Words Of My Mouth

I want to thank God for my father who rubbed my injury even though I’m whining in pain all the time. I pray that it will heal by today.

Ephesians 4:29 (New International Version)

 ²⁹Do 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.

Mark 7:15 (New International Version)

¹⁵Nothing outside a man can make him ‘unclean’ by going into him. Rather, it is what comes out of a man that makes him ‘unclean.’

These 2 verses are what I’m gonna talk about today. What do we speak? What do we not speak? It’s a pretty ignored thought because we simply don’t see how the Word Of God comes into the picture. So here’s how it comes.

Unwholesome talk Vs Building others up.

So how are these different? Worlds apart. Unwholesome when searched for definition in Google is, unfavorable to health. So, unwholesome talk is unhealthy talk! But what exactly is unwholesome talk?

When it affects a person’s spiritual health to go downwards. E.g, gossiping, letting emotions take control of the conversation.

We have to be Word centred, not Emotion centred. Even in our speech, we let the Word of God speak through us. As I was sharing, we lead ourselves with our mind, not with our heart. When we communicate to individuals ruled over by emotions, first of all, there will not be self-control. Feelings between the 2 may go in an awkward direction. So how?

Many of us may know about SOW, Surface, Open, Word.

But there is another level, SOWR(Sower) R for relationship.

Many people goes from, S, O then R. skipping the Word relationship. Where the presence of God in the relationship is minimal. How can we then say that we are God’s Children, where we do not bring God into our relationship with people.

And, in Mark 7:15, it says, what makes us unclean is  what comes out of us, it does not speak of the brown chocolate that all animals produced in their in-built factories, but it speaks of words that come out of our mouth. Does it build others up? Or does it tear people down. What we speak shows our heart condition.

Thank you God, for Elton, for speaking to me through him. I have sinned. let  the words of my mouth be that of your word. Not of my emotions, not of my worldly desires, but desires for you. In Jesus name, Amen.

What I speak of in this post is not to tell others, talk only about what’s in the Bible. No! thats being legalistic. What I’m trying to say is that we do not lead ourselves with our worldly desires. There was this time when I started to speak about money because money was a worldly desire. However, it would have only torn people apart instead of building them up. So how about a guy talking to a girl, and a girl talking to a guy?

First of all, No Problem. Alright, do not condemn your sheep just because of what they speak. If it shows a wrong intention, then of cause stop it. However, if it is word centred, then Go Ahead~

Let the words of our mouth be wholesome, it may start with small talk, open sharing.

An example I’d like to share. Vivien Lim~ haha, dun kill me for tearing you down here~ She really shows how Word Centred she really is through how she talks, in a private conversation, she asked me if there was anything she could pray for me. It really brought the element of God into the picture, from just talking nonsense(which I normally do) to something God will be pleased with.

Dear God,

Let us be people who are dedicared to you, with our hearts filled with your word. Let us draw ever so nearer to you, that we will be sensitive enough to know where you desire our relationships with people will go. That we will watch what we speak, and hold close to the ever so sweet word. Let us live a Word-Based Life

In Jesus name, Amen