What if I were to tell you that your tongue was a direct reflection of your heart?

Proverbs 18:31 - Death and life are in the power of the tongue.

The tongue has a huge impact on our lives.

Many times they are used negatively through discouragement to tear people down.

From sports, business, bullying, lack of filter, gossip, slander, and lying.

A hard thing is that topic of lying…

How do you weigh between lying and discretion?

We may say they are little white lies, but churches face a big issue with acceptance and alignment with culture.

Living the truth and presenting it with a loving and kind way promotes encouragement, but harm comes when we choose to use truth for self gain.

When your heart is strong and you are in a good place, but when angry or out of sorts, our filters slip off. This makes us have to go back and use our mouths for apology in order to be reaccepted.

How does asking forgiveness make you feel?

Avoid it, don’t want to look wrong, easily comes, don’t care enough about relationships?

What things do you need to ask forgiveness for?

Positive words are important. They can grow kids away from being shy, they can bless a heart for someone who puts their joy in items, it makes people who feel like they could never do something succeed, and it can change you to do things because you are positive about yourself.

What do you do to practice positivity in your life/with your words?

The same tongue should not praise and curse… just like salty water and clean water does not flow from the same stream.

Challenge for this week: Watch your words and tongue and see what that reveals about your heart?