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: Good Morning Saints,
: “Happy Humpty Hump Day To You”!!! How are
: you doing this morning, good I hope?? Are
: you having a good week so far, I sure hope
: so? It is my sincere hope that you have a
: good and very Blessed Wednesday and rest of
: the week too!
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: God Bless You and Yours!
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: “Say only yes when you mean yes, and no when
: you mean no.” James 5:12 TEV
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: “Long after spoken, words may linger in a
: person’s heart or in their life, for good or
: bad.”
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: My thoughts today are: “Careful what you
: say!”
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: By Pastor Allen Randolph
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: It has been said with understated
: oversimplification, “words mean something!”
: Of course they do. With words God created
: all that you see and know of this physical
: universe. See Genesis 1:3/John 1:1-3/Hebrews
: 11:3 NIV. God obviously values the power of
: words.
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: My fourth grade teacher, Mrs. Cook, in my
: elementary school in North Venice, Illinois,
: planted the seeds in me to appreciate words.
: She taught me to want to use them well. My
: Dad taught me to want to use them wisely. I
: remember my Dad talking about it being
: important to “say what you mean, and always
: mean what you say!” He considered that a man
: was never any better than his word. I
: probably still need to practice the lessons
: from them both!
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: The Bible gives a good guideline; “Let
: everything you say be good and helpful, so
: that your words will be an encouragement to
: those who hear them.” Ephesians 4:29 NLT.
: They can hurt or heal, encourage or
: discourage, teach or taunt, raise doubts or
: dispel them, inspire to greatness or incite
: to violence. Words are a priceless commodity
: used wisely and a tragic waste when
: squandered.
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: Sometimes a person may treat their words as
: though they mean nothing special. Words are
: flung into the air as though they are
: instantly disposable, evaporating with the
: hearing of them, but they don’t disappear
: even when you wish they would have. Everyone
: knows that words can linger for good or bad
: in another’s heart or mind – or in their
: life – long after they were spoken.
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: People use words they don’t really mean,
: just because they may feel that way at the
: moment. And when the feelings change, they
: wonder why their words still matter to
: someone that can’t just forget them. People
: use words to make promises they may not be
: as careful to keep. “Do not be hasty in word
: or impulsive in thought . . therefore let
: your words be few.” Ecclesiastes 5:2 NAS.
: Like everything else, too much of a good
: thing dilutes the value. There are words
: spoken I wish had not been, and times when
: words were left unspoken when I wish they
: had been. Good to know when to speak up;
: great to know when to shut up!
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: The Psalmist prayed this prayer, “May the
: words of my mouth and the meditation of my
: heart be pleasing in Your sight, O Lord!”
: Psalm 19:14 NIV. That would probably be a
: good thing to ask every morning before you
: begin your day, and every evening when you
: return home. It’s good to have a Godly
: filter, and that honest prayer is the best
: one.
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: You will observe in life that no one will
: value your words any more than you seem to
: value them by making sure they are true,
: they are kind, and they are correct. Life
: will be smoother; friendships will be
: cleaner; misunderstandings and hurts will be
: fewer; apologies will be less needed, when
: you “say only yes when you mean yes, and no
: when you mean no.” Try it. I think you will
: be pleased to see how well that works.
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: My prayer for you today is: make your words
: count for what is eternal.
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: K-Love’s Encouraging Words:
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: I took my troubles to the LORD; I cried out
: to him, and he answered my prayer.
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: ~ Psalm 120:1, NLT
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: I will answer them before they even call to
: me. While they are still talking about their
: needs, I will go ahead and answer their
: prayers!
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: ~ Isaiah 65:24, NLT
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: The thief's purpose is to steal and kill and
: destroy. My purpose is to give them a rich
: and satisfying life.
: ~ John 10:10, NLT
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: "Life without God is like an
: unsharpened pencil - it has no point".
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: ~ LONG LIVE COWBOYS ~
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:A very good message,Double Tuff99, I need to do a better job of minding my mouth.
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