WHAT YOU SAY ---- PART 1 Your word is your honor. Just as words begin and establish all relationships and friendships, words have also broken and destroyed more human relationships and started or fueled more wars and contentions than any other factors in history. Therefore think before you speak; and think as you talk. THE WORLD IS CRYING FOR MORE THINKING TALKERS! There is no eraser to remove words after they are spoken; they remain forever, no matter how sorry we become afterwards. So, let us avoid speaking what we cannot easily wipe away. We often heard in the past that “Your word is your bond” (you are bound by your words, once you speak them). So, your words will elevate you with honor and respect, or bring you down with disgrace and disrespect. God says:”Your mouth speaks out what is in the abundance of your heart” (Mathew 12:34). It means your words reveal the inner contents of your heart (center of your soul). The thoughts in your mind are also exposed by your words, since the mind processes information from our senses and gives to the heart for storage. You may say things casually that you don’t really mean; but you may regret about some of such words later on, if you do not check and regulate the type and level of your casual speech, especially if you allow yourself to drift into the realm of levity (lack of seriousness; frivolity).That is when, for example, you can tell your fiancée or spouse (or child, parent, friend etc.): “I don’t love you”; “I hate you!”; “You are no good to me anymore”; “I made a mistake of marrying you (or dating/courting you)”; “Nothing has prospered for me since you came into my life”. Sometimes we find ourselves saying: “I wish I were not a female; women have too many problems”. Someone insulted his mother with the words: “It pains and bothers me that you are the woman through whom I came into the world”. A frustrated divorced lady in New York, whose stubborn kids often bothered her, commented to me one time when his little boy was misbehaving: “Brother Sam (as she called me), God has given me the wrong children!” Wow! Another lady who had 2 children with her husband after marriage, surprisingly remarked as we were chatting in her home: “Look at my husband; don’t you see he is ugly? Look at his long ears and ugly head.” Solemn! Let us work harder on our minds, hearts, and speeches, in order to make our words appropriate and sweet, so that our lips will always promote us rather than demoting us. That will earn us more credit, make us likeable, win more friends, give us joy, and glorify God. Written by Dr. Samuel Kisseadoo. E-mail: kisseadoo@msn. Website for resources: fruitfulministriesint. Use my name to search for my books online from RedLeadBooks. My new Facebook account (RevDr. Kisseadoo) has space for new friends, as well as my community page: FM Int. Inc. that you can like. Call me in Virginia on 1-757-7289330 for free counseling and prayer, or books. In Ghana call 233-208126533 in Accra or 233-275353802 in Kumasi for all literature, needs, and information. Enjoy Dr. Kisseadoo’s broadcast on JOY 99.7 FM in Accra on Saturdays at 5:30am-6am (Ghana Time). Access on Internet anywhere with MYJOYONLINE.COM, and click on Radio. Permission granted to freely share but with acknowledgement.
Posted on: Thu, 29 Aug 2013 10:57:09 +0000
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