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Using Wisdom with Words

Words have the potential to hurt. Whether consciously or not, we all at one time have hurt or offended someone with our words. Whether at your workplace, conversations between close friends or simple exchanges with the cashier at the grocery store, each interaction has the potential to make or break a person's spirit. As Christians, we have the responsibility to speak with wisdom and understand the value of our words.

God cares about everyone, and it is important to be mindful of what we say to others. Walking in love and considering another person's feelings before speaking are vital to the spiritual growth and maturity of a Christian. You can avoid offending others when you use wisdom with your words and operate in love at all times.

Even if the interaction seems insignificant, it can still have an impact on another person. Whether you are a husband who is not using discretion when verbally expressing distaste for the dinner your wife prepared, or you are a manager brushing past a coworker while giving a thoughtless greeting. Everyone we come in contact with is a potential recipient of the negative or positive emotions we possess at that given time.

It is important to check your motives and think before you speak. Are the words you speak coming from a heart of love, or one of selfishness? Proverbs 18:21 says, "Death and life are in the power of the tongue..." No matter what it is you are attempting to communicate, getting your point across starts with choosing your words wisely. Your words have the potential to either give life or cause something to die in another person, so use wisdom. Moreover, be certain that you speak without malice and without intending to invoke anger or negative emotions in another person. In essence, positive and effective communication with those you come in contact starts with you!

Allowing your emotions to rule your verbal responses is the ticket to provoking offense in others. Anger and frustration is not an excuse for speaking negatively to someone. Especially when you know that your words could hurt the other person. The Bible says, "Wherefore, my beloved brethren, let every man be swift to hear, slow to speak, slow to wrath" (James 1:19). If you are in a tense or frustrating situation, take a moment to listen before responding. Ask the Holy Spirit to help you keep your emotions in check.

When you have the love of God and His Word on the inside of you, it will show through in your attitude and behavior toward others, particularly in your words. Meditate on the Word so that when you face challenging situations with others, you can rely on the Spirit of God to guide your speaking and help you with your choice of words. That way, you have every opportunity to exemplify the kind of responses and love walk that please Him.

I encourage you to communicate in love and watch the change it will make in your relationships! You're not without assistance. God is there to help you master your words and make the most of your conversations with others.

Love is the key to your success in the Kingdom of God.

This Blog is a Respond to The Blog: Holy Ghost... Baptized.

For a Moment let Us set aside all the tongue talking business.

Something took place & Men Became Like Jesus......Fearless & Bold & Powerful with Signs
& Wonders.........This is The Topic & Not Tongues!!!!!!!!
Jesus The Same Yesterday & Today .....His Will ??....To Make MEN out of Boys !!!

I did not post this to birth Childish & Worldly Debate, although like a agitator in a Washing Machine Cleans Clothes ...there is some Purpose.

Jesus is The Father.......& He Lived a Life of What a Perfect Son would Be Like Pleasing to
The Father.
Then He Sends The Holy Ghost.....in order That You Too can Attain & also Live Like The
Perfect Son.

If Your Life is a Vapor.........Jesus' Time Hear was a Vapor also. So......
It is How Will You Live here that makes a difference.

The Life of Jesus,.......that He set as a Standard & Example.......is what He does expect
us to live like & Not just Kind of Like , sorta like.... but Exactly like... Hear & Now.

Attainable Standard???????? Read a Bible !

True Convert ????????? What do You think You are to convert as?????? To BeTransformed into What Exactly??

A Half assembled?? Who Buys...any kind of Product half assembled or with missing parts?

That is Missing Gifts. You would return the Product complain & ask for compensation, refund
but You would Not BUY IT !!!
Christiany is Sold, too often as ...All You have to do is believe in Jesus as Lord to be Saved.
& That is Absolutely TRUE.

But that is not all I Am Buying........I Bought a FULL Gospel ...The Wholly Bible.

Believing... That is Just The Beginning......Then The Great Comission is To Make ALL MEN Disciples!!! Not Just Believers.

Displaying.........Certain DISCIPLINES.......Like Signs & Wonders!!

Anyone Disciplined in ANY Area Like Atheletics, Runners are Runners for Speed not Slowness.
So There is the Standard (((((SPEED))))

Standards Develope....Good, Better, Best ........through Training... Speed Faster Time.

So what do You think God's Standard is For a Christian ???? For You To Remain Dull, Slow???
Or to Grow & Advance in Skills & Abilities???

