As the reader at the evening service said after saying "The Word of the Lord" - "Yikes!" James' call to us for our discipleship to include our words is a sobering one. Several of you have shared some really good feedback, and I have some more rumbling around about it - specifically what "discipling our tongues" may look like.
I am going to reactivate my Restoration Project blog for a week or so to reflect on this topic of Discipling our Tongues, and thus helping our overall discipleship.
The first reflection I'll share is Paul's word to the Colossians 3.16 Let the word of Christ dwell in you richly, teaching and admonishing one another in all wisdom, singing psalms and hymns and spiritual songs, with thankfulness in your hearts to God. 17 And whatever you do, in word or deed, do everything in the name of the Lord Jesus, giving thanks to God the Father through him.
Nothing comes out of our mouths that isn't already in there, in our minds and hearts - May the word of Christ make its home in us, abide in us, live in us, so richly that "out of the abundance of the heart," we speak words that indeed are a treasure (Matthew 12:34-36), reflecting the riches of our Father and our King. Let us read it, meditate on it, memorize it, delight in it, share it, sing it.
I am going to reactivate my Restoration Project blog for a week or so to reflect on this topic of Discipling our Tongues, and thus helping our overall discipleship.
The first reflection I'll share is Paul's word to the Colossians 3.16 Let the word of Christ dwell in you richly, teaching and admonishing one another in all wisdom, singing psalms and hymns and spiritual songs, with thankfulness in your hearts to God. 17 And whatever you do, in word or deed, do everything in the name of the Lord Jesus, giving thanks to God the Father through him.
Nothing comes out of our mouths that isn't already in there, in our minds and hearts - May the word of Christ make its home in us, abide in us, live in us, so richly that "out of the abundance of the heart," we speak words that indeed are a treasure (Matthew 12:34-36), reflecting the riches of our Father and our King. Let us read it, meditate on it, memorize it, delight in it, share it, sing it.
Peace and Joy, Mark +
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