Words can be a powerful tool. That's why some people are able to make a living as motivational speakers. But what happens when words get abused?
They lose their value.
This is part of the reason why my heart has been broken and battered over the last 5 years. Fortunately, the Lord has guarded my heart in more ways than I have ever deserved, but I certainly have not left the dating arena unscathed. Because of my desire to be wanted and accepted by the opposite sex, I clung on to the enticing and promising words that were whispered in my ear.
How often do we do this our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ? How often do we praise him with our lips but not our actions? If an outside were to look at our lives on mute, would our actions match up with the lip service we so easily lay at the altar of our Lord?
1 John 3:18 says, "Dear children, let us not love with words or speech but with actions and in truth." Essentially, our actions speech louder than our words (sound familiar?).
There's a reason why Jesus became a man to die on the cross for us and raise from the dead three days later...He was backing His love up with action.
Certain boys have made me weary of trusting what comes from from guys' mouths because their actions did not back up their words.
Along the same lines, I do not want to be the type of Christian whose words and actions do not line up, thus hindering a brother or sister in Christ from growing or a non-Christian from coming to know the Lord.
I do not write this because I have perfected this area of my walk with Christ. Rather, I write this as an accountability to myself as well as my fellow brothers and sisters.
They lose their value.
This is part of the reason why my heart has been broken and battered over the last 5 years. Fortunately, the Lord has guarded my heart in more ways than I have ever deserved, but I certainly have not left the dating arena unscathed. Because of my desire to be wanted and accepted by the opposite sex, I clung on to the enticing and promising words that were whispered in my ear.
How often do we do this our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ? How often do we praise him with our lips but not our actions? If an outside were to look at our lives on mute, would our actions match up with the lip service we so easily lay at the altar of our Lord?
1 John 3:18 says, "Dear children, let us not love with words or speech but with actions and in truth." Essentially, our actions speech louder than our words (sound familiar?).
There's a reason why Jesus became a man to die on the cross for us and raise from the dead three days later...He was backing His love up with action.
Certain boys have made me weary of trusting what comes from from guys' mouths because their actions did not back up their words.
Along the same lines, I do not want to be the type of Christian whose words and actions do not line up, thus hindering a brother or sister in Christ from growing or a non-Christian from coming to know the Lord.
I do not write this because I have perfected this area of my walk with Christ. Rather, I write this as an accountability to myself as well as my fellow brothers and sisters.
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