Solutions To An Uncontrolled Tongue - Part 4

Seven Solutions to an Uncontrolled Tongue:

1) Get a New Heart - The problem with the tongue begins in the heart, just like the water that comes to the surface in a bucket comes from the well. “Rid yourself of all the offenses you have committed and get a new heart and a new spirit.” (Ezekiel 18:31)

“Painting the pump won’t change the poison that is in the well!”

“If anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation; the old has gone, the new has come.” (2 Corinthians 5:17) Talk to Jesus Christ; ask Him to forgive you for your sins; express your belief in His dying for your sins on the cross; invite Him to come into you and change you. King David, a man after God’s own heart, said, “Create in me a clean heart, O God, and renew a right spirit within me.” (Psalm 51)

2) Ask God for help every day. “Set a guard over my mouth O Lord. Keep watch over the door of my lips.” (Psalm 141: 3)

3) Immerse yourself in God’s Word. “I have hidden your word in my heart that I might not sin against you.” (Psalm 119:11)

4) Think Before you speak – “Everyone should be quick to listen, slow to speak, and slow to become angry.” (James 1:19)

5) Hang out with people who use the tongue properly since we become like the people we are with. “Bad company corrupts good character.” (1 Corinthians 15:33)

6) Practice godly speech with your tongue – encourage, affirm, complement, build.

7) Fill your heart and mind with godly, good things. “Out of the overflow of the heart the mouth speaks” (Matthew 12:34)

What do your words say about you? Is this an area where the Spirit want to grow you?

Taking another step in the journey of being like Jesus ~ Bob