Ephesians 4:29
"We need to recognize how 'wordy' our lives are. Talk seems so normal, so ordinary, so unimportant, so harmless. Yet there are few things we do that are more important. Words are powerful, important, significant. It was meant to be that way. When we speak, it must be with the realization that God has given our words significance. He has ordained for them to be important. Words were significant at Creation and at the Fall. They are significant to redemption. God has given words value. So we must do all we can to assign words the importance Scripture gives them."
-Paul Tripp
"Our use of the tongue is a sure evidence of the condition of our heart. It is the hinge on which the door into our souls swings open in order to reveal our spirit. In effect our words are like so many media people rushing to file their reports on the condition of our souls."
-Sinclair Ferguson
Application
1. Apply this passage to your life immediately.
2. Take this passage into your conversations this week.
3. Invite others to evaluate your speech in light of this passage.
