"He that will love life, and see good days, let him refrain his tongue from evil, and his lips that they speak no guile" (I Pet 3:10).Here you see the frightening fact that if your tongue is evil, your future is bound to be evil. "He that will love life and see good days, let him refrain his tongue from evil." In other words, if your tongue is evil, you virtually hate your own life; you don't want to see good days ahead of you.
Your life is closely linked to your tongue. When your tongue is evil, your life also is evil. Similarly, if your tongue is sweet, gracious, compassionate and kind, your life also will be just the same. "A wholesome tongue is a tree of life" (Prov 15:4).
Do you often desire to die? You may have your excuses; you may say it is because of this problem or that. But the real problem is your tongue. "Death and life are in the power of the tongue" (Prov 18:21). When your tongue is evil you do not love life, but rather hate life. When the tongue is a fountain of life giving forth sweet and gracious words, you will find your life to e full of grace and goodness; you will not want to die.
"...his lips that they speak no guile" - If you are dishonest or deceptive in your words, if you speak with a double heart, you certainly shall not see good days.
- Late Pastor T.U.Thomas, in Morning Manna
lol nice picture to demonstrate death and the tongue. that guy is probably a skeleton because he has a great big tongue (i.e speaks evil things)
ReplyDeletethat's right... i chose it cos of it's visual appeal... it instantly catapults the reader to what is in store in Pastor's message.. aint it? :-)
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