Today's Verse: Psalm 34:12-13

Monday, October 12, 1953

Whoever of you loves life and desires to see many good days, keep your tongue from evil and your lips from speaking lies.
— Psalm 34:12-13
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Thoughts on Today's Verse...

God reminds us that our words and the way we use our speech significantly impact the quality of life we will enjoy. Nothing cuts short a vibrant life like evil speech and the lies we tell. These deadly evils unleash deception and destruction that we cannot control. This unleashed poisonous power not only harms those about whom and to whom we speak, but evil words and lies eventually boomerang, coming back to bring their deadly payload into our own lives. Let's be people who speak what is right, good, wholesome, holy, true, and a blessing (Ephesians 4:20-5:12).

My Prayer...

Holy and Righteous God, my Father, purify my heart. Please cleanse my words of all deceit, slander, vulgarity, wickedness, untruth, exaggeration, mean-spiritedness, distortion, guile, and words that wound. May the words of my mouth and the intentions of my heart be pleasing to you, O God, my Lord and my Redeemer. In Jesus' name. Amen.

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Illustration of Psalm 34:12-13 — Whoever of you loves life and desires to see many good days, keep your tongue from evil and your lips from speaking lies.

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