A Scripture and Thought For Your Day
MOUTH MEDICINE: To everything there is a season, A time for every purpose under heaven: …A time to keep silence, and a time to speak; Ecclesiastes 3:1,7 TONGUE TALK: Timely speech can make a great difference in someone’s life. As Ecclesiastes says there is a time for everything, so if we happen to speak into someone’s…
MOUTH MEDICINE: Now therefore, go, and I will be with your mouth and teach you what you shall say.” Exodus 4:12 TONGUE TALK: God told Moses He would teach him what he should say and what he should do, yet Moses was still unsure of himself and so asked God to pick someone else. God…
MOUTH MEDICINE: He who has knowledge spares his words, Proverbs 17:27 TONGUE TALK: Sometimes it is better to use words frugally or maybe to avoid speaking at all. HEART HELP: Do not be quick with your mouth, do not be hasty in your heart to utter anything before God. God is in heaven, and you are…
MOUTH MEDICINE: A soft answer turns away wrath Proverbs 15:1 [NKJV] TONGUE TALK: Replying softly to someone who is full of anger usually diffuses their anger and averts an explosive argument. HEART HELP: Patience can persuade a prince, and soft speech can crush strong opposition. Proverbs 25:15 [NLT] MY PRAYER FOR TODAY: Dear Lord, please help me…
MOUTH MEDICINE: My dear brothers and sisters, be quick to listen, slow to speak, and slow to get angry. James 1:19 TONGUE TALK: Speaking Slowly means stopping to think before saying anything or taking time to choose your words before speaking out. HEART HELP: Then Moses said to the LORD, “O my Lord, I am not…
MOUTH MEDICINE: “But let your ‘Yes’ be ‘Yes,’ and your ‘No,’ ‘No.’ For whatever is more than these is from the evil one. –Jesus Matthew 5:37 TONGUE TALK: Speak simply. Why did Jesus say this? Because He didn’t want us to rashly make oaths or swear by anything. Having to swear or make oaths betrays…
MOUTH MEDICINE: From the opening of my lips will come right things. Proverbs 8:6 The lips of the righteous nourish many, Proverbs 10:21 TONGUE TALK: Righteous Lips, Righteous Tongue, Righteous Heart What does “righteous” mean? Righteous Lips only allow morally right speech to come forth from the mouth. A Righteous Tongue only speaks words that…