TONGUE CONTROL
Jas. 3:2 We all make many mistakes, but those who control their
tongues can also control themselves in every other way. NLT
No matter who you
think you may be, you make mistakes in your life. Life is full of mistakes we make. No one is any different than anyone else in
this regard. Mistakes are going to
happen to anyone who does anything at all in life. We make mistakes in the things we do and say
every day of our lives.
If we learn the
discipline of controlling our tongues, it helps us in every other area of our
lives as well. Great damage is done with
our tongues and those who learn how to control it have a much better chance of
living a happy and successful life.
There are some things we can do to maintain a better control of our
tongues and lives.
The best thing we can
do is stay close to God and ask Him to help us.
We can strive to do more thinking before we speak than we normally
do. We can ask the Lord to help us to
build others up instead of tearing them down.
We can put ourselves on the receiving end of our conversations and
examine how it would affect us. We can
ask the Lord to give us more love for others so that we might not hurt them
with our speech. We can ask the Lord to
zip our lips when it’s needed. We can
walk away from a conversation that is going nowhere but downhill. We can ask the Lord for greater
self-discipline in all areas of our lives.
Gaining control over
our tongues and lives is not an easy task.
The journey is full of many pitfalls and failures. But, we can gain many victories if we
persevere with the determination to win.
Let the Lord help you in this area of your life and see what great
things He can do for you.
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