33“Make a tree good and its fruit will be good, or make a tree bad and its fruit will be bad, for a tree is recognized by its fruit. 34You brood of vipers, how can you who are evil say anything good? For the mouth speaks what the heart is full of. 35A good man brings good things out of the good stored up in him, and an evil man brings evil things out of the evil stored up in him. 36But I tell you that everyone will have to give account on the day of judgment for every empty word they have spoken. 37For by your words you will be acquitted, and by your words you will be condemned.” (Matthew 12:33-37)
Thoughts: The inside shows itself on the outside. A tree that is shriveled and without much health will not produce fruit. If your mouth speaks evil and destruction, it is a sign of what is inside the heart. Words are not meaningless. Though many today doubt that there is truth or that spin and profit are more valuable than truth. If your heart is good, good actions and words will come forth. By our profession of faith- our claiming Jesus as Lord, we are acquitted. By our cursing, rejection, words of destruction we are condemned. Let us choose our words carefully, and let them come from a heart transformed by Christ.
Prayer: Lord, may my words match my heart- and may they both be fully yours.
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