Words are not just words, the reality is that words have meaning and power. And one of the greatest powers of the spoken word is the power to reveal the inner condition of our hearts.
Our words can expose just how much we have been stained and corrupted by the world or how much we have been transformed into the image and likeness of Jesus Christ.
That is why James says that:
« If anyone considers himself religious and yet does not keep a tight rein on his tongue, he deceives himself and his religion is worthless. »(James 1:26)
If we can’t bridle our tongues and the words that come out of our mouths look more like the world than like Christ, the impurity of our hearts is laid bare.
But if we are really in Christ, we are a new creation with a new heart and new words: « Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation. The old has passed away; behold, the new has come. »(2 Corinthians 5:17)
It means that we take off the old self and put on the new, and one of the ways we take off the old self is to stop talking like the old self.
PRAYER:
Eternal our God, help us to control our words and to stop talking like the world.
It is in the precious name of your son Jesus Christ that we pray, Amen.
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