DAILY MANNA DEVOTIONAL TUESDAY, MARCH 13, 2018 CONTROL YOUR TONGUE TEXT: PROVERBS 12:1-16.

DAILY MANNA DEVOTIONAL

TUESDAY, MARCH 13, 2018

CONTROL YOUR TONGUE

TEXT: PROVERBS 12:1-16.

Key Verse: _"A man shall be satisfied with good by the fruit of his mouth: and the recompence of a man's hands shall be rendered unto him” (Proverbs 12:14)_

Can it be that the average person spends one-fifth of his or her life talking? That’s what statistics say. If all our words are put into print, the result would be this: single day’s words would fill a 50-page book, while in a year’s time, the average person’s word would fill 132 books of 200 pages each! Among all those words, there are bound to be some spoken in anger, carelessness or haste.

Generally, the book of Proverbs is considered as the most practical book that touches on all areas of life such as marriage and family (verse 4), wicked inventions (verses 5,6,12), and the control of the tongue which receives significant emphasis in verse 6, 13-14. Our study presents a cocktail of contrasts – a very useful tool to direct us through life.

God gave us the tongue as a tool to express feelings, thoughts and to convey words of wisdom, hope, encouragement and love. Through it, we are able to worship Him in speech, and communicate His laws and ways.

Sadly, so much damage has been done through the use of the tongue which cannot be reversed. The tongue is used to destroy relationships, businesses, peddle rumours and encourage prejudices as it has the ability to set on fire the whole course of nature (James 3:6)

To set our lives in order, we need to ask the Holy Spirit to take control of our tongues. The next step in our recovery is to apologise to those we have injured with our tongues and, from then on, begin to build and to plant through the authority of the tongue. Remember that when eventually you are old and set aside from vigorous service, you can still serve in the closet of your room in prayers through the use of your tongue.

THOUGHT FOR THE DAY: Take control of your tongue, to take control of your posterity.

COVER to COVER _DEUTERONOMY 5-7_

PONDER:
1. The wicked speaks of murder, curses, bitterness and evils to their neighbours. You receive deliverance through your tongue v6.
2. Listen to what comes out of his mouth and you can tell whether he/she is righteous or wicked v13.
3. People put themselves into trouble by what and how they speak v13.
4. Abundant blessings comes through what we speak v13. Spiritual and physical penury come through the tongue v13. Say it and have it.

HYMN: Gracious Spirit dwell with me (GHS 260)

1.Gracious Spirit, dwell with me,
I myself would gracious be;
And with words that helps and heal
Would Thy life in mine reveal;
And with actions bold and meek
Would for Christ my Savior speak.

2 Truthful Spirit, dwell with me,
I myself would truthful be;
And with wisdom kind and clear,
Let Thy life in mine appear;
and, with actions lovingly,
Speak my Lord's sincerity.

3 Holy Spirit, dwell with me,
I myself would holy be;
Shut my heart up like a flower
In temptations darksome hour,
Open it when shines the sun
And His love by fragrance own.

4 Mighty Spirit, dwell with me,
I myself would mighty be,
Mighty as to prevail
Where unaided man must fail
Ever by a mighty hope
Pressing on and bearing up.

PRAYER POINTS:
1. Pray on the wordings of the Hymn above.
2.Make my heart an oasis of loving, tender and holy words.
3. Give me the tongue of the wise and the learned.
4. Give us a new consecration guarding the use of our tongues.