Understanding when to speak and how to phrase what needs to be said is crucial to effective communication. Everyone has experienced trying to communicate and not being receptive to a listener. Essential to effective communications is realizing the choice of words and tone of voice either attract others or turn them away.
What comes to mind when you hear the word gatekeeper? You might think of someone who has authority to permit entrance into an establishment. Each person is in effect a gatekeeper for all the words stored up in their vocabulary, one which has power to unleash a flood of words intended for good or evil. Think of yourself as the gatekeeper for your words that produce peace or dissention, good or evil. God’s word directs us to guard our hearts by being a responsible gatekeeper for what we say as well as what we allow ourselves to hear. Ask Christ Jesus to create in you a clean heart and a right spirit. He will do it.
Set a guard, O Lord, over my mouth; keep watch over the
door of my lips!
~Psalm 141:3 English Standard Version
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