Whoever guards his mouth preserves his life he who opens wide his lips comes to ruin.A fool’s mouth is his ruin, and his lips are a snare to his soul. A fool’s lips walk into a fight, and his mouth invites a beating.He was oppressed, and he was afflicted, yet he opened not his mouth like a lamb that is led to the slaughter, and like a sheep that before its shearers is silent, so he opened not his mouth.Know this, my beloved brothers: let every person be quick to hear, slow to speak, slow to anger.Set a guard, O Lord, over my mouth keep watch over the door of my lips! Do not let my heart incline to any evil, to busy myself with wicked deeds in company with men who work iniquity, and let me not eat of their delicacies! Psalm 141:3–4.A fool gives full vent to his spirit, but a wise man quietly holds it back.Self-Control in Our Speech (Controlling Your Mouth) Thinking on, and even memorizing, verses that teach us about self-control is one of the best ways to combat those roaring feelings of no self-control that can come. Throughout the pages of God’s Word, He addresses self-control with regard to our mouths, our daily living, our character, and our trials. There are so many Bible verses about self-control. We all took responsibility for our own actions. With only minimal mumbling, the four of them sat around the table, and we talked it out. I reminded them that we could each depend on God to empower us to have self-control. I opened my eyes, and, by His grace, I spoke quiet words reminding them that we weren’t at the mercy of our emotions. My kids stopped and stared at my silence. The fruit of Your Spirit in me and my kids is self-control. I closed my eyes, took a deep breath, and paused. Until God so graciously halted me with a whisper, “Kim, Kim. “WHAT IS GOING ON IN HERE?!” Voices started defending and accusing and then more defending and more accusing. Without a whole lot of thought, I jumped out of my desk roller chair and entered the kitchen, voice first. That’s when I heard it-the incessant sound of bickering. And to be honest, I was under a bit of internal pressure with some upcoming deadlines. I was sitting in my office with the door open trying to get a little work done. The kids were sitting around the table working on Scripture memory. That doesn’t really matter except that it was a normal day. Do you ever feel like you say all the wrong things at all the worst moments? Me too.
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