"Let no corrupt communication proceed out of your mouth, but that which is good to the use of edifying, that it may minister grace unto the hearers.
And grieve not the holy Spirit of God, whereby ye are sealed unto the day of redemption.
Let all bitterness, and wrath, and anger, and clamour, and evil speaking, be put away from you, with all malice:
And be ye kind one to another, tenderhearted, forgiving one another, even as God for Christ’s sake hath forgiven you."
Ephesians 4:29-32
Can you imagine how much our lives, and even the world, would be changed, if we did this one thing? We see marketing titles all the time about the "one little thing" that can change our lives, but this one is totally real. :) If we just avoided corrupt communication, we would be so golden. The rest of the selection is good, of course, but it is mainly helping us understand that one first statement.
Today, let's communicate to edify and not to tear down. Let's stop letting our bitterness show (even better: stop believing in it and letting it hurt us) and put away our anger and wrath and gossiping and complaining. Instead, let's compliment someone and be kind and treat others as we would like God to treat us. Let's really invest in this one thing, and let God change our hearts and our minds as we work to live life his way. :)
And grieve not the holy Spirit of God, whereby ye are sealed unto the day of redemption.
Let all bitterness, and wrath, and anger, and clamour, and evil speaking, be put away from you, with all malice:
And be ye kind one to another, tenderhearted, forgiving one another, even as God for Christ’s sake hath forgiven you."
Ephesians 4:29-32
Can you imagine how much our lives, and even the world, would be changed, if we did this one thing? We see marketing titles all the time about the "one little thing" that can change our lives, but this one is totally real. :) If we just avoided corrupt communication, we would be so golden. The rest of the selection is good, of course, but it is mainly helping us understand that one first statement.
Today, let's communicate to edify and not to tear down. Let's stop letting our bitterness show (even better: stop believing in it and letting it hurt us) and put away our anger and wrath and gossiping and complaining. Instead, let's compliment someone and be kind and treat others as we would like God to treat us. Let's really invest in this one thing, and let God change our hearts and our minds as we work to live life his way. :)
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