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What you say flows from what is in your heart.  Matthew 12:34, Luke 6:45

Above all else, guard your heart, for it is the wellspring of life.  Proverbs 4:23

 

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Oops! The minute the words were out of my mouth I regretted saying them. I thought, "I can't believe I said that!." Next thought, "I wish I could take that back."  But once words are spoken they're out there. No chance of taking them back. 

Words are powerful. In olden days, when a king spoke a decree, there was no rescinding it even if it meant terrible consequences. In Proverbs 18 we read, "The tongue has the power of life and death." 

I work on trying to think about what I say before opening my mouth and speaking thoughtlessly. As Kind David did, I have asked the Lord to "set a guard over my mouth; keep watch over the door of my lips." (Psalm 141:3)

However, it isn't really about my mouth, it's about my heart. I have 'decisioned and purposed' to purify my heart. That won't happen overnite. It is an ongoing process. That's okay; we're all a work in progress. It will also require divine help. Like the song says, "Change my heart, oh God..."

Thank God today He is willing to do for us what we cannot do for ourselves.  That is good news.

 

Inspirational messages by Sally I. Kennedy    Sally I. Kennedy, ©2012     http://www.sallyikennedy.com

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