This week its all about that classic your mom always should have said to you and Im sure you have heard before."If you don't have anything nice to say, dont say anything at all." As Christians, we have a calling to set the examplefor others when it comes to modeling how to live. One of the biggest places we have to do this is how we speak to others.
When we are put in a situation with other people we should feel obligated to build them up and make them feelgood about having just spent time with us. When someone feels good about spending time with you they are going to feelgood about what you have to say about faith. When you look at someone and the first thing you have to say is critical,or rude, you have just single-handedly lost the battle, and made it harder for someone else to recover that loss.
It all gets summed up in one of my favorite scriptures, from one of the most prolific writers of books of the Bible,our friend from Tarsus, Paul. The book is Epehesians, Chapter 4, Verse 29: "Do not let any unwholesome talk come out of your mouths, but only what is helpful for building others up according to their needs, that it may benefit those who listen."What have you said to someone lately? Was it something you want them to associate you as a Christian to? Did you buildthem up, or did you bring them down? This is something we must ALL ask ourselves, everyday, because the second you losesight of that, is the second you lose sight of your mission as a person of Faith.
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