DO YOUR WORDS EDIFY OTHERS?
In a generation of course communication we are to sound a different tone. Jesus taught that our words are an expression of our heart condition, saying, “Out of the abundance of the heart his mouth speaks” (Luke 6:45). Do you speak for the edification of the hearer or to benefit yourself? Do you often need to just “air it out?” Or just get things “off your chest?” Do your words flow from a spiritually renewed heart, filled with the Holy Spirit? Or are they vomited forth from the old nature? Give your heart and your tongue to Jesus. Ask Him to tame your tongue and fill your communication with blessings and beauty.
PRAYER: Dear Heavenly Father, fill our minds and mouths with Your Word. Fill us afresh with Your Spirit to help us govern our words with wisdom and self-control. May our language edify others and be always filled with the Good News unto salvation. Strengthen us this day. In Jesus’ name, amen.