WAYS TO CONTROL THE TONGUE PART 2
Let's continue from yesterdays message
2. FIND A LIGHTNING ROD.
What’s this? Well, a lightning rod is a device to protect a building from lighting. It’s a metal rod that is placed on the highest part of a building. Its purpose is to protect the building from lightning by conducting the lightning to the ground. Therefore, if lightning strikes a building that does not have a lightning rod, lightning will go through the wires and fry all the electronic equipment in the building. However, if a building has a lightning rod, the lightning will seek the lightning rod. By doing so, the rod saves the building from harm.
As for us, a lightning rod is someone who loves Jesus, loves you, in that order. It is someone who is a friend. It is someone whom you have given permission to speak into your life. This is why it is absolutely crucial for each one of us to identify someone whom we give permission to speak in to our lives. It is to help control our tongues and it is a part of our growing up in Christ.
Above all, this person will speak into you life about your marriage, finances, attitude, moods, activities and your actions. Here is what the Bible says about this kind of friend, “A man of too many friends comes to ruin, but there is a friend who sticks closer than a brother” (Pro. 18:24). Hence, when you find a friend who is a lightning rod in your life, hang on to them.
Again the Bible says we won’t have too many of these. For it says, “too many friends cometh to ruin. But there is a friend that sticks closer than a brother”. So identify this person in your life. And when you need someone to talk to, this person will already be in your life.
I have two friends who is a lightning rods in my life. They are both awesome women of God and both of them would never take sides. Nor would they bear a grudge or shoulder an offense along side with me. Whenever I am upset, they are always there to hear me out. Although I am upset, she would calm my spirit down She is indeed a friend who stuck closer than a brother (or a sister in this case)to me.
Moreover, if you’re married, your spouse may or may not be your lightning rod. As for me, my husband is not a lightning rod to me. Sorry baby but he loves me so much that if someone offends me, he’d get upset at that person. So to protect him, I share the victory side. In other words, I work it through, and then I’d share it with him.
The final and third way to control the tongue is,
3. LEARN TO CRY OUT TO GOD IN PRAYER.
I can not tell you how much this helps me daily in every area of my life.
David cried out in the backside of the desert.
Jeremiah was called the weeping prophet because he would go down the banks of the river and weep before God.
Joseph was in the midst of prison walls crying out to God.
Others such as Job and Samson also cried out to God. Even Jesus himself cried out to God in the Garden of Gethsemane.
Listen, sometimes, the only time you’ll be delivered is when you come to the point of crying out to God. “Then they cried out to the Lord in their trouble; He delivered them out of the distresses” (Psm 107:6).
The following are scriptures of a mother crying out for her child and a blind beggar. Listen to their emotions
“A Canaanite woman from that region came out
and began to cry out, saying, “Have mercy on me, Lord, Son of David; my daughter is cruelly demon-possessed’” (Mat. 15:22). “When he heard that it was Jesus the Nazarene, he began to cry out and say, ‘Jesus, Son of David, have mercy on me!” (Mark 10:47).
Listen, crying out does not mean complaining to God. Nor is it getting mad at God. Neither is it rehearsing your hurts before God. It is not grumbling as well. But in fact, it is finally surrendering your will to God.Don't you just love that you can do that to someone who love you unconditionally and will just allow you to cry out without judging you.
When you have come to that point of surrender, God takes over. You see, the Bible says, “When I am weak He is strong”. However, if I refuse to be weak I will never find Him strong. It’s a pivotal point in time when you say, I can’t do it anymore! This is when the window of heaven opens and where grace and strength of the divine Creator of the universe is released on your behalf!
How often we go about our lives thinking life is about us. Thinking, God exists for us. If you think this way then you’ll try to go through life on your own. And God will need to bring you to a precipice, a cliff or something where you’ll have no choice but to cry out to God. Then you’ll realize it’s the other way around. And then say, oh this movie is not about me after all. Aha!
It is written, “For God so loved the world that He gave His own begotten Son” (Jn. 3:16). Therefore, It’s all about Him. It’s all about what Jesus wants to do in this world, for people like us. Therefore, it is fitting for us to yield our lives to Him.
Thus, let us tame our tongues for our words will determine our relationships and our maturity. And yes, we can control our tongues by first, being silent. And secondly, to find or identify someone who is a lightning rod in our life. For women, let it be another female. and foe men let this be a male. Allow these lightning rods to speak into your life because they love Jesus and you, in that order.
And finally when things go from bad to worse and most importantly, cry out to God in prayer. Only then will your world come back into balance once again. And with it, the power of God is released in your behalf. He is the Creator and we are His people. All glory and honor are His! And we exist for Him!
Some Question to ponder
How have your words determined your relationships with your spouse, parents & children?
In what practical ways can you be silent before yelling at someone?
Who is the lightning rod in your life? Or, is there someone who could be?
When was the last time you cried out to God in prayer?
