This is such a good verse! I want my intentions to be holy and not of selish of jealous conduct. I pray that the Lord will open my eyes to my sin everyday and that He will grant me the wisdom from Him and from His holy heavens!

Our tongues are such powerful weapons! There’s a saying that says, “Sticks and stones may break my bones but words will never hurt me.” It’s actually quite the opposite. Physical injuries will leave their marks. Physical dangers are definitely a threat; many things can be used as powerful and dangerous weapons. Yet words pierce through the skin to the heart. They will leave a lasting effect on people. Words said by others will stay in a person’s mind. And by nature, the tongue is evil. It is a wild beast that must be tamed.

I need to keep tight reins over my tongue. I need to use it to build others up as well as witnessing to others and sharing the gospel with non-Christians. However, I need to refrain from letting it slip into its natural habit. I can’t let it loose when I get angry or loosen my grip in certain circumstances. And to keep control of my tongue, I am going to need the help of the Spirit! I can’t do anything on my own! I need to be praying every day that the Spirit will instill in me a pure tongue, motivated to speak what is right by a pure heart. If I am focused on Christ, it will be much more difficult to fall into sin that if I am not even paying attention. I always need to be on guard!

Ah this is what REALLY stuck out to me and was an AWESOME reminder!!! The fact that we are more accountable for our actions is crazy!! But it should be like this and I am actually very happy!! Just because we must have standards, especially if we are going to be the ones “teaching” others!! Great reminder!!

The tongue is powerful and this verse makes me think of Gal. 6:14. Paul says far be it for him to boast in anything but Christ and the cross. Our tongue leads to evil and ultimately pride. Instead, we should be centering our tongue on Jesus Christ.

6 And the tongue is a fire, a world of unrighteousness.

I want to pursue righteousness and not unrighteousness. Thinking of our tongue as a fire, my heart immediately yearns for the Lord to quench it, quench the fire it has created and prevent potential fires. I need the Lord’s help to control my tongue. Like we just talked about at small groups tonight, let us keep our tongue from evil and our lips from speaking deceit.

The part about wisdom was such an important reminder to me about how the wisdom from above is not about opinions, experiences or age, but about being a doer of God’s Word. My prayer for both of these areas is that I would trust God, taking him at his word by obeying him right away without delay. This will really save me a lot of grief in saying foolish things with my mouth and in deciding to do things based on any wisdom that isn’t from God’s Word.

In order to tame the tongue, I desperately need the Lord’s assistance! Sometimes my tongue contains praises to Him and out of the same tongue comes words destructive words. With the Lord’ assistance, may I be consistent with my words. Seeking to have street cred by the things that come out of my mouth!

At first glance I would say that this verse is not convicting to me, as I don’t think that I have trouble controlling my words. But even if I do keep it under control most of the time (not all of the time), even if I do not frequently let evil, cutting, sinful words spew from my mouth, it says right here that “No human being can tame the tongue.” Wow. God seems to be very concerned with what we say. The tongue, He tells us here, is a “restless evil” that cannot be tamed by any of us. But does this mean we should not even try to resist or fight for what comes out of our mouth? I don’t think so, but we definitely will not be able to do it on our own. I think that by God’s power we can and most definitely should use our tongues for His glory! God, please let me control my tongue; let the words that come out of my mouth be glorifying to You!