Positive Quote for the Week-Eliminate Petty Conversation

March 11, 2024

Positive Quote for the Week-Eliminate petty conversation

“Make it your mission to refrain from all petty conversation in every situation.” Erica Willis

If we kept it 100 with ourselves we have to admit that we’ve initiated offensive and petty communication on more than one occasion in our lives. We have all experienced situations where that one person says that one thing to us so out of line that it causes us to get completely out of character. It happens to the best of us.

What if you are the kind of person that always has a sharp tongue; you never have anything nice to say to anyone including your friends and family? That type of conversation will catch up with you. God is very clear on the law of sowing and reaping, Galatians 6:7.

One of the craziest things is that we wonder why our children are disobedient, rude, and disrespectful but we talk to them in the most horrible ways. They are a representation of us, good or bad. Children are like a sponge soaking up everything that they see and hear; and they will regurgitate exactly what they digest.

Don’t find it strange when you kids act out because you didn’t set the proper standards at home. The Word of God is definitive in Proverbs 22:6, “Train up a child in the way he should go, and when he is old he will not depart from it.” We want to periodically ask ourselves this question: do my actions and my words line up with the Word of God? If not, ask the Lord to reveal the areas that you need to adjust and be willing to modify accordingly.

Scriptures pertaining to taming your tongue:

Psalm 34:12-13 “Who is the man who desires life, and loves many days, that he may see good? Keep your tongue from evil, and your lips from speaking deceit.”

Proverbs 10:11 “The mouth of the righteous is a well of life, but violence covers the mouth of the wicked.”

Proverbs 18:21 “Death and life are in the power of the tongue, and those who love it will eat its fruit.”

Proverbs 12:18 “There is one who speaks like the piercings of a sword, but the tongue of the wise promotes health.”

Proverbs 15:4 “A wholesome tongue is a tree of life, but perverseness in it breaks the spirit.”

If you’ve missed any of the other weekly quotes, no worries I am listing them down below:

Positive Quote for the Week: Pride is your Downfall

Positive Quote for the week: Be led by the Holy Spirit

Positive Quote for the Week: Be mindful of your words

Positive Quote for the Week: Don’t hate, Congratulate!

Positive Quote for the Week: Remain Optimistic

Positive Quote for the Week: Don’t Quit on Your Relationship

Positive Quote for the Week: Don’t Be so Quick to Judge