Friday, October 2
Words That Build
Let no corrupting talk come out of your mouths, but only such as is good for building up.
Speech is one of the most measurable places holiness shows. One encouragement, given deliberately today, can outlast a hundred good intentions.
Prayer
Spirit, guard my mouth and make my words useful. Amen.
More reflections
Begin with Listening
Psalm 46:10 — "Be still, and know that I am God."
Mercy That Is New
Lamentations 3:22-23 — "His mercies never come to an end; they are new every morning."
The Weight of Small Faithfulness
Luke 16:10 — "One who is faithful in a very little is also faithful in much."
Anxiety, Handed Over
1 Peter 5:7 — "Casting all your anxieties on him, because he cares for you."
Love in Practice
1 John 3:18 — "Let us not love in word or talk but in deed and in truth."
A Light for the Next Step
Psalm 119:105 — "Your word is a lamp to my feet and a light to my path."
Where this came from
We're not experts — these are the sources we used while researching this page. Read them yourself, keep digging, and hold us to them.
- [1]The Holy Bible — Blue Letter Bible
Every verse quoted in a devotional, checked in its own chapter and context.
- [2]The Book of Common Prayer — daily office collects
Shape and language of the closing prayers.