"Speak Life: Overcoming the Challenge of Controlling Our Tongue 🗣️✨"

Unveiled Ladies Ministries

Welcome to Unveiled Ladies Ministries! In this eye-opening episode, we delve into a topic we all struggle with—controlling our tongue. Our words hold immense power, and yet managing what we say can be a constant challenge. Join us as we explore practical tips, personal experiences, and biblical insights on how to master our speech and speak life into every situation. 🙏💬  Discover why our words matter, how they can both uplift and wound, and learn strategies to harness the power of positive speech. We discuss:  Self-Awareness: Recognizing triggers that lead to hurtful words and understanding their impact. 🔍  Practical Techniques: Tips on pausing, reflecting, and choosing our words carefully during conflicts or moments of stress. ⏸️🗣️  Biblical Wisdom: How Scripture guides us to use our tongue for encouragement and healing rather than division. 📖✨  Empowerment Through Change: Real stories of transformation that show the impact of controlled, thoughtful communication in our personal relationships and communities. 💖  No matter your journey or where you are in your life, remember that you have the power to transform your speech and, ultimately, your life. Let’s learn together to turn our words into a force for good and build a community of encouragement and love!  If you find this message inspiring, please like, subscribe, and leave a comment sharing how you work on controlling your words. Together, we can speak life, spread kindness, and create lasting positive change. 🌟    #SpeakLife #ControlYourTongue #PowerOfWords #PositiveSpeech #EmpowerYourVoice #WordsMatter #BiblicalWisdom #RealTalk #UnveiledLadiesMinistries #FaithInAction #SpreadEncouragement #OvercomingChallenges #MindfulSpeech #TransformYourLife #LiveWithPurpose

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00:00so today we're going to talk about the tongue controlling the tongue takes hard work it can

00:13be difficult to do in fact it takes being disciplined and being intentional about this

00:22small member of the body that can do enormous damage to someone's reputation character and

00:29their entire life in fact i wrote this about assumptions don't allow an assumption to roll

00:35up your tongue and speak it as true assumptions hijack the truth sabotage relationships destroy

00:42a person's character and damages his or her reputation henry rinkle said assumptions are

00:49the termites of relationships so controlling the tongue is sometimes difficult to do it's a

00:56challenge but i wrote down a few questions that i think we should all ask ourselves do we have to

01:03tell everything we hear do we do we always have to repeat what someone told us about somebody else

01:11do we do you have friends who thrive on gossip and knowing the dirt on others are you guilty am i

01:19guilty of wanting to know the dirt on others we all have to check our motives and we all need to search

01:27our hearts so that we will be careful about what we allow to roll off our tongue um i would like to

01:34read a few scriptures here james 3 3 3 6 says when we put bits into the mouths of horses to make them

01:41obey us we can turn the whole animal verse 4 or take ships as an example although they are so large and

01:48are driven by strong winds they are stood by a very small road or wherever the pilot wants to go

01:525. likewise the tongue is a small part of the body but it makes great ghosts consider what a great force

01:59to set on fire by a small spark there goes that small spark the tongue also is a fire a world of evil

02:07among the parts of the body it corrupts the whole body sets the whole course of one's life on fire and is

02:13itself set on fire by hope before i read proverbs 6 i want to talk a little bit about something that

02:23happened to me when i was a young adult my father was pasty pastoring a large church in california

02:30and a rumor went around about me and i knew who had started the rumor i was freaking out i was

02:35devastated i was stressed out my anxiety level was on a high i wanted to go to this person who wasn't

02:42gospel by the way and put him in her his place it was a he and i wanted to go print my innocence to

02:49everybody and tell everybody this is not true and i just did not know what to do i was beside myself

02:55so i went to the church to my dad's office he knew something was wrong he said what's going on stephanie

03:01and i just blurted out everything that was going on i poured my heart out to him

03:05him and he just listened quietly while i vented and then he said this and i'll never forget stephanie

03:13don't do anything you don't need to prove your innocence and you don't need to go put that person

03:19in his place let god reveal it let god expose the truth you pray stay humble

03:26and keep your motives right and i'll never forget that piece of advice do you know that i listened

03:34and obeyed because my flesh wanted to run after this person and to go to everybody else who was

03:39enjoying this rumor about me and give them a piece of my mind that i sat quietly like my dad said within

03:46two weeks the rumor died and i had people come and tell me you know so and so is just a busy body and

03:54a gospel i never really believed it god took care of it i didn't even have to get in there and create

04:00more drama more mess god took care of it so i'm so appreciative that my father gave me that wise

04:07piece of advice that i try to use today but in saying that there are so many scriptures that talk

04:13about the tongue and problem six is one of them i want to read right now 16 through 19.

04:18these six things the lord hates indeed seven are repulsive to him a proud look we can talk about

04:25being proud the attitude that makes one overestimate oneself and discounts others a lying tongue and

04:34hands that shed innocent blood verse 18 a heart that creates wicked plans feet that run swiftly to evil

04:41verse 19 a false witness who breathes out life even half truth and one who spreads discord rumors

04:48among brothers amen and then i want to read psalm 141 3 which i try to apply to my life as much as

04:54possible set a guard over my mouth lord keep watch over the door of my lips and then ephesians 4 29 do

05:01not let any unwholesome talk come out of your mouths but only what is helpful for building others up

05:09according to their needs that it may benefit those who listen so i think it's it's a new day okay let's

05:19do a new thing in fact let's set boundaries with juicy pieces of gossip that seem to be floating all

05:26over in the news on social media in our texts in our emails and to just declare my personal space is a

05:34gossip-free zone and in fact i'll just be honest i have enough junk in my own closet and trying to

05:42worry about i can't worry about everybody else's junk in their own closet but i wanted to read

05:47this last quote that i absolutely loved when i read it by thomas watson god has given us two ears

05:54but one tongue to show that we should be swift to hear but slow to speak god has set a double

06:02fence before the tongue the teeth and the lips to teach us to be weary that we offend not with our

06:09tongue so we should all pray god give us wisdom give us compassion help us to discern correctly and

06:19lord put a guard over our lips and i could go on and on about this topic um it's something i'm passionate

06:26about because gossip destroys people um assumptions destroy relationships gossip is just messy and if

06:36you're wise it will stop with you the buck stops with you as they say and just don't spread any of the

06:43junk that you're hearing about someone pray for that person have compassion on that person god will

06:49reveal the truth god will expose that god will use the right people to intervene and to get involved

06:54so that's the word today control the tongue all right ladies let's do this i know it's hard but we

07:03can do this and take all these scriptures i read and read them and let it get into your heart your mind

07:09your soul and let it guide you every day when you hear a juicy piece of gospel about someone all right

07:15have a great day god bless you

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