Today's Passage - Psalm 34:12-22

River of Life Christian Church ︳www.rolcc.net/english Psalm 34:12-22    Whoever of you loves life and desires to see many good days, keep your tongue from evil and your lips from telling lies. Turn from evil and do good; seek peace and pursue it. The eyes of the Lord are on the righteous, and his ears are attentive to their cry; but the face of the Lord is against those who do evil, to blot out their name from the earth. The righteous cry out, and the Lord hears them; he delivers them from all their troubles...    The psalmist asked us a good question here - Who can love life and desire to see many good days? I believe that everyone wishes to live a long life and enjoy good days, so both of these are important, but the secret of achieving is to "keep your tongue from evil and your lips from telling lies." In other word, we must guard the words from our mouth, so that we may please God and others in our life.   Book of James clearly said: "Can both fresh water and salt water flow from the same spring?" It's totally impossible - The water from a spring is either fresh or salty, it's not possible for both kinds of water to come out. It's up to us whether we want sweet water or salty water to come out from our mouth. If we choose to have sweet water come out, then salty water won't come out. If we choose to have salty water come out, then sweet water won't come out. Let us choose to speak words praises, thanksgiving and edification. When we choose the right words, we're guarding our heart not to fall into bitterness and complaints. As soon as our heart is guarded, God's grace will naturally come upon us, hallelujah!   Brothers and sisters, what kind of words are coming out from your mouth? Don't ever thing that speaking a little bad word won't hurt and it's alright to throw a tantrum occasionally. When we speak words that are bitter, harsh, critical and judgmental, we think we might be hurting others, but we are actually hurting ourselves inside even more! We are allowing ourselves to fall into bitterness, complaint and judgment, and these are the key reasons for the flow of God's blessings to be choked. In other word, when we casually allow words of criticism, judgment and complaints to come out from us, we're blocking God's blessings from coming upon us. May God give us a sober heart, let us be cautious of the words from our mouth and behavior in our life, so that God's favor may fill our daily life.   Pray with Pastor Tong         Lord, may you examine whether the words from our mouths are pleasing you, and may you help us to turn everything we say into words of thanksgiving, edification and praise, so that your heart may be satisfied. I thank you and I pray in the victorious name of Jesus, amen!