Engage your mind before you engage your mouth

The words you speak affect the world around you. What you say, and how you communicate with each other has lasting results. The words you speak can give life, hope, and love. Or, they can bring death, division, and destruction. Proverbs 18:21 Death and Life are in the power of the tongue. Once the word is gone forth from your mouth it’s too late to take it back. Scripture say’s that you are to be quick to hear, slow to speak and slow to anger. In other words engage your mind before you engage your mouth and don’t let what you say be the result of anger. When you are angry you say things you know that you shouldn’t say and later regret what you say.

Warning: Watch Your Words for every idle (careless) word that you speak, you shall give an account on the Day of Judgment. For by your words you will be justified, and by your words you will be condemned. Matt 12: 36-37  

To tame the tongue and have a careful watch over your speech is so important that the bible gives instructions concerning what comes out of your mouth. Scripture is telling you that a mature Christian Has Power over The Tongue. You can measure the maturity of a Christian by the content of their speech. 1 Corinthians 13:11 When you were a child you spoke as a child, you understood as a child, you thought as a child, but when you became an adult, you are to put away childish things.

Your words have tremendous influence and control over your life. Look at your conversation. What do you like to talk about? What do you talk about the most? You shape your words and then your words shape you. The tongue is small, it’s tiny. And because it’s tiny you think it’s insignificant. But it has tremendous power. Your tongue controls the direction of your life wherever you want to go and a little bit of a word or a phrase can influence the total direction of your life.

The tongue not only has the power to direct where you go but also to destroy what you have if you don’t learn to control it. It’s like a fire. Your words can be devastating to others: Proverbs 18:21 Death and life are in the power of the tongue. Proverbs 18:20 "You have to live with the consequences of everything you say." Words can create a chain reaction. You can say something that you didn’t mean to have any harm, but it can have devastating effects that are beyond your control.

The tongue is a deadly weapon.
No human can tame the tongue, But There is one who can, God is able to tame and control a lying Blaspheming, slanderous, gossiping, backbiting and destructive tongue. As much as He is able to deliver the drunkard from his alcohol, the gambler from his gambling, or a drug addict from his drugs. God is an awesome God can do anything that you will allow Him to. There has to be willingness on your part to surrender and yield your tongue to the Lord Jesus. Listen for the Holy Spirit’s Voice inside you; engage your mind before you engage your mouth.