{"id":1256,"date":"2026-02-17T00:08:46","date_gmt":"2026-02-17T08:08:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/smilegodlovesyou.org\/devotionals\/?p=1256"},"modified":"2026-02-15T18:06:51","modified_gmt":"2026-02-16T02:06:51","slug":"day-17-conversation-heart-purposed-mouth","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/smilegodlovesyou.org\/devotionals\/day-17-conversation-heart-purposed-mouth\/","title":{"rendered":"Day 17–Conversation Heart–Purposed Mouth"},"content":{"rendered":"

MOUTH MEDICINE:<\/u><\/strong>
\nI have purposed that my mouth shall not transgress<\/em>. Psalm 17:3 [NKJV]<\/p>\n

TONGUE TALK:
\n<\/u><\/strong>Transgress means to overstep your bounds, to break the limits, to go beyond what is allowed.
\nA Purposed Mouth would be one that is determined not to transgress God’s word.
\nIt is a mouth that is determined not to sin by what it speaks.
\nA Purposed Mouth intends each day to keep God’s commands by what it allows to come forth from it.
\nToday let’s focus on what it means to have a Purposed Mouth.<\/p>\n

HEART HELP:
\n<\/u><\/strong>This was a prayer of David to God:<\/p>\n

Give ear to my prayer it does not rise from deceitful lips.
\nMay my vindication come from you; may your eyes see what is right.
\nThough you probe my heart and examine me at night, though you test me, you will find nothing; I have resolved that my mouth will not sin.<\/em> Psalm 17:1-3 [NIV]<\/p>\n


\nMY PRAYER FOR TODAY:
\n<\/u><\/strong>Dear God,
\nI pray that my mouth will not sin in what it speaks out today.
\nI pray that I will be slow to speak and quick to listen, for I am determined not to speak forth anything that is not of You God.
\nPlease help me to keep focused on this today, for I want my mouth to have one purpose, and that is to glorify You, God.
\nThank You God. For who You are and all that You do. \u00a0In Jesus name I pray.\u00a0 Amen.<\/p>\n


\n<\/u>\u00a9SGLY Ministry www.smilegodlovesyou.org<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

MOUTH MEDICINE: I have purposed that my mouth shall not transgress. Psalm 17:3 [NKJV] TONGUE TALK: Transgress means to overstep your bounds, to break the limits, to go beyond what is allowed. A Purposed Mouth would be one that is determined not to transgress God’s word. 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