Wendy Pope

Hard to Hold

“I said to myself, ‘I will watch what I do and not sin in what I say.
I will hold my tongue when the ungodly are around me.’”
Psalm 39:1

My Take Aways

Something Old:

It is a challenge to hold our tongues whether we are surrounded by ungodly or godly.

Psalm 141:3
Set a guard over my mouth, LORD; keep watch over the door of my lips.” (NIV)
Take control of what I say, O Lord, and guard my lips. (NLT)

• Pray for purity of heart
• What goes in will come out

Luke 6:45

“For the mouth speaks what the heart is full of.” (NIV)

“It’s who you are, not what you say and do, that counts. Your true being brims over into true words and deeds.”
(The Message)

“For his mouth speaks from that which fills his heart.” (NASB)

Something New:

Psalm 40:5
“O LORD, my God, you have performed many wonders for us.  Your plans for us are too numerous to lists.”

God has numerous plans for us, not just one. This excites me!

Something to Do:

Pray for purity of heart.

May’s Verse
Psalm 19:14
“May the words of my mouth and the meditations of my heart by pleasing to you, O LORD, my Rock and my Redeemer.”
(May 7, page 535)

2010

O Be Careful Little Mouth What You Say

“I said to myself,” I will watch what I do and not in sin in what I say.”
Psalm 39:1

My Take Aways

Something Old

Something New

The connection of our key verse to Psalm 15: 1 and 3 as well as Ephesians 4:29.

Ephesians 4:29
Watch the way you talk. Let nothing foul or dirty come out of your mouth. Say only what helps, each word a gift. (The Message)

Let no foul or polluting language, nor evil word nor unwholesome or worthless talk [ever] come out of your mouth, but only such [speech] as is good and beneficial to the spiritual progress of others, as is fitting to the need and the occasion, that it may be a blessing and give grace (God’s favor) to those who hear it. (Amplified)

Something to Do

Watch my words.
Psalm 141:3
“Set a guard over my mouth, O LORD; keep watch over the door of my lips.”

Psalm 19:14
“May the words of my mouth and the meditation of my heart be pleasing in your sight, O LORD, my Rock and my Redeemer.”