Anoint My Lips

The tongue can DIRECT PEOPLE TO THE TRUTH or it can DESTROY.

• "Consider what a great forest is set on fire by a small spark. The tongue also is a fire, a world of evil among the parts of the body. It corrupts the whole person, sets the whole course of his life on fire, and is itself set on fire by hell."
• "With the tongue we praise our Lord and Father, and with it we curse men, WHO HAVE BEEN MADE IN GOD'S LIKENESS. Out of the same mouth come praise and cursing. My brothers, this should not be. Can both fresh water and salt water flow from the same spring?"
• "The tongue has power over LIFE AND DEATH."
• "The mouth of the righteous man is a fountain of life."
• Our words can "help to shelter and encourage a weary traveler, and can help feed a hungry soul."
• "The words I have spoken to you are spirit and they are life."
  

Ultimately, the HEART is the key to the RIGHT SPEECH. When Christ is the Lord over our hearts, He is the Lord over our lips as well. If we are rooted in the things of the Lord, our words will be the FRUIT of our fellowship with Him. The deeper the roots, the HIGHER the reach.

• "For out of the overflow of the heart the mouth speaks."
• "But the things that come out of the mouth come from the heart..."
• "Set guard over my mouth, O Lord; keep watch over the door of my lips."
• "The sovereign Lord has given me an instructed tongue, to know the word that sustains the weary. He wakens me morning by morning, wakens my ear to listen like one being taught."

Lord Jesus Christ, I surrender my lips to You today. I know I talk a lot sometimes. I know that without checking it with the HolyGee, my lips just so go on and on. I ask that You will steer my lips today..that my words will bring people closer to Your Truth. Ultimately, will You please teach me to GUARD MY HEART? I know that if my heart is full of anger and bitterness, the Evil Bastards can light it into a huge fire. But if my heart is full of YOUR LOVE AND GRACE, the HolyGee can use it as a FOUNTAIN OF LIFE to turn people back to You. May the words of my mouth and the meditations of my heart be pleasing to You, my Master.