Today’s Walk in the Word
I will guard my ways, that I may not sin with my tongue. —Psalm 39:1 This week we have talked about tongue control. Let’s wrap it up by gathering a few points from Proverbs. “Don’t talk too much, for it fosters sin. Be sensible and […]
Lord, help me control my tongue; help me be careful about what I say. —Psalm 141:3 NCV In Pilgrim’s Progress, John Bunyan introduces us to Talkative: “He was a saint abroad and a devil at home.” A saint on Sunday and a devil on Monday. A man who […]
A great forest is set on fire by a small spark. —James 3:5 “The tongue also is a fire, a world of evil among the parts of the body. It corrupts the whole body, sets the […]
[The tongue] is a restless evil, full of deadly poison. —James 3:8 Your words have eternal consequences. Jesus warned, “The words you say now reflect your fate then” (Mt 12:37 NLT). The average human tongue is 3.3 inches long. But its influence is disproportionate to its size. James 3 describes the tongue as […]
Be quick to listen, slow to speak and slow to become angry. —James 1:19 You know someone who models the exact opposite of today’s text: someone who is slow to listen, quick to speak and quick to become angry—leaving in their wake a waste dump of disaster. To me, […]
How great is the love the Father has lavished on us. —1 John 3:1 Infancy. Childhood. Adolescence. Through it all, your parents loved you. Not because you were good. Not because you were obedient. Not because you were beautiful. Not because you were brilliant. But because you were you—their […]
We should make plans— counting on God to direct us. —Proverbs 16:9 TLB There’s a vast genre of books and workshops on goal setting, covering everything from sales goals, corporate goals, private business goals, and personal goals. A basic ingredient is the time dimension: My goal is to get to this […]
We will reap a harvest if we do not give up. —Galatians 6:9 I secretly nicknamed him “Yowbut.” He had an impressive supply of talent—and a boatload of pessimism. No matter how well things were going, his catchphrase was, “Yeah, but it won’t last.” I secretly nicknamed her “Imdone.” She had extraordinary skills and […]
When it is full-grown, [it] gives birth to death. —James 1:15 “Each person is tempted when they are dragged away by their own evil desire and enticed. Then, after desire has conceived, it gives birth to sin; and […]
No one should say, “God is tempting me.” —James 1:13 Trials are seldom silent. They’re loud. Chaotic. Hostile. Malicious. In-your-face. Temptations, on the other hand, are subtle. Shrewd. Devious. Cunning. Sneaky. James wrote of the blessedness of the person who “perseveres under trial” (Jas 1:12). And Peter wrote of those who suffered “in […]
