mini-message about watching our words.

It's harder to make amends with an offended friend than to capture a


fortified city. Arguments separate friends like a gate locked with

iron bars. Words satisfy the soul as food satisfies the stomach; the

right words on a person's lips bring satisfaction. Those who love to

talk will experience the consequences, for the tongue can kill or

nourish life. (Prov 18:19-21 NLT)



Prayer: LORD, help me choose my words carefully today as I interact

with others. I want to sow joy and encouragement into their lives.

Strengthen me and help me go back and reconcile and restore any

damage I have caused to others in the past by my words. Words can

hurt and cause emotional and spiritual damage, or words can heal and

bring life. I will choose healing and life today. Thank You for Your

words of life to me. In Jesus' name, Amen.

LORD, it is easy to overlook little things

Prayer: LORD, it is easy to overlook little things. A smile, a warm


embrace or handshake, or just a pleasant look does not take great

effort, but it can make a life-changing difference to someone. It

could be the only love they receive all day. Help me look beyond the

big, religious, deeply-spiritual-appearing things and share Your

love and presence in "little" things today. Smile through me to

touch someone because someone out there needs it today. Tomorrow, it

could be me. In Jesus' name, Amen.

some days I just do not feel like being joyful

Brothers and sisters, we urge you to warn those who are lazy. Encourage those who are timid. Take tender care of those who are weak. Be patient with everyone. See that no one pays back evil for evil, but always try to do good to each other and to all people. Always be joyful. Never stop praying. Be thankful in all circumstances, for this is God’s will for you who belong to Christ Jesus. (1 Th 5:14-18 NLT)




Prayer: LORD, some days I just do not feel like being joyful in my

circumstances or thankful for them. When I feel that way, help me

override my feelings and remember that if I trust You and have

faith, You can work in everything for my good in the end. For that I

can be thankful, because I have hope that the way things are is not

the way they must remain. Thank You for making a way for me to have

real joy that does not depend on circumstances or my feelings. In

Jesus' name, Amen.