Hey everyone, Kelly Givens here. I want you to think about a little word with some big

implications. Stress. I don't have to say much more for you to start thinking about all the ways your life feels stressful and overwhelming.

In fact, I bet one of the reasons you listen to your daily prayer is because it's a calming way to connect with God amidst the stress of life.

If that's true, then I want to recommend our latest podcast to you.

Breathe, the Stress Less podcast.

Our host Bonnie Gray guides us through the effects of stress and gives us scripture-backed methods

of restoring calm, reducing overwhelm, and deepening our intimacy with God.

You can find Breathe, a stress-less podcast on life audio.com

or by searching your favorite podcast app.

We'll also have a link in the show notes. Check it out and

let us know what you think. A prayer to guard your tongue by Debbie Prisbilski. Whoever guards his mouth preserves his life, he who opens wide his lips comes to ruin.

Proverbs 13. The words we use have tremendous power. The Bible says that life and death are in the power of the

tongue, Proverbs 1821. I believe that our prayers will have more power in a

greater anointing when our everyday life is filled with words that uplift and bring

grace to others.

Ephesions 429.

It is important for all of us who want to have an effective prayer life to carefully watch our speech.

A person can speak many words a minute and several thousand in an hour.

You can imagine how many words an average person speaks in a day.

We could fill a library in a lifetime.

If we did, what would the titles of those books be?

The tongue has a powerful influence on others.

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