IT IS AN UNRULY EVIL FULL OF DEADLY POISON (James 3:7-8)
"The tongue is an unruly evil full of deadly poison." Pray daily that the Lord will keep us from gossip, being harshly critical, and unkind speech. Don't talk unfavorably about anyone; love covers a multitude of sins (1 Peter 4:8). If we have something against another person, let us go to them directly, discuss it in love, and pray together (Matthew 18:15; Luke 17:3). Let us try to see Christ in our brothers and sisters instead of magnifying minor failures. If we start to say something unkind or unprofitable, let us stop in the middle of the sentence, and explain that to continue would not be edifying. Some things are better left unsaid.
"The tongue is an unruly evil full of deadly poison." Pray daily that the Lord will keep us from gossip, being harshly critical, and unkind speech. Don't talk unfavorably about anyone; love covers a multitude of sins (1 Peter 4:8). If we have something against another person, let us go to them directly, discuss it in love, and pray together (Matthew 18:15; Luke 17:3). Let us try to see Christ in our brothers and sisters instead of magnifying minor failures. If we start to say something unkind or unprofitable, let us stop in the middle of the sentence, and explain that to continue would not be edifying. Some things are better left unsaid.
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