Daily Bread_May 3, 2013

Title: When Few Words are a Sign of Wisdom

Text:

1 Peter 4:11 (NLT)
¹¹ Do you have the gift of speaking? Then speak as though God himself were speaking through you. Do you have the gift of helping others? Do it with all the strength and energy that God supplies. Then everything you do will bring glory to God through Jesus Christ. All glory and power to him forever and ever! Amen.

Psalm 141:3 (NLT)
³ Take control of what I say, O LORD, and guard my lips.

Observation:

Today, I am pondering the first portion of our text; "Do you have the gift of speaking? Then speak as though God himself were speaking through you".

It is not the quantity of our words that changes lives; rather, it is the source of those words. Only God's words have the power to change lives.

There are times when few words are a sign of wisdom.

Proverbs 10:19 (HCSB)
¹⁹ When there are many words, sin is unavoidable, but the one who controls his lips is wise.

Prayer:

Father God, I ask that you fill my heart with your Word so that when I speak people will hear your voice and not mines. Father, tune my heart with your heart, and my lips to give glory to God. Father, may my life be a blessing to others. In Jesus name, Amen.

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Acts 6:4 (KJV)
⁴ But we will give ourselves continually to prayer, and to the ministry of the word.

 

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