I Corinthians 12:3

“Therefore I make known to you that no one speaking by the Spirit of God calls Jesus accursed, and no one can say that Jesus is Lord except by the Holy Spirit.”

                This verse immediately brought me back to James 3 about the “Un-Tamable Tongue”. Verse 10 and 11 of James 3 say “Out of the same mouth proceed blessing and cursing. My brethren, these things ought not to be so. Does a spring send forth fresh water and bitter from the same opening?” These things are evidence of a two-faced heart.

                Now I’m going to say that word that every girl (and most guys) cringe at for one reason or another. Gossip. And there it goes. We’ve all fell victim to it, whether you were the one talking about another person in a less-than flattering way, or you were the one standing around the corner as you overheard someone’s painful words.  However, you can get as passionate as you like about how bad gossip is, yet it’s so very easy to do, and so very easy to not notice, and no one (I repeat – no one) has ever NOT DONE IT.

                This verse here in I Corinthians is also coming back to the evidence of the Holy Spirit in the believer’s life. The Holy Spirit will convict a person with a loose tongue, and will be shown when you speak good things about other people that build them up in love, whether they will hear about it or not.

                This week I will pray for the Holy Spirit to help me by convicting me when I think negative things about other people, and I will do my own effort today in complimenting and telling others of the good effects they have on me and my life.