Guard Your Words

“So the tongue is also a little member, and boasts great things.”
James 3:5

Reflection

Words can clarify or inflame, defend dignity or destroy it. Spiritual discipline places a guard between emotional impulse and lasting speech.

Pray

God, put a guard over my mouth. Let my words be truthful without cruelty, strong without abuse, and clear without manipulation.

Amen.

Declare

My words will serve truth, repair, and necessary boundaries.

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Today’s practice

Read an emotional message twice before sending it.