Dear
Diary,
Day
6 of the #Zip_it_40_Day_Challenge
#Shut_Down_the_Motomouth
My
speech will never be the same after these 40 Day Challenge so help me God!
Proverbs
4:24 says, “Keep your mouth free of perversity; keep corrupt talk far from your
lips.” “Do 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,”
As
human beings, whether a chatterbox or an introvert, our daily garrulity and
banter conversations might have some profane, perfidious, arrogant, flattery,
vain and trifling, contemptuous, railing and abusive words. Both the writer of
Proverbs and Ephesians give us a doable rule for our conversations, i.e. to
keep our mouths free of perversity and our lips from corrupt and unwholesome
talk.
Merriam
Webster defines these key words as follows: 1. Unwholesome, “Detrimental to
physical, mental or moral well-being.” 2. Corrupt, “Morally degenerated,
adulterated or debased speech.” 3. Perversity, “Turned away from what is right
or good contrary to accepted standards.” So, perverse, corrupt and
unwholesome talk is detrimental to physical, mental and/or
moral well-being of a person. It could be an idle tale, a joke, and an
irrelevant word. Such unwholesome and corrupt talk defiles people, injures
souls and leaves fatal scars in people’s hearts. Besides, it grieves the Holy
Spirit!
Words
act in two ways: 1. Words are results, i.e. they come forth and show what’s
inward; 2. Words are acts, i.e. they cause something beyond. Therefore it is
prudent to double the guard over our mouths. Observe the rule: keep your mouth
free of perversity and your lips from corrupt and unwholesome talk. Let only that which is helpful for building others up according to their needs proceed out of our mouths; only that which will benefit your listeners!
#Resolve
Psalm
141:3 is my earnest prayer, “Set a guard over my mouth, Lord, keep watch over
the door of my lips, that no perverse, corrupt and unwholesome talk will come
from my mouth. Amen!”
R,
NzakuNashipae
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