Learning to Speak Life

Dear Lord,
I pray that each of my children and grand children will choose to use speech that glorifies You. Fill their hearts with Your Spirit and Your truth so that what overflows from their mouths will be words of life and not death. Convict them of their use of bad language dear Jesus. Put a monitor over each of their mouths so that every temptation to use profane, negative, cruel, hurtful, uncaring, unloving, or compassionless language would pierce their spirit and make them feel extremely uncomfortable. I pray that obscene or foul language would be so foreign to them that if words like that ever do find their way through their lips, they would become like gravel in their mouth and they would be repulsed by it. Help each of them to hear themselves so that words don't come out carelessly or thoughtlessly.
Keep them from being snared by the words of their mouth. You have promised that "whosoever guards their mouth and tongue keeps their soul from trouble." (Proverbs 21:24) Help them to put a guard over their mouth and keep far away from adversity. Your Word says that , "death and life are in the power of the tongue, and those who love it will eat its fruit." (Proverbs 18:21) May each of them speak life and not death. May they be quick to listen and slow to speak so that their speech will always be seasoned with grace. Equip them to know how, what, and when to speak to anyone in any situation. Enable them to always speak words of hope, health, encouragement, and life, and to resolve that their mouth will not sin.
I ask this according to Your good and perfect will,
In Jesus Holy name,
Amen

(Prayer and scripture from "The Power of a Praying Parent--Stormie Omartian)


"WEAPONS OF WARFARE"


Psalm 19:14 (Amplified Bible)
Let the words of my mouth and the meditation of my heart be acceptable in Your sight, O Lord, my [firm, impenetrable] Rock and my Redeemer.


Matthew 12:35 (Amplified Bible)
The good man from his inner good treasure flings forth good things, and the evil man out of his inner evil storehouse flings forth evil things.


Matthew 12:36-37 (Amplified Bible)
36)But I tell you, on the day of judgment men will have to give account for every idle (inoperative, nonworking) word they speak.
37)For by your words you will be justified and acquitted, and by your words you will be condemned and sentenced.


Proverbs 16:24 (Amplified Bible)
Pleasant words are as a honeycomb, sweet to the mind and healing to the body.


Proverbs 12:18 (Amplified Bible)
There are those who speak rashly, like the piercing of a sword, but the tongue of the wise brings healing.