FAITH....The SUBSTANCE of Things That one would Hope for ...Not Yet Material or Made Manifest.

HOPE ....The Earnest Expectation of ALL of God's Precious Promises & ALL The GIFTS
He Desires To FULLY Empower You With.

LOVE.......Simple ....Lay Down Your Life also....Pick Up Your Cross also & Live & demonstrate
Faith & Hope in a Powerful example.. JUST The same Standard & Nothing Less Than The Standard He.......Jesus set as The Example.

Jacuzzi Christianity.........or Certain Preachers will always Make EASY or a Preach a EASY Gospel !!
To Not make Believers FEEL Like there might be Work involved or Picking up Your Cross &
Following Jesus is Extremely NOT EASY.

How Will You Become a Good, Better, or The Best Disciple without someone Telling You
That You CAN !!
A False Teacher would Teach You......YOU CAN"T !!! So Beware of ..You Can't Preaching !!!

So.........What Exactly Do You Think.....What Does the Bible DEMAND of a Professing
Believer?? Are There No ....10 Commandments any longer?
Like Gas in a Auto will get You to a Destination & no Gas, No Power, Will not Get You
anywhere.
So God has His Purpose to use His Same Powers in His Creating Through Those who allow
Him.
Some Will & Some Won't........so which will You Be ??? Used of God or Not ??

The Word Imitate does not mean be a Cheap Looking Imitation.

We have all Heard Someone Singing a Popular Song By The original Artist & Butchering it
by The attempting of singing it by a not so good singer.

& Then Once in a Great while someone will come along & Out do the Original Artist & we
all go......WOW!!
Like Catherine Mc V on American Idol ...a season or two ago.....When She sang Judy
Garlands Famous Some Where Over The Rainbow.
Judy's Version was Great but.........Catherine's was even Greater.
I Have Said over & over..........A Good Father Or A Good Teacher is Tickled Silly.
& Excited for The Student/Child to exceed in Talent, Gifts, & Abilities that of The Teacher.

& That is Just how God wants Us To Be Proud of Him ......That in Imitating we exceed,
in Skills & Abilities.
God In Authoring His Word.........& now we are to sing it like Catherine.

What it means to be baptized by the Holy Ghost...

And I will pray the Father, and he shall give you another Comforter, that he may abide with you for ever (John 14:16).

When Jesus returned to Heaven, He promised His disciples they would not be left alone. He told them He would send the Holy Ghost who would baptize them with power to preach the Gospel.

But ye shall receive power, after that the Holy Ghost is come upon you : and ye shall be witness unto me both in Jerusalem, an in all Judaea, and in Samaria, and unto the uttermost part of the earth (Acts 1:8).

Jesus did send the Holy Ghost, just as He promised he would. There were 120 disciples gathered together in an upper room to pray, waiting for the promised Holy Ghost.

And when the day of Pentecost was fully come, they were all with one accord in one place. And suddenly there came a sound from heaven as of a rushing mighty wind, and it filled all the house where they were sitting. And there appeared unto them cloven tongues like as of fire, and it sat upon each of them. And they were all filled with the Holy Ghost, and began to speak with other tongues, as the Spirit gave them utterance. (Acts 2:1-4)

This wonderful outpouring from God was followed by one of the most dynamic demonstrations of preaching recorded in the Bible. Peter was a disciple who had earlier denied that he even knew Jesus. He was so changed by this baptism of power that 3000 men (not even counting women or children) were saved when he preached that day!

This is the primary purpose of the baptism of the Holy Ghost. God does not expect us to witness to others about Jesus without any proof or evidence to back up what we are saying.

A witness is someone who produces proof that what he is saying is true. The baptism of the Holy Ghost is a baptism of power which gives us the ability to produce proof that what we are saying about Jesus is true—that He is alive and wants to live in every person!

And they were all filled with the Holy Ghost, and began to speak with other tongues, as the Spirit gave them utterance. (Acts 2:4)

The first evidence the disciples had of this new baptism was the ability to speak in an unknown tongue—a language they had never learned. Visitors to the city even heard them speaking in their own languages, telling the wonderful works of God.

Peter explained that not only was this the fulfillment of the promise Jesus made, it had been prophesied by the prophet Joel:

And it shall come to pass in the last days, saith God, I will pour out of my Spirit upon all flesh: and your sons and your daughters shall prophesy, and your young men shall see visions, and your old men shall dream dreams: And on my servants and on my handmaidens I will pour out in those days of my Spirit; and they shall prophesy (Acts 2:17,18)

God does not expect us to preach without power and He does not expect us to live without power.

