When the World is Watching, Do You Bite Your Tongue or Use Your Words to Burn it Down?

Fearless with Cissie Graham Lynch

Billy Graham Evangelistic Association

Religion & Spirituality, Society & Culture, Christianity

4.8 • 1K Ratings

🗓️ 14 November 2023

⏱️ 24 minutes

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Summary

This summer I saw my kids struggle to control their tongues; they were frustrated with each other and their tone with each other was just ugly. And I know they learned it from me. I realize we don’t always get it right – I know this true for me and there have been many times where I’ve had to bite my tongue when I get frustrated, offended, or when others are rude.

With everything that has happened since 2020, it seems that people are quick to be more angry, more upset, and more sensitive. It can be shocking when you hear the language and hate that some people spew. So, how should we react when we hear hateful, crude, and offensive language and words from others? I’ve recently been working on this in my own home with my kids and husband and I encourage you to listen to this episode of the #FearlessPodcast to hear more about why this is important.

For more resources and additional episodes visit https://cissiegrahamlynch.com.

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0:00.0	Proverbs 910 says the fear of the Lord is the beginning of wisdom and we need to have a healthy view of what fearing the Lord is and
0:08.8	Fearless is a word that we use here on the podcast all the time. My podcast is named Fearless. It's a word that's so important to me, but it can have different meanings and different stages of life and different connotations, but we are of course are living in a hostile culture that's an increasingly hostile to
0:26.2	biblical truth of course and I wrote a fearless family devotional for those that didn't know. And it's a study on First Peter.
0:34.0	It's only 14 days long,
0:36.0	but it's to help equip you to spend daily time in God's word
0:39.0	and to help you prepare your family
0:41.0	to have a fearless faith. And Peter of course he wrote this
0:44.7	short letter to believers who were living in turbulent times just like we are
0:49.0	today and I will put a link in the show notes of how you can get your own copy but it's also on my website
0:55.2	sissy Graham Lynch.com.
0:57.0	Recently I was in a restaurant and somebody offended me and I had to bite my tongue and I realized
1:08.1	we don't always get it right I know I don't always get it right but in today's episode of Fearless
1:12.4	we're gonna talk about the power of the tongue. I don't always get it right, but in today's episode of Fearless,
1:12.9	we're gonna talk about the power of the tongue.
1:17.3	Hi, I'm Cissy Graham Lynch.
1:19.4	Welcome to Fearless, helping you have a fearless faith in a compromising culture. Have you noticed recently everywhere you go that everyone seems angry and volatile and people's tongues and
1:45.1	languages have gotten out of control doesn't matter if you're driving down the
1:48.7	road every time I get my car somebody's yelling at somebody or honking. Whether you go to the
1:54.5	Costco parking lot that could be one of the most volatile places you go. People are
1:58.4	very eager to get into Costco and getting out. Or if you're online and you're reading people's comments, people's comments have seemed to get out of
2:06.2	control and just so hateful these days. Or if you're sitting at a restaurant,
2:10.4	people are complaining, but yes, even inside the church just people's
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