Wanted Dead or Alive…

Proverbs 18:21 “Death and life are in the power of the tongue, and those who love it will eat its fruit”

People like watching a good cowboy movie especially on a wet afternoon. As the good guys pursue the bad guys we often see a sign with the villains picture that says “Wanted Dead or Alive.” The good guys keep chasing him down until they have their man.

Our verse tells us exactly who the villain in our life is; it’s our tongue, or more practically, the words that we speak. Each time we open our mouth we have the choice to speak words that bring life or ones that produce death. If we speak words of life then we eat the fruit of a great life.

This week let’s be like the good guys in the movie and pursue our words. Let’s take time to listen to ourselves and catch any words of death. Don’t concern yourself with what others say just focus on yourself and your words. Other people will eat the fruit that comes from their own words.

When you hear yourself not speaking life then pause for a moment, think and then speak out fresh words of life. You will train yourself into an abundant life in no time. Areas that you have struggled in will start to change. Good stuff will begin to grow and flourish in your life as you tend them correctly with your words.

We love you – have the greatest week!

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Its All Fun Until…

Psalms 35:28 “And my tongue shall speak of thy righteousness and of thy praise all the day long.” [WBT]

I can remember being constantly told in the playground by our schoolteacher “It all seems fun until someone gets hurt.” I still recall all the fun that we had peppered by the occasional pain when something did go wrong. Life so often reflects this! We can unknowingly be doing something that produces the wrong result.

This leads us to a priceless truth in our Psalm: Our tongue is the joystick of our day.

Now ponder on this for a moment… our tongue will direct our day in the same way as a conductor directs an orchestra. The book of Proverbs is filled with many valuable lessons about our tongue. It lets us know both its power and its weaknesses. Our tongue is able to say whatever we let it but if we want the right results we have to use it correctly.

Take the plunge with us today and let’s use our tongues to speak of God’s righteousness and His praise – all day long. As we do this we will find that our days become filled with Him and the course of our life is right on target.