But ye, beloved, building up yourselves on your most holy faith, praying in the Holy Ghost (Jude 1:20).

Speaking in other tongues is a benefit that results from being baptized in the Holy Ghost. It is an important part of our prayer life. By taking time to speak in tongues when we pray, we can build ourselves up spiritually. It is important to remain strong in our faith so our testimony of what God has don in our lives remains strong and brings glory to Him.

If ye then, being evil, know how to give good gifts unto your children: how much more shall your heavenly Father give the Holy Spirit to them that ask him? (Luke 11:13)

If you have been born again, you can receive the baptism of the Holy Ghost. All you need to do is ask:

"Heavenly Father, thank you for saving me. Thank you for making me new from the inside out. I ask you now to baptize me with the Holy Ghost. Fill me with power from on high to be a witness for you."

God will fill you to overflowing, just like you asked Him to. You now have within you the ability to speak with other tongues. Be sure to take time in prayer to allow God to develop this gift in you.

Howbeit when he, the Spirit of truth, is come, he will guide you into all truth: for he shall not speak of himself; but whatsoever he shall hear, that shall he speak: and he will shew you things to come. (John 16:13).

You will also begin to experience a new understanding of the Bible. As you spend time reading your Bible, the Holy Ghost will begin to show you truths from God’s word which will help you in your walk with God.

You have turned in an exciting new direction in your Christian life. God wants to do wonderful things in your life. Your old life is gone and your new life is just beginning. You will never, ever be the same again!

The Love of a Mother

Today is Mother's Day, and throughout the world, sons, daughters and husbands will do what they should be doing already - honoring their mothers and the mother of their children. It is estimated that Americans alone will spend nearly $5 billion dollars on flowers, jewelry, gifts, dinners and cards to say "I love you" to our moms.

Did you know that this year Mother's Day in the United States is exactly 100 years old? Julia Ward Howe (who also wrote the words to the "Battle Hymn of the Republic" wrote the first Mother's Day proclamation in 1870, but she was not successful in her effort to get official recognition for the holiday. The first Mother's Day in the U.S. was on May 10, 1908 in Grafton, West Virginia.

Seems like everything and everybody now has their own day. We set aside days to honor our parents, our grandparents, our bosses, our secretaries, our public servants... the list seems to go on and on. It would be easy to be cynical and dismiss all of these days as a conspiracy by Florists, greeting card companies and restaurants to make more money.

But we would be missing out on a great opportunity to not only bring happiness to our moms, but to be obedient to God's word.

There is a Bible stud principle known as the law of multiple mentions. In essence this says that if God says something over and over again, it must be pretty important! Such is the case with the principle of honoring our parents. It is the fifth of the Ten Commandments and is the only one with a promise attached to it: "Honor your father and mother, that your days may be long upon the land which the Lord your God is giving you." (Exodus 20:12, NKJV) We are then reminded of that principle repeatedly throughout the Bible. In Ephesians 6, Paul says, "Children, honor your father and mother for this is right" and then he repeats the fifth commandment and reminds them of the promise - "that you may enjoy long life upon the earth."

Mothers are a wonderful, precious gift from God. It was in our mother's arms that we first learned about safety, security, and above all, love. We can easily begin to understand God's unconditional love for us, because we saw that love modeled for us by our mothers, who loved us no matter how badly we messed up.

When we think of our mothers, somehow, "thank you" seems so shallow... so trite compared to what they have done for us. Some of our best and brightest wordsmiths have attempted to find the words to express what is in our hearts. Like Abraham Lincoln who said, "All that I am, or hope to be, I owe to my angel Mother." Or Edgar Allen Poe, known for writing many dark and frightening tales wrote, "The angels, whispering to one another can find, among their burning terms of love, none so devotional as that of 'Mother.'"

Or how about the old Jewish proverb that simply says, "God could not be everywhere and therefore He made mothers." Or the Irish proverb, "A man loves his sweetheart the most, his wife the best, but his mother the longest."

Perhaps the best and most eloquent was that great philosopher Calvin... not the theologian, the one from the comic strip "Calvin and Hobbes" who said: "Nobody knows how to pamper like a mom."

Let me add my feeble, inadequate words to theirs by simply saying, Happy Mother's Day, Mom... I love you more than words could ever express.