If you claim to be religious but don’t control your tongue, you are fooling yourself, and your religion is worthless.—James 1:26 (NLT)
Heavenly Father,
Save me from my hypocrisy. Help me to control my tongue, so my efforts to serve You will not be in vain.
Help me to see that when I
fail to control what I say, I fail to demonstrate, by my example, the
immeasurable love that You have for each one of us.
Keep me far from any
tendency to gossip or put someone down and help me to walk humbly before You,
rather than to be boastful and arrogant.
Keep me from speaking
manipulative words, exaggerations, or lies of any kind—but rather help me to
speak the truth in love.
Keep me from speaking
negatively—but rather, help me to seek first to speak words that build up the one who hears them.
By Your Holy Spirit, alive
and at work in me, help me to speak loving words that sow seeds of peace in the
hearts and lives of those that hear—so that I might represent You well and so
You might use me to draw others to a closer walk with You.
Save me from my hypocrisy. Help me to control my tongue, so my efforts to serve You will not be in vain.
In the name of Jesus,
Amen.
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