9/22/12 3 Xs----that’s the way God gets my attention. Luke 6:45
reminder in my Tuesday notes---"It is “out of the overflow of the mouth that
the heart speaks” was first attention grabber.
#2 was Crickett’s Wednesday night lecture from James 1:26 of
deception of heart of one who does not “bridle his tongue.”
Yesterday brought #3 as I listened to son’s Allen Bible Church
message in “Words with Friends” series
emphasizing the “Might of the Mouth.”
NOTES, condensed Dotsy style
WORDS:
- Powerful
- Palpable
- Personal
Death &
life in words---choose vital words, not venomous; choose words that will delight
the Lord; choose words that minister to others not words that just seek to
manipulate.
For all sad words of tongue and pen, The saddest are these, 'It might have been'. (John Greenleaf Whittier)
Wielding and
Yielding words---choose words that will yield fruitfulness in a life.
(Fruitfulness = fear of the Lord in both the giver and the receiver of words.
Proverbs 1:7 & 9:10)
Buddy ended
the message with today’s exam question from Psalm 19:14.
Consider your
words. Are the words of you mouth and the meditation of your heart pleasing and
acceptable in the sight of the Lord?
If not, you,
as I did recently, just failed the
“oral” aspect of a spirit-filled life.
The good news
is a make-up exam is given daily.
