{"id":194108,"date":"2024-10-18T04:41:18","date_gmt":"2024-10-18T09:41:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.prayingpint.com\/?p=194108"},"modified":"2024-08-08T05:29:20","modified_gmt":"2024-08-08T10:29:20","slug":"53-j-wilderness-17-p","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.prayingpint.com\/index.php\/2024\/10\/18\/53-j-wilderness-17-p\/","title":{"rendered":"Pathway to Victory &#8211; Devotion"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>Every careless word that people speak, they shall give an accounting for it in the day of judgment.<\/p>\n<p>\u2013Matthew 12:36<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>James 3:8 says, \u201cNo one can tame the tongue; it is a restless evil and full of deadly poison.\u201d Some people misapply that verse and decide there\u2019s no point in trying to control their speech. No, James was simply reminding us that it\u2019s hard to handle our speech\u2013we will wrestle with it until the day we die. Yet as difficult as it is, James 1:26 says if we don\u2019t bridle our tongues, then our religion is worthless. So how do we go about controlling our speech?\u00a0 Practical principles for taming the tongue.<\/p>\n<p>Number one:\u00a0<em>realize that you are accountable for your words<\/em>. Did you know that one day you and I will give an account for every word we have ever spoken? Does that strike terror in your heart as it does mine? In Matthew 12:36, Jesus said, \u201cEvery careless word that people speak, they shall give an accounting for it in the day of judgment.\u201d Somehow God is going to retrieve all the words we\u2019ve said, and we are going to be judged by those words. That realization is a strong motivation to control what we say.<\/p>\n<p>Number two:\u00a0<em>memorize and meditate on Scripture concerning your speech<\/em>. If you have difficulty controlling your speech, I encourage you to commit these verses to memory. Just thinking about them will be a great encouragement to you.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\n<blockquote><p>\u201cThe one who guards his mouth preserves his life; the one who opens wide his lips comes to ruin\u201d (Proverbs 13:3).<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<blockquote><p>\u201cDo you see a man who is hasty in his words? There is more hope for a fool than for him\u201d (Proverbs 29:20).<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<blockquote><p>\u201cLet no unwholesome word proceed from your mouth, but only such a word as is good for edification according to the need of the moment, so that it will give grace to those who hear\u201d (Ephesians 4:29).<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Number three:\u00a0<em>refuse to give a bad report about anyone you have not personally confronted<\/em>. In Matthew 18:15, Jesus said, \u201cIf your brother sins, go and show him his fault in private; if he listens to you, you have won your brother.\u201d If you\u2019re really concerned about a fellow Christian, don\u2019t talk to your prayer group or anybody else about it; instead, confront that person privately with the hope of redemption. Make a commitment today not to say anything negative about somebody you have not personally talked to.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; Every careless word that people speak, they shall give an accounting for it in the day of judgment. \u2013Matthew 12:36 James 3:8 says, \u201cNo one can tame the tongue; it is a restless evil and full of deadly poison.\u201d Some people misapply that verse and decide there\u2019s no point in trying to control their &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.prayingpint.com\/index.php\/2024\/10\/18\/53-j-wilderness-17-p\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Pathway to Victory &#8211; Devotion&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-194108","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-daily-prayers"],"post_mailing_queue_ids":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.prayingpint.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/194108","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.prayingpint.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.prayingpint.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.prayingpint.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.prayingpint.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=194108"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.prayingpint.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/194108\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":194111,"href":"https:\/\/www.prayingpint.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/194108\/revisions\/194111"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.prayingpint.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=194108"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.prayingpint.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=194108"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.prayingpint.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=194108"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}