Listen, for I will speak of excellent things, And from the opening of my lips will come right things; For my mouth will speak truth; Wickedness is an abomination to my lips. All the words of my mouth are with righteousness; Nothing crooked or perverse is in them.
Proverbs 8:6-8 (NKJV)
The words we speak are very powerful. The Bible is very clear about the kinds of words that we should speak as believers in Jesus Christ:
- Speak words of excellence
Our words must be filled with excellence which means that we must think carefully about them, before we actually speak them. For us to speak of excellent things, we must think about things that are excellent:
Finally, brothers, whatever is true, whatever is noble, whatever is right, whatever is pure, whatever is lovely, whatever is admirable—if anything is excellent or praiseworthy—think about such things.
Philippians 4:8 (NIV)
- Speak the truth
Speaking the truth from a sincere heart is what God expects from us. It’s not always easy and there are times that we may be tempted to tell lies, however we are encouraged to speak the truth at all times:
Who may worship in your sanctuary, Lord? Who may enter your presence on your holy hill? Those who lead blameless lives and do what is right, speaking the truth from sincere hearts.
Psalm 15:1-2 (NLT)
- Speak words of righteousness
We must speak words that are right. In other words, if we know that the words we are about to speak are not right and will not build someone up, we must avoid them all together:
The mouth of the righteous man utters wisdom, and his tongue speaks what is just.
Psalm 37:30 (NIV)
- Avoid speaking perverse words
Perverse words are words that are crooked and twisted , and we are encouraged not to speak such words:
Avoid all perverse talk; stay away from corrupt speech.
Proverbs 4:24 (NLT)
Prayer:
Dear Lord, please help me to only speak excellent things in 2018 in Jesus΄ name.
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Blessing Theophilus-Israel
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