The power in your tongue

#6

Monday

January 17, 2022.

Good evening everyone!!! It's been a long time since I've been here, I had to get some things done and settle down for resumption. Resumption is less than 7 days from now, and it's really surprising how far it looked away from December but the reality has dawned on us now that we just have about a week to get ourselves prepared for a new academic calendar. It's going to be another long run through the year, all I am hoping for this session is that we have physical classes and not the virtual classes that almost ruined my result last session. With this, I also pray I come out in flying colors. I have made a lot of plans for this semester and the whole session and I hope I am able to follow them in details. Thanks for having me back here, it's a pleasure to always be welcomed home like the prodigal son.

The power in your tongue...

A lot of people fail to understand the power imbedded in words, we just think that we can say somethings and forget about them. According to research, we were made to know that every word spoken has an impact on whatever that word has been spoken to or against, it's actually a very good thing to know the power you have in your mouth. We have no idea how far our words, phrases or even sentences can go in the life of an individual. People kill with their mouth, people prophesy good fortunes with this same mouth. The way we use our tongue really determines the type of person we are, even according to the bible, "out of the abundance of the heart, the mouth speaketh". This is to tell us that whatever we say gives a clear picture of what is going on in our mind, it is an undisputable fact and that's exactly why we need to be careful about what we need to say. There's a popular saying "listen more, speak less", this is exactly what a wise man would do, gain a lot of knowledge from people and not let them weigh him by his words.

Ways to control your tongue

• Not all thoughts are to be spoken of

There are a lot of times that we feel like saying something, we know deep down in us that we haven't given this a second thought but because of the pressure you're feeling from inside, we tend to sell our ideas at cheap prices. This is absolutely not a good habit, let's form a habit of secrecy within us before we sell our ideas to the enemy.

• Curb the power of your tongue

No doubt,we all know the power of spoken words now, they can make or mare people, relationships, organizations and so on. Knowing this power we have in our mouth, we must be careful on how we use it, always make sure that you say encouraging words, nice words, they really go a lot, it might seem like it has no effect on whosoever you must have said it to but trust me, those words melts the heart faster than icecream under the sun. That's the power of the tongue...

• As christians, we shouldn't copy the world

A lot of slangs come out from no where and we don't even bother to know what they mean, we just all ignorantly use these words they call slangs and it becomes a norm to our lifestyle. This is really wrong, we need to be careful on the type of slangs we let out of our mouth, the need to know what it means can not be overemphasized. We just have to be extra vigilant for those words that don't give glory to the name of God

Conclusion

Our tongues are as sharp and blunt at the same time, it's just a matter of how we use it. Ask yourself a question today. Do my words make or ruin people?

Thanks for reading ❤️