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2. My Speech

3. Pleasing to God Praise Him—in prayer and in song Proclaim the soul-saving message of the gospel to others To offer words of encouragement to one another To exhort, rebuke, and reconcile

4. Pleasing to God Out of the same mouth proceed blessing and cursing Never pleased when we use our tongue for gossip, lies, expressions of bitterness and anger, idle talk

5. Pleasing to God No such inconsistency is found in nature From the tongue both good and evil come to man: if it be good, there is nothing better; if bad, there is nothing worse

6. Pleasing to God Psalm 19 The law of the LORD is perfect The statutes of the LORD are trustworthy The precepts of the LORD are right The commands of the LORD are radiant The ordinances of the LORD are sure

7. Pleasing to God Psalm 19:14 May these words of my mouth and this meditation of my heart be pleasing in your sight, Lord, my Rock and my Redeemer.

8. Pleasing to Man Colossians 4:6 Grace—a favor which one receives without any merit of his own Grace—that which affords joy, pleasure, delight, causes favorable regard

9. Pleasing to Man Colossians 4:6 Let your speech always be with grace, seasoned with salt, that you may know how you ought to answer each one.

10. Pleasing to Man Colossians 4:6 Let your speech always be with [undeserved love and favor], seasoned with salt, that you may know how you ought to answer each one.

11. Pleasing to Man Colossians 4:6 Let your speech always be with [that which affords joy, pleasure, delight, causes favorable regard], seasoned with salt, that you may know how you ought to answer each one.

12. Pleasing to Man Colossians 4:6 Adam Clark and Albert Barnes were Bible scholars in the 1700 and 1800s. They both wrote commentaries in popular use today. Paraphrasing a few of their comments—

13. Pleasing to Man Ephesians 4:29 Let no corrupt word proceed out of your mouth, but what is good for necessary edification, that it may impart grace to the hearers.

14. Pleasing to Man Corrupt—means bad, decayed, rotten, and is applied to putrid vegetables or animal substances To denote that which is depraved, evil That tends to corrupt others That tends to corrupt others

15. Hitting Me Hard

16. Pleasing to Man Proverbs 15:1-2 A soft answer turns away wrath, But a harsh word stirs up anger. The tongue of the wise uses knowledge rightly, But the mouth of fools pours forth foolishness.

17. Pleasing to Man Gentleness will often disarm the most furious One angry word will always beget another Just as rage produces rage, kindness produces kindness

18. Used For Peace Matthew 5:9 Blessed are the peacemakers, For they shall be called sons of God.

19. Used For Peace Peace is like a compound…making two into one Peace restores to a state of unity A peacemaker will use his wisdom, influence, and speech to restore unity

20. Used For Peace James 3:17 But the wisdom that is from above is first pure, then peaceable, gentle, willing to yield, full of mercy and good fruits, without partiality and without hypocrisy.

21. My Speech Pleasing to God Use my tongue to praise God, to teach His word, never in a way that would hurt His cause Let the words of my mouth be pleasing to God – Ps 19:14

22. My Speech Pleasing to man Let me ALWAYS speak to others with kindness and calmness whether I think they deserve it or not. I didn’t deserve the salvation God so graciously gave me. Let me speak to others as I would want them to speak to me.

23. My Speech Pleasing to man Let me NEVER use words that would tear down, or belittle, or in any way be unkind to another Let me remember that a soft answer turns away wrath

24. My Speech Used for making peace Let me use my tongue to make peace— to reconcile and encourage, never to stir up strife; never to gossip, ridicule, or slander

25. My Speech Used for making peace Godly wisdom, my example, is pure, then peaceable, gentle, willing to yield, full of mercy and good fruits, without partiality and without hypocrisy

26. Acts 16—Lydia O ‘good’ person O Worshipped God O At place of prayer O Something lacking O Heard words of Paul O Baptized

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