Skip to main content

FREE TO “KEEP QUIET”

AUGUST 13th - CAPSULE 13

TOPIC: FREE TO “KEEP QUIET”

BIBLE TEXT: Proverbs 13 vs. 3 – Self-control means controlling your tongue. A quick retort can ruin everything (Living Bible)


Don’t let the need to rescue someone push you into answering before you have heard the story, and taken time to pray about it. You will be amazed how differently you feel about something a few hours, a few days and in some case a few years later. 

Pride says don’t just stand there, say something! Wisdom says, “Don’t just say anything, stand there!” (Quietly ask God for insight). One word from Him can turn things around in a hurry. In this age of instant tea and instant potatoes, we look for instant answers. When tragedy strikes, not only do we get the news immediately, but within minutes experts appear on television to tell us why it all happened. But sometimes wisdom is silent.

Jesus had the power to summon 12 legions of angels to defend Him, yet “He opened not His mouth”. Pilate did all the talking. Jesus just stood there quietly, for He was not on trial, Pilate and the religious system were. He knew His destiny, and most of all, He knew His Father intimately.


Prayer: Father, give me wisdom to be quick to hear but slow to speak; Wisdom to know when to be silent or quiet and when to speak.

Insight: When you know God, you can face anything with confidence – and still be free to keep quiet. What a wonderful place to be!

Labels:

Comments

Post a Comment

Popular posts from this blog

THINKING GOD’S WAY

JULY 9TH – CAPSULE 9  TOPIC: THINKING GOD’S WAY  BIBLE TEXT: EPHESIANS 4VS23 – Be renewed in the spirit of your mind. How you process information and arrive at conclusions must always be subject to the will of God. Listen, “……….be made new in the attitude of your minds”. When you first start thinking Gods way, it will feel strange to you. It may even feel like a “put-on”. But it’s not. It works like this: you have to  (a). Practice being nice until you automatically become nice.  (b). Practice going to church on Sunday, until going anywhere else seems strange to you.  (c). Practice giving to God until it be comes as natural to you as shopping at the mall.  (d). Practice speaking the truth until even the smallest lie tastes bad in your mouth.  (e). Practice speaking kindness until every cynical, negative word is purged from your vocabulary. Its all a matter of practice! But you ask, “ isn’t that hypocritical – feeling one way and speaking an...
Post a Comment
Read more

IT RUBS OFF

AUGUST 9th - CAPSULE 9 TOPIC: IT RUBS OFF BIBLE TEXT: Exodus 34 vs. 29 – His face glowed from being in the presence of God. You can only talk convincingly about the God you know, the one you’ve spent time with. Any other God belongs in a theology book, and you will have a hard time selling Him. When Moses came down from the mountain, his face shone. He had been in God’s presence, and when you’ve been there it shows in the way you look, the way you walk and talk, the way you treat your family, the way you spend your money and the way you respond to hurting people. It rubs off!   Paul Cain says “most of us are as close to God as we want to be”. Think about it “Draw nigh to God, and He will draw nigh to you” (James 4 vs. 8). How could you possibly be the same when you’ve been with Him? He transforms everything He touches. Listen – He that dwelleth in the secret place of the Most High shall abide under the shadow of the Almighty” (Psalm 91 vs. 1). He didn’t say “visit” or...
Post a Comment
Read more

The Narrow Path

DATE : September 12, 2021 TOPIC : The Narrow Path BIBLE TEXT: Matthew 7v13&14 – Enter ye in at the strait gate: for wide is the gate, and broad is the way, that leadeth to destruction, and many there be which go in there at: Because strait is the gate, and narrow is the way, which leadeth unto life, and few there be that find it. The road to eternity is a narrow path, with a single choice. There are no alternatives into eternity. It is either you walk through the narrow way into heaven or you follow the broad path that leads men (souls) to hell fire. God sent His only Son to die for mankind, creating the way, the truth and the life, to all who believe in Christ Jesus. It is either you make a choice to follow Jesus or you walk straight into hell. Many are searching for this path in the wrong direction, places, traditions, customs, beliefs and religions but cannot find it there. Only those that hear about the Kingdom of Heaven coming soon and believe in Jesus Christ shal...
Post a Comment
Read more