Psalms 141:3 KJV
Set a watch, O LORD, before my mouth; keep the
door of my lips.
So important are the words we speak that the Psalmist asked God Himself
to guard those coming from his mouth.
We take too lightly
what we say[1].
We do not think them through. Often we speak as a means of venting:
- Frustration
- Anger and
- Evil thoughts
The believer ought
to learn better than this. What comes out of our mouths can never be taken
back. It is unbecoming and unChristlike to pour out things that are not
seasoned with grace.
God's Word answers
this prayer through New Testament teaching. Jesus said we speak from the heart.
Therefore the first place to look when we find the wrong things coming from our
mouths is our heart. Change the heart and we will change our thoughts and our
words. We change our heart by laying up treasures in heaven and not the earth.
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