A good person produces good things from the treasury of a good heart, and an evil person produces evil things from the treasury of an evil heart. What you say flows from what is in your heart.”
Luke 6:45 (NLT)
If we want to lock up our mouths, the first step is to set right our hearts
Since, then, you have been raised with Christ, set your hearts on things above, where Christ is seated at the right hand of God.
Colossians 3:1 (NIV)
The 3 C’s
CRITICISM
…consider how to spur one another on towards love and good deeds
Hebrews 10:24 (NIV)
Do not let any unwholesome talk come out of your mouths, but only what is helpful for building others up according to their needs, that it may benefit those who listen.
Ephesians 4:29 (NIV)
COMPLAINT
– “express dissatisfaction or annoyance about something.”
– Is the thing that we are complaining about a genuine issue, or just an irritation because we would have done it differently if in control ourselves?’
-It’s voicing frustration that their personality and gifts are unique to them and not a mirror-image of our own.
Do everything without complaining or arguing, so that you may become blameless and pure, children of God without fault in a crooked and depraved generation, in which you shine like stars in the universe as you hold onto the Word of Life…
Philippians 3:14-16 (NIV)
CARELESSNESS
He who guards his lips guards
his life, but he who speaks rashly will come to ruin.
Proverbs 13:3 (NIV)
With the tongue we praise our Lord and Father, and with it we curse men, who have been made in God’s likeness. Out of the same mouth come praise and cursing. My brothers, this should not be. Can both fresh water and salt water flow from the same spring?
JAMEs 3: 9-11 (NIV)