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 the hypocrisy of claiming to be spiritually mature when my unbridled tongue tells another story.
Show me how to control my
tongue—by helping me to die to my self-centered thoughts and motivations and
allow You to have control of my heart.
And help me to understand
that this immeasurable love You have for me is the same love You have for everyone—for
each one who was created in Your image.
For only then can I allow
Your love for others to flow like a relentless river through my heart—and only
then will my words bring honor and glory to You.
So, keep me far from any
tendency to gossip about, 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 the hypocrisy of claiming to be spiritually mature when my unbridled tongue tells another story.
In the name of Jesus,
Amen.
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