"And the tongue is a fire. The tongue, a world of unrighteousness, is placed among the parts of our bodies. It pollutes the whole body, sets the course of life on fire, and is set on fire by hell" (James 3:6).
James doesn't speak very highly of our tongues, does he?
And rightly so.
Look back over the last week of your life and remember the words that you've said.
Loving? Kind? True? Encouraging? Praising God?
Hopefully we had some of those kinds of words come out of our mouths. But more likely we had more of the opposite.
Hateful. Mean. Deceptive. Critical. Praising self.
The second list is much easier, than the first.
And we know the destruction that those words cause. We've been hurt by the words of others, yet we choose to let the same types of words flow over our lips.
Why is it so easy to have a potty-mouth?
Jesus put it clearly: "But what comes out of the mouth comes from the heart, and this defiles a man. For from the heart come evil thoughts, murders, adulteries, sexual immoralities, thefts, false testimonies, blasphemies" (Mt 15:18).
Our mouths are filthy, because our hearts are filthy.
What we say comes from what is in our hearts.
In order to change our words, we need a change of heart. We need the Holy Spirit to change our inner man through the Word of God.
So what did your words reflect about your heart today?
What can you change with God's help for the rest of the day, or tomorrow?
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