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October 16
Tuesday


A TIMELY WORD

READ:
Ephesians 4:17-32
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A man has joy by the
answer of his mouth,
and a word spoken in
due season, how good
it is! __ Proverbs 15:23
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In Liverpool, England, on the eve of the 2006 British Open Championship, professional golfer Graeme McDowell was in trouble. The next day he was going into the tournament clueless about what was causing his struggles on the course.

While he was out for the evening, McDowell got a surprise. A stranger, who was an avid golf fan, recognized him and commented that he had noticed a flaw in his swing. The next day, Graeme tested that advice on the driiving range, and to his great shock he discovered that the fan had been correct. Satisfied with the value of the change, Graeme implemented the suggestion and finished the first day of the British Open in first place! All because a stranger took time to speak a word of help.

Words are like that. They are powerful instruments fo good or for ill. We can use words in destructive ways, or we can use words to build and encourage. This must be what Solomon had in mind when he said, "A man has joy by the answer of his mouth, and a word spoken in due season, how good it is!" (Prov. 15:23).

In a world where words are often wielded as weapons, may we use our words as tools to build up the hearts of others. __ Bill Crowder
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~~~~~~~~~~~Keep my tongue, Lord, bridled well,~~~~~~~~~~~~~
~~~~~~~~~~~~~Words of truth, oh, may I tell;~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
~~~~~~~~~~~Take my heart, its wellspring deep,~~~~~~~~~~~~~
~~~~~~~~~~Cleanse and purify and keep. __ Bosch~~~~~~~~~~~~
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Gentle words are more powerful
than angry words.

**************Today's Bible Reading __ Ephesians 4:17-32**********

17 This I say, therefore,
and testify in the Lord, that
you should no longer walk
as the rest of the Gentiles
walk....

20 But you have not so
learned Christ, 23 if indeed
you have heard Him and
have been taught by Him, as
the truth is in Jesus: 22 that
you put off, concerning your
former conduct, the old man
which grows corrupt
according to the deceitful
lusts, 23 and be renewed in
the spirit of your mind,

24 and that you put on the
new man which was created
according to God, in true
righteousness and holiness.

25 Therefore, putting away
lying, "Let each one of you
speak truth with his
neighbor," for we are
members of one another.

26 "Be angry, and do not
sin": do not let the sun go
down on your wrath, 27 nor
give place to the devil.

28 Let him who stole steal
no longer, but rather let him
labor, working with his
hands what is good, that he
may have something to give
him who has need.

29 Let no corrupt word
proceed out of your mouth,
but what is good for
necessary edification, that it
may impart grace to the
hearers. 30 And do not grieve
the Holy Spirit of God, by
whom you were sealed for
the day of redemption.

31 Let all bitterness, wrath,
anger, clamor, and evil
speaking be put away from
you, with all malice. 32 And
be kind to one another,
tenderhearted, forgiving one
another, even as God in
Christ forgave you.

>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>INSIGHT<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<

"Let no corrupt word proceed out of your mouth, but what is good
for necessary edification, that it may impart grace to the hearers"
(Eph. 4:29). Corrupt words are "rotten and unfit for use," as one
definition puts it. Grace words build up other believers. __ HDF