Coffee Break
"One Tongue"
"Let the words of my mouth, and the meditation of
my heart, be acceptable in thy sight, O LORD, my strength, and my redeemer."
Psalm 19:14
There is a song that says, "Oh, for a thousand
tongues to sing praise to the King". If we had a thousand tongues we still
couldn't praise Him enough. Would we use all one thousand of them to
praise and honor Him? Since we don't have a thousand, but we do have one,
I have to ask the question... "What are you doing with the one tongue you
have?"
How are you using it? Are you using it
to edify, to encourage, to speak words of kindness and healing? Are
you using it to bring hope? Are your words words of
peace, faith, blessings? Do your words truly glorify
God? Or do you use your tongue to backbite, discourage,
intimidate? Do you speak words of unbelief, doubt, cursing? Do
you tear down, condemn, murmur and complain? Do you use it
for both- blessings and cursing, truth and lies, faith and fear,
encouragement and discouragement?
Often, we just say what we want to say and give no
thought to our words. I encourage, and challenge, you today to pay
attention to your speech. Give yourself a test and take note of how you
are using your tongue. Here is a prayer for our tongues which is
posted on my Khawdash blog. Maybe we should be praying it everyday??
A Prayer for the
Tongue: I pray forgiveness for my tongue. Help me,
Lord, to never use it as a weapon against my brother. Remind me to wear my
bridle so I can keep it under control. Teach me to bite it, so that I may
feel the pain that it could cause others. Show me where to purchase a lock
for my mouth, so that my tongue will not escape. Help me to think of it as
a valuable object so that I will keep it to myself. I pray that my mind
will be in gear before my tongue goes into motion. Take away the gift
of gab. Thank You for my little tongue. Help me to never let it get
big. Let it always be used for good and it tell the world of Your
love. Amen.
Have a great day. We must use our tongues in
a manner in which glorifies God.
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