*WISDOM FOR TODAY.*
*YOUR WORDS: PEACE OR PIECE?*
*Scripture Treasure.*
Prov 25:15 *By long forbearing is a prince persuaded, and a soft tongue breaketh the bone.*
*Insight and Highlight.*
A calm spirit can resolve difficult situations. It will bring peace, not piece.
*Scripture Commentaries.*
Do the words you say bring peace to people's ears and relationships, or do they tear their ears or relationships into pieces?
You must learn to calm down in words in order to calm others down. A spirit that is not calm and gentle can not calm others down.
What we say, hear, or see is one of the reasons for sudden outrage.
Being in control of the spirit is key to a true child of God.
If you are not calm in your spirit, you are an angry person. Besides restlessness, a principal indicator of someone who is not calm in his spirit is anger because he/she will lack self-control
Prov 16:32 says, *He that is slow to anger is better than the mighty, and he that ruleth his spirit than he that taketh a city*.
Instead of being a problem/ troublemaker, be a problem solver.
Anyone who is not calm in his spirit can not be a good listener.
Not everything you hear is as true as you heard them.
Words spoken can either spike up trouble or prevent it.
Abigail's calm spirit to David prevented David's intention to kill the sons of Nabal, 1 Sam 24:22.
Solomon tells us that where there is no quarelsome person to add more to a problem, the problem will not escalate, Prov 26:20.
There are people you are better off not asking them to intervene or broker peace between two warring parties.
These are people that by the time they finish intervening in the matter, the two warring parties are worse off than when they came.
Your gentle words will pacify anger.
Proverbs 15:1 *A gentle answer turns away wrath, but a harsh word stirs up anger.*
You can not be a peace broker without a calm spirit. You can not be a man of peace without a calm spirit. A crushed or wounded spirit needs a calm spirit.
Friendships have been broken into pieces rather than brought together in peace, Prov 16:28, 17:9.
We must pray for the gift of kind words and words seasoned with salt, Col 4:6.
In Prov 18:14, if Solomon could say the human spirit could endure sickness: (described as a miserable state of incapacitated body) but says a crushed spirit is more unbearable then we should know how we should tame our tongues to bring healing to people who are wounded emotionally.
*The human spirit can endure in sickness, but a crushed spirit who can bear?*
We must avoid making people angry by what we say. We must avoid provoking or taunting people's emotions.
Whichever side you find yourself, say something that would ensure and ensue peace.
Do not trigger discord, discontention, division, and war between people.
Let your word bring peace, not pieces
*Remorse corner.*
Be an advocate of peace.
*Call to Word action.*
Proverbs 26:20 *Where no wood is, there the fire goeth out: so where there is no talebearer, the strife ceaseth.*
*The Christian clarion duty.*
Prov 22:10 *Drive out the mocker, and conflict will depart; even quarreling and insults will cease.*
*Prayer.*
Lord, help me not to cause dissent or separation by the words l say, in Jesus name.
Good morning all, and have a blessed day.
God bless you.
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