对今日诗句的想法
神提醒我们——我们的言辞与说话方式将极大地影响我们的生活质量。没有什么比谎言与恶毒的话语更为打击鲜活的生命。它们以我们所无法掌控的欺骗与破坏为“武力”,不仅败坏我们所谈论与听见之人,并且最终将对我们自己的生活产生致命的打击。让我们的言语以公义、良善、完全、圣洁、真实与祝福为内容(参见:以弗所书4:20-5:12)。
Thoughts on Today's Verse...
God reminds us that our words and the way we use our speech greatly impact the quality of life we enjoy. Nothing cuts short a vibrant life like evil speech and lies we tell. They set loose a force of deception and damage that we cannot control. This unleashed power not only damages those about whom and to whom we speak, but they eventually boomerang and come back and bring their deadly payload back into our own lives. Let's be people who speak what is right, good, wholesome, holy, true, and a blessing. (cf. Ephesians 4:20-5:12)
我的祷告
圣洁、公义的神,我的天父啊,愿你洁净我的心,帮助我除去一切诡诈、毁谤、庸俗、恶毒、虚假、夸大其辞、卑鄙、歪曲、狡猾、与伤人的言辞。噢神啊,愿我所说的话语和我内心的初衷都得蒙你的喜悦。奉主耶稣之名祈求,阿们!
My Prayer...
Holy and Righteous God my Father, purify my heart and cleanse my words of all deceit, slander, vulgarity, wickedness, untruth, exaggeration, mean-spiritedness, distortion, guile, and words that wound. May the words of my mouth and the intentions of my heart be pleasing to you, O God. In Jesus' name. Amen.