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Daily thoughts on the world's most profound insights of the human condition as discovered in the Bible by William Bode. The Bible is about Jesus from Genesis to Revelation and everything in between. When I read the Bible I see the most honest view of my heart and human condition. Be careful--after you get past the poor grammar, bad spelling and punctuation there is some life changing truth I'm uncovering every day! 'the following' are people of The Way, those who claim to be following Jesus.

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Monday, February 11, 2013

Lord of lips.

Psalms 141:3 NLT

Take control of what I say, O Lord , and guard my lips.

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Are you always proud of what you say? Or perhaps for you I should ask, are you ashamed of what you failed to say?

God can be master of your mouth! You are free to ask God as often as need be to be the Lord of your lips. You don't have to let what you say control your life. You can give your speech to God.

Ate you willing to put your words before the throne of God? Are you willing to put your Lord in control of what you say?

You can today.

Thursday, February 07, 2013

When is less more?

Proverbs 17:27-28 NLT

A truly wise person uses few words; a person with understanding is even-tempered. Even fools are thought wise when they keep silent; with their mouths shut, they seem intelligent.

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Usually I've got something to say, and then some. Some say I could talk for England.
So truly I'm at a loss for words when I read this message in the Bible. And thankfully it isn't a one off isolated message. There are a few places in God's word that warn us about our use of words.

We need to remember we're not as wise as we think we are. We don't know everything.

Words are powerful. In a world that is constantly bombarding us with words, we need to choose ours carefully.

Lord, please be the King of my lips. Please let my words be like apples of gold in settings of silver.