Watch Your Words Luke 6:45 Matthew 15:10-11 Psalms 141:3 Proverbs 10:19-21 Proverbs 11:9-13 Proverbs 16:23-24 Proverbs 22:11-12 Ecclesiastes 12:11 Ephesians 4:29 Colossians 4:6 1 Timothy 4:12 Psalms 19:14 10.26.20

 

WATCH YOUR WORDS

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⁴⁵ “The good man brings good things out of the good stored up in his heart, and the evil man brings evil things out of the evil stored up in his heart. For out of the overflow of his heart his mouth speaks.”  Luke 6:45 (NIV)

 

¹⁰ Jesus called the crowd to him and said, “Listen and understand. ¹¹ What goes into a man’s mouth does not make him ‘unclean,’ but what comes out of his mouth, that is what makes him ‘unclean.’”  Matthew 15:10-11 (NIV)

³ Set a guard over my mouth, O LORD; keep watch over the door of my lips.  Psalms 141:3 (NIV)

 

¹⁹ When words are many, sin is not absent, but he who holds his tongue is wise. ²⁰ The tongue of the righteous is choice silver, but the heart of the wicked is of little value. ²¹ The lips of the righteous nourish many, but fools die for lack of judgment.  Proverbs 10:19-21 (NIV)

 

⁹ With his mouth the godless destroys his neighbor, but through knowledge the righteous escape.  ¹⁰ When the righteous prosper, the city rejoices; when the wicked perish, there are shouts of joy.  ¹¹ Through the blessing of the upright a city is exalted, but by the mouth of the wicked it is destroyed. ¹² A man who lacks judgment derides his neighbor, but a man of understanding holds his tongue. ¹³ A gossip betrays a confidence, but a trustworthy man keeps a secret.  Proverbs 11:9-13 (NIV)

²³ A wise man’s heart guides his mouth, and his lips promote instruction. ²⁴ Pleasant words are a honeycomb, sweet to the soul and healing to the bones.  Proverbs 16:23-24 (NIV)

¹¹ He who loves a pure heart and whose speech is gracious will have the king for his friend.
¹² The eyes of the LORD keep watch over knowledge, but he frustrates the words of the unfaithful.  Proverbs 22:11-12 (NIV)

 

¹¹ The words of the wise are like goads, their collected sayings like firmly embedded nails--given by one Shepherd.  Ecclesiastes 12:11 (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)

 

⁶ Let your conversation be always full of grace, seasoned with salt, so that you may know how to answer everyone.  Colossians 4:6 (NIV)

 

¹² Don’t let anyone look down on you because you are young, but set an example for the believers in speech, in life, in love, in faith and in purity.  1 Timothy 4:12 (NIV)

¹⁴ May the words of my mouth and the meditation of my heart be pleasing in your sight, O LORD, my Rock and my Redeemer.  Psalms 19:14 (NIV)

 

BUTTER

“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

“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

“Kind words can be short and easy to speak, but their echoes are truly endless.”   Mother Teresa

“God employs His people to encourage one another.  We should delight that God usually works for human beings with other human beings.  It forms a bond of friendship, and being mutually dependent on one another, we are fused more completely into one family.  Work to help others, and especially strive to encourage them.  Talk cheerily to the young and anxious inquirer, lovingly try to remove obstacles out of his way.  When you find a spark of grace in the heart, kneel down and blow it into a flame.  Leave the young believer to discover the roughness of the road by degrees, but tell him of the strength which dwells in God, of the sureness of the promise, and of the charms of communion with Christ.  Aim to comfort the sorrowful, and to animate the hopeless.  Speak a word in season to him who is weary, and encourage those who are fearful to go on their way with gladness.  God encourages you by His promises; Christ encourages you as He points to the heaven He has won for you, and the Spirit encourages you as He works in you to will and to do of His own will and pleasure.  Imitate divine wisdom, and encourage others according to the Word.”   Charles H. Spurgeon

“Silence in the face of evil is itself evil….Not to speak is to speak; not to act is to act.”   Dietrich Bonhoeffer

“Our words and works are always an overflow of what is in our  hearts and thoughts.  If you desire right speech and actions, work on your heart and mind.”  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

“Cold words freeze people, hot words scorch them, and bitter words make them bitter.”   Blaise Pascal

“Kind words also produce their image on men’s souls; and a beautiful image it is.”   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

“One of the most powerful blessings you can bestow on another person is well-timed words. It is our job to declare God’s praises and pronounce God’s blessings. Life-giving words are pure oxygen.  The right words at the right time can change everything.  They can even change the direction of a life.”  Mark Batterson

“Don’t underestimate the power of words. While shaming words can take courage out of a soul, encouraging and affirming words can put courage back in.  When you offer critique to another soul, do it gently. When you offer encouragement to another soul, do it fiercely.”  Scott Sauls

“Before we speak we should put our words through the sieve of:  Is it true?  Is it noble?  Is it right?  Is it pure?  Is it lovely?   Is it admirable?  Is it excellent?  Is it praiseworthy?  Is it necessary????”  BHY  

“The person who manifests God's goodness thinks good thoughts, speaks good words, and performs good deeds. What the person thinks lines up with what he speaks, and what he speaks lines up with what he does. He is consistent in the integrity of his life.”  Michael Youssef

“Many of us carry around great pain and sorrow. True companions cut those sorrows in half, often with just their mere presence and the rightly placed words.”   Drew Hunter

“Only speak words that make souls stronger.”   Ann Voskamp

HEART SAVOR

·         Pleasant words are as honeycomb, both pleasing and healing to the hearer.

·         It is easy to be critical – we all have enough flaws in us to keep a critical tongue busy.  It is much more difficult to search for the good and zero in on affirming that in a life.  That is breathing oxygen into their soul.  Be an encourager!

·         What comes out of our mouths is in our hearts.  Out of the overflow of the heart the mouth speaks (or erupts, I might add!).  Deal with your heart and thoughts – that will change your speech.