Ephesians 4: 26 Be angry, and yet do not sin. Fear is like anger because it has the potential to engulf you in sin and self-destruction. That is why I have chosen this verse to talk about fear. Fear is a horrible contagion; it contaminates all it touches. If you give fear any place in […]
Psalm 34: 12 – 13 TPT Do you want to live a long, good life, enjoying the beauty that fills each day? Then never speak a lie or allow wicked words to come from your mouth. A friend of mine once remarked that we need to be reminded about the […]
Proverb 13: 2 – 3 NIV From the fruit of their lips people enjoy good things, but the unfaithful have an appetite for violence. Those who guard their lips preserve their lives, but those who speak rashly will come to ruin. This is right in the middle of many […]
Ephesians 4: 29 Let no unwholesome word proceed from your mouth, but only such a word as is good for edification according to the need of the moment, that it may give grace to those who hear. If you do not stumble here, then you are a perfect person for this is where we usually […]
Luke 4: 3 “If You are the Son of God, tell this stone to become bread.” The devil told Jesus to “tell” this stone to become bread. He didn’t say, “Wave your hands over it and make it bread.” He didn’t even say “turn this stone into bread.” He knew that the power to change […]
Proverb 10: 21 The lips of the righteous feed many, but fools die for lack of understanding. In this proverb Solomon contrasts the righteous and the wicked. I am gratified to learn that the lips of the righteous feeds many. I imagine that the lips of the righteous is a blessing which flows out to […]
Proverb 8: 8 All the utterances of my mouth are in righteousness; there is nothing crooked or perverted in them. King David wrote in Psalm 17: 3 that he purposed that his mouth would not transgress. That is a noble goal. Maybe setting that goal was enough for David to be able to accomplish it. […]