How will you be a better person & exist for God?
Let's continue from yesterdays message
2. FIND A LIGHTNING ROD.
What’s this? Well, a lightning rod is a device to protect a building from lighting. It’s a metal rod that is placed on the highest part of a building. Its purpose is to protect the building from lightning by conducting the lightning to the ground. Therefore, if lightning strikes a building that does not have a lightning rod, lightning will go through the wires and fry all the electronic equipment in the building. However, if a building has a lightning rod, the lightning will seek the lightning rod. By doing so, the rod saves the building from harm.
As for us, a lightning rod is someone who loves Jesus, loves you, in that order. It is someone who is a friend. It is someone whom you have given permission to speak into your life. This is why it is absolutely crucial for each one of us to identify someone whom we give permission to speak in to our lives. It is to help control our tongues and it is a part of our growing up in Christ.
Above all, this person will speak into you life about your marriage, finances, attitude, moods, activities and your actions. Here is what the Bible says about this kind of friend, “A man of too many friends comes to ruin, but there is a friend who sticks closer than a brother” (Pro. 18:24). Hence, when you find a friend who is a lightning rod in your life, hang on to them.
Again the Bible says we won’t have too many of these. For it says, “too many friends cometh to ruin. But there is a friend that sticks closer than a brother”. So identify this person in your life. And when you need someone to talk to, this person will already be in your life.
I have two friends who is a lightning rods in my life. They are both awesome women of God and both of them would never take sides. Nor would they bear a grudge or shoulder an offense along side with me. Whenever I am upset, they are always there to hear me out. Although I am upset, she would calm my spirit down She is indeed a friend who stuck closer than a brother (or a sister in this case)to me.
Moreover, if you’re married, your spouse may or may not be your lightning rod. As for me, my husband is not a lightning rod to me. Sorry baby but he loves me so much that if someone offends me, he’d get upset at that person. So to protect him, I share the victory side. In other words, I work it through, and then I’d share it with him.
The final and third way to control the tongue is,
3. LEARN TO CRY OUT TO GOD IN PRAYER.
I can not tell you how much this helps me daily in every area of my life.
David cried out in the backside of the desert.
Jeremiah was called the weeping prophet because he would go down the banks of the river and weep before God.
Joseph was in the midst of prison walls crying out to God.
Others such as Job and Samson also cried out to God. Even Jesus himself cried out to God in the Garden of Gethsemane.
Listen, sometimes, the only time you’ll be delivered is when you come to the point of crying out to God. “Then they cried out to the Lord in their trouble; He delivered them out of the distresses” (Psm 107:6).
The following are scriptures of a mother crying out for her child and a blind beggar. Listen to their emotions
“A Canaanite woman from that region came out
and began to cry out, saying, “Have mercy on me, Lord, Son of David; my daughter is cruelly demon-possessed’” (Mat. 15:22). “When he heard that it was Jesus the Nazarene, he began to cry out and say, ‘Jesus, Son of David, have mercy on me!” (Mark 10:47).
Listen, crying out does not mean complaining to God. Nor is it getting mad at God. Neither is it rehearsing your hurts before God. It is not grumbling as well. But in fact, it is finally surrendering your will to God.Don't you just love that you can do that to someone who love you unconditionally and will just allow you to cry out without judging you.
When you have come to that point of surrender, God takes over. You see, the Bible says, “When I am weak He is strong”. However, if I refuse to be weak I will never find Him strong. It’s a pivotal point in time when you say, I can’t do it anymore! This is when the window of heaven opens and where grace and strength of the divine Creator of the universe is released on your behalf!
How often we go about our lives thinking life is about us. Thinking, God exists for us. If you think this way then you’ll try to go through life on your own. And God will need to bring you to a precipice, a cliff or something where you’ll have no choice but to cry out to God. Then you’ll realize it’s the other way around. And then say, oh this movie is not about me after all. Aha!
It is written, “For God so loved the world that He gave His own begotten Son” (Jn. 3:16). Therefore, It’s all about Him. It’s all about what Jesus wants to do in this world, for people like us. Therefore, it is fitting for us to yield our lives to Him.
Thus, let us tame our tongues for our words will determine our relationships and our maturity. And yes, we can control our tongues by first, being silent. And secondly, to find or identify someone who is a lightning rod in our life. For women, let it be another female. and foe men let this be a male. Allow these lightning rods to speak into your life because they love Jesus and you, in that order.
And finally when things go from bad to worse and most importantly, cry out to God in prayer. Only then will your world come back into balance once again. And with it, the power of God is released in your behalf. He is the Creator and we are His people. All glory and honor are His! And we exist for Him!
Some Question to ponder
How have your words determined your relationships with your spouse, parents & children?
In what practical ways can you be silent before yelling at someone?
Who is the lightning rod in your life? Or, is there someone who could be?
When was the last time you cried out to God in prayer?
How will you be a better person & exist for God?
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