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Psalm chapter 39 verse 1, I said, I will guard my ways that I may not sin with my tongue.

What I could verse a simple, powerful verse, especially to meditate on at the beginning of a day

and to remember all throughout a day and then to look back at the end of a day and evaluate.

Have I guarded my ways and not sinned with my tongue or to say at the start of a day,

God, it helped me to guard my ways today and not sin with my tongue. I think about James

chapter 3, the tongue is a world of evil among the parts of the body. It corrupts the whole person.

It sets the course of his life on fire with the tongue we praise our Lord and Father and with it we

curse men who have been made and God's likeness out of the same mouth come praise and cursing.

My brothers, this should not be what a warning that our words can be used for such good to

bring such glory to God and at the same time our words can so quickly be used for such evil.

And I would encourage us as we meditate on this picture of sinning with our tongues,

not even to limit that to what we speak but also what we write in a day where we post things

on social media or we write emails or send text messages. In so many ways we are using so

many words, just think about all the words you will use today. I will use today or if you're

listening to this in end of a day to think back to all the words we used, it is good to pray.

It is good to say Psalm 39 verse 1, I said I will guard my ways that I may not sin with my tongue.

God, we pray you would help us to do this. Please help us to guard our ways that we might not

sin with our tongues. God, we pray that every word we speak and write today would be pleasing to

you, honoring, glorifying to you and edifying good for others. God, help us to think before we speak

to think Psalm 39 verse 1 specifically before we speak. Guard our words we pray and help us

to speak words of life. God, even I think about the tendency I have we have to talk about and

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