souls; and a beautiful image it is. They soothe and quiet and comfort the
hearer…We have not yet begun to use kind words in such abundance as they ought
to be used.” Blaise Pascal
“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
“Father,
as we’re here today, please help us to rid our hearts and minds of the clutter
that is within them. Our thoughts are
clouded by worldly matters- things that don’t matter. Our hearts seek after things that don’t
satisfy. We run after the perishable and
fail to seek the imperishable. Forgive
us, Father. May Your Spirit remind us of
Your Presence in all of our lives- all of the time. Guide us.
Let our thoughts and words and attitudes be pleasing to You. Let us imitate Christ. Give us His mind and His attitude. Strip us of our pride and self-sufficiency
and may we be humble as Jesus showed Humility.
In the Name of Jesus, Who humbled Himself to death, even death on the
Cross, for us, we pray.” Roger
Killian
HEART
SAVOR
- · My words are to be both truthful and loving. Truth without love yields legalism and love without Truth yields license.
- · I am to leave the aroma of Christ instead of the stench of death in my every encounter.
- · My words have the power to speak life or death to someone.
