Tame Your Tongue!!

Good Morning!  Wouldn't you know as soon as I started a blog our internet started to act up.  It has been down for 2 days, I'm so sorry. 
I also left out a great teacher on prophecy and the end times, Mark Hitchcock, from Edmond, Ok. 
The title today says it all.  This is the book I am reading and trying to apply to my life.  Believe me there is no one worse than I when it comes to not being able to control what comes out of the mouth.  I found this book and workbook, Tame Your Tongue in 30 days.  I have already failed about a million times since I started it 2 days ago.  I have stubbed my toe, tripped, ran into, dropped, spilled and anything else you can possibly think of more in the last couple of days than ever before.  Of course, more cars have pulled out in front of me and gotten in front of me and gone slow when I in no way can pass ( on the way to school), it's a true test!
In Sunday School Sunday, we learned about how God inhabits our Praise, and Satan inhabits our Complaints.   Satan attacks our weakness', let's pray God will strengthen our weakness'!!  I have a terrible tendency to say whatever I'm thinking, which is not always good things.  James 1:19,20 states, So then, my beloved brethren, let every man be swift to hear, slow to speak, slow to wrath; for the wrath of man does not produce the righteousness of God.  Also, James 3: 8-10; But no man can tame the tongue. It is unruly evil, full of deadly poison.  With it we bless our God and Father, and with it we curse men, who have been made in the similitude of God.  Out of the same mouth proceed blessing and cursing.  My brethren, these things ought not to be so. NKJV.  Speech is a barometer of spirituality,  for it reveals what is in the heart.  Though small, the tongue is capable of causing great damage.  The reference is not merely to profanity but also to slander.  A woman who is deceitful and inconsistent toward God in her heart will also be deceitful and inconsistent in her speech.  James pointed out that just as it is unnatural for a spring to send fresh and bitter water from the same opening, so it is unnatural for Christians to praise God and yet have a propensity to speak evil against others (James 3:10).  The tongue can be an instrument of evil or a conduit of blessing, depending on whether or not it is harnessed by the Spirit of God ( The Woman's Study Bible).  Oh My Gosh!  When I think about that I want to just fall on my face and repent, and repent, and repent, and on, and on, and on!!  I am so convicted!!  I can't tell you how many times I have done exactly that.  What a terrible example I have been for my children and my husband.  What is even worse, I don't portray this in front of others, I am such a phony!!   The Holy Spirit has been convicting me so much lately, when I do this I immediately feel so guilty, it nearly makes me sick.  I am constantly apologizing to my children and to God.  The good thing is I have become so aware of my words that I am concentrating on what comes out of my mouth.  I am a slow learner, and I have finally come to the  realization that all the junk that Satan has been hitting my family with, I will still trust God and still Praise Him. 
I know I'm not alone, but it's so easy to believe that I am.  I have started to bind Satan in Jesus Name from my tongue and thoughts, I also have prayed God will make my children forget anything I say that is not in line with his word.  This may sound silly but I just do what I can and pray what I think of. 

Lord, I pray today for my friends and myself that you will make us aware of the negative words we say that are not pleasing to you.  Forgive us and make us  good examples for our families and the others you put in our lives. Lord, I know the tongue is a two edged sword, I pray that only words that are pleasing to you and glorify you will come out of our mouths.   I Love,  Praise and Worship You, Lord, in Jesus Name, for You are Worthy of All our Praise and Worship.  I pray these things today in Jesus Holy Name, Amen.
Have a Great Day My Friend!!  Much Love, Prayers and Blessings for you and your families!!
Love,
Shari (working on my words)!