Devotion 2/3, What Would You Do?
The mouth of the righteous is a fountain of life, but violence overwhelms the mouth of the wicked. Proverbs 10:11
Philip Ware: “Do you want to know the difference between a righteous person and a wicked one? Simple! Jesus said to check the fruit of their life. One of the most visible forms of fruit in peoples’ lives is found in the way they talk, how they talk, and their empathy as they talk. Righteous people find ways to impart life through what they say. The wicked reveal themselves by what they say and how they say it. In a social-media-dominated world filled with vitriol, sarcasm, and bitterness, this is a prover we must heed!”
What’s that saying, “preach the gospel all the time, if necessary use words”?
O Lord God, please hear our cry as we repeat the words of the Psalmist as our earnest prayer to you: “Let the words of my mouth and the meditation of my heart be acceptable in your sight, O Lord, my rock and my redeemer.”
In the name of Jesus, I ask this. Amen.
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