Power Of The Tongue

Garbage in, garbage out; good in, good out. At some point, what we see and hear moves from just being in our head to being in our hearts. Anger, brawling, slander, malice, envy, hatred, cursing, betrayal, manipulation, deception, fear, stress, and lack of trust all come from one's perception. What we allow to remain in our mind through what we see and hear enters our hearts, and what is in our hearts will eventually come out our mouth and dictate our actions.

Jesus taught in Luke 6:45, "The good man brings good things out of the good stored up in his heart, and an evil man brings evil things out of the evil stored up in his heart; for the mouth speaks what the heart is full of." 

David declares in Psalm 101:2-4, "I will walk in my house with a blameless heart. I will set before my eyes no vile thing. The deeds of faithless men I hate; they will not cling to me; men of perverse heart shall be far from me; I will have nothing to do with evil." 

He explains living a blameless life takes careful consideration in all we say and do. In Psalm 141:3 He prayed, "Set a guard over my mouth, Lord, Keep watch over the gates of my lips."  His son, Solomon, instructs us in Proverbs 4:23, "Above all else, to guard our hearts with all diligence for out of it flow all the issues of life" and Paul teaches in Philippians 4:8, "Finally, brothers and sisters, whatever is true, whatever is noble, whatever is right, whatever is pure, whatever is lovely, whatever admirable- if anything is excellent or praise worthy, to think about such things."  

These men learned that it is from the abundance of the heart and mind that the mouth speaks blessings or curses to one another, and that once words are spoken they usher in life or death because there is power in the tongue.(Proverbs 18:21)

Filling our mind and heart with good things as Paul taught equips us to speak forth good things (blessings) which help to build up others instead of tearing them down and since we will give account for every hurtful evil word at judgment we must be mindful not to hurt or offend even the least as Jesus taught in Matthew 18:6.

 As you go about your day's activity, I pray you will guard up your mind and meditate on good things so your words bring forth life and blessings to those you encounter. Enjoy a wonderfully blessed life, dear friends. God loves you and so do I❤