Speaking With Honour No More Trash Talk
Friday October 6, 2017
One of the best ways we can get out of the habit of voluntary or involuntary swearing and filthy talk is to keep ourselves away from situations where cursing and swearing are normal speech. While we may have to tolerate swearing in work environments, there are many other situations where we can make decisions about what we input into our brains. There’s music with off-colour language that we can remove from our phone or alternative music player. TV shows, DVD’s, and movies have warnings about coarse language which can help us decide about viewing or not viewing them. There are friends and associates whom we can ask not to swear around us or we can limit the time we spend in their company.
God takes swearing and filthy talk seriously. Do we? What are we willing to do to help tame our tongue and help us speak with purity and respect?
Do not let any unwholesome talk come out of your mouths, but only what is helpful for building others up according to their needs, that it may benefit those who listen. (Ephesians 4:29 NLT)
With our mouths, we testify that we are Christians. God’s word challenges us to think about all the words that pass the door of our lips. We need to walk the walk and talk the talk so that the way we live and speak matches who we say we are.
Those who claim they belong to the Lord must turn away from all wickedness. (2 Timothy 2:19 NLT)
Several scriptures in the Bible encourage us to pause and consider who we belong to when we choose to open our minds and allow our thoughts to be filled with cursing and obscene talk. We are not being “prudes” when we do this. We are acting as people of God. Are we out of step with our culture? Absolutely! As believers in Jesus we are called to challenge ourselves to a higher standard by the way we live. Do we care enough about our influence on others to do that?
Prayer: Heavenly Father, May the words of my mouth rise before You like incense which causes blessings to flow like rain on the people in the community where I live. Amen
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