{"id":1231,"date":"2026-02-09T00:08:02","date_gmt":"2026-02-09T08:08:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/smilegodlovesyou.org\/devotionals\/?p=1231"},"modified":"2026-02-02T15:36:06","modified_gmt":"2026-02-02T23:36:06","slug":"day-9-conversation-hearts-gracious-speech","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/smilegodlovesyou.org\/devotionals\/day-9-conversation-hearts-gracious-speech\/","title":{"rendered":"Day 9&#8211;Conversation Hearts&#8211;Gracious Speech"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong><u>MOUTH MEDICINE:<\/u><\/strong><br \/>\n<em>Let your speech at all times be gracious pleasant and winsome] seasoned [as it were] with salt [so that you may never be at a loss] to know how to answer anyone [who puts a question to you]<\/em> Colossians 4:6<\/p>\n<p><strong><u>TONGUE TALK:<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Gracious speech is kind and shows courtesy.<\/li>\n<li>It is compassionate and polite.<\/li>\n<li>It is pleasant and sweet.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>HEART HELP:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><em>Anyone who loves a pure heart and gracious speech is the king&#8217;s friend.<\/em> Proverbs 22:11<\/li>\n<li>Jesus spoke graciously:\u00a0 <em>Everyone spoke well of him and was amazed by the gracious words that came from his lips.<\/em> Luke 4:22<\/li>\n<li><em>The words of a wise man&#8217;s mouth are gracious,<\/em> Ecc.10:12<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong><u>MY PRAYER FOR TODAY:<\/u><\/strong><u><br \/>\n<\/u>Dear Lord,<br \/>\ntoday I want to focus on speaking graciously. I want to season my words with salt, so as to preserve them in people&#8217;s minds that they might cause a thirst for the truth of the gospel.<br \/>\nI want my speech to be gracious so that it might cause people to ask me about my faith and thus give me an opportunity to share the good news of the gospel with them.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a9SGLY Ministry <a href=\"http:\/\/www.smilegodlovesyou.org\">www.smilegodlovesyou.org<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>MOUTH MEDICINE: Let your speech at all times be gracious pleasant and winsome] seasoned [as it were] with salt [so that you may never be at a loss] to know how to answer anyone [who puts a question to you] Colossians 4:6 TONGUE TALK: Gracious speech is kind and shows courtesy. It is compassionate and&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2453,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[2104],"tags":[2190,2192,2105,2191,3,2198,3524,2197,2194,2193,2196,30,2199,32,2195],"class_list":["post-1231","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-conversation-hearts","tag-colossians-46","tag-compassionate-speech","tag-conversation-hearts","tag-courteous-speech","tag-daily-devotionals","tag-ecc-1012","tag-february-2026","tag-luke-422","tag-pleasant-speech","tag-polite-speech","tag-proverbs-2211","tag-sgly-ministry","tag-share-the-good-news-gospel","tag-smile-god-loves-you","tag-sweet-speech"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/smilegodlovesyou.org\/devotionals\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Gracious_Speech-Colossians-4.6-1.png?fit=354%2C472&ssl=1","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":1272,"url":"https:\/\/smilegodlovesyou.org\/devotionals\/day-22-conversation-heart-soft-speech\/","url_meta":{"origin":1231,"position":0},"title":"Day 22&#8211;Conversation Heart&#8211;Soft Speech","author":"SGLY Devotionals","date":"February 22, 2026","format":false,"excerpt":"MOUTH MEDICINE: A soft answer turns away\u00a0wrath Proverbs\u00a015:1 [NKJV] TONGUE TALK: Replying softly to someone who is full of anger usually diffuses their anger and averts an explosive argument. 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