Self Government of the Tongue

"A blow with the tongue is an outward thing just like a blow with the hand. A blow with the tongue is just as wicked and irritating and irrational as a blow with the hand; and yet many people let their tongues run loose in the family and strike fore and aft without restraint, and then wonder why there is no government in their homes. Many a man will strike his wife with his tongue, blow after blow, when he would not strike her with his hand. And sometimes wives are tongue-strikers, who do not strike with their hands. This unruly member, the tongue, is the first one in the family to put under control. There is no government where the tongue is ungoverned. The poor government of many families is due to the striking freedom given to the tongues. There must be a new law of home; or the old law reenacted, which allows the Lord to bridle the tongue and guide it by the reigns of His Word, in all such Christian homes."

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A Calm Voice Governs

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Self control needs to rule the Christian mother and learning about the power of the tongue is important because the tongue has the power of life and death (Proverbs 18:21). Christian mothers need to be the type of mothers that will breathe life and vision into her children. She needs to encourage and praise all the good that she sees in her child's life while patiently teaching him the Lord's ways.

"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." Epheshians 4:29

"But encourage one another daily, as long as it is called Today, so that none of you may be hardened by sin's deceitfulness." Hebrews 3:13

Lord, help us all to be mothers that are careful and discerning with our tongues. Let us be slow to speak, quick to listen and slow to become angry...

(The Christian Mother Series Part 3 )