Comments on: me and my big mouth http://normansennema.com/archives/3681 trying to find His way Mon, 21 May 2012 08:44:24 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3 By: Karen http://normansennema.com/archives/3681/comment-page-1#comment-1863 Karen Sat, 30 Jan 2010 17:52:06 +0000 http://normansennema.com/?p=3681#comment-1863 Father, may my mouth be an instrument of praise. May You empower me to use my mouth only for Your good and perfect purposes. Forgive me for the times when I have misused my mouth, when I have spoken things that did not glorify You, that did not edify You and others. LORD, each day when I get up, may I put a guard on my mouth by surrendering it to You.... Father, may my mouth be an instrument of praise. May You empower me to use my mouth only for Your good and perfect purposes. Forgive me for the times when I have misused my mouth, when I have spoken things that did not glorify You, that did not edify You and others. LORD, each day when I get up, may I put a guard on my mouth by surrendering it to You….

]]> By: HaitiTony http://normansennema.com/archives/3681/comment-page-1#comment-1862 HaitiTony Sat, 30 Jan 2010 10:33:21 +0000 http://normansennema.com/?p=3681#comment-1862 There is a Irish proverb I am reminded of with the passage of today . . . Everyone is wise, until he speaks. In other words, the words I speak reveal my inner being or my heart's desire. There is a saying that I use often with the children and that is 'Bite your tongue.' All too often I speak before putting my mind in gear. Watch the words you speak so that I may speak the very words of Christ since I am Christian by name shown by all what I do and say. There is also a title of a book by Ortberg, 'Everyone's Normal Until You Get To Know Them.' And How do I get to know others? How do they get to know me? By what I say and do. Lord, may the words I speak show whose I am. Lord, may the actions that I do show whose I am. Help me in my daily walk living for Jesus by my knowing/loving/doing. Help me to bring joy to my father/Father. Lord, speak to me that I may speak In living echoes of Thy tone; As Thou has sought, so let me seek Thine erring children lost and lone. O lead me, Lord, that I may lead The wandering and the wavering feet; O feed me, Lord, that I may feed Thy hungering ones with manna sweet. O strengthen me, that while I stand Firm on the rock, and strong in Thee, I may stretch out a loving hand To wrestlers with the troubled sea. O teach me, Lord, that I may teach The precious things Thou dost impart; And wing my words, that they may reach The hidden depths of many a heart. There is a Irish proverb I am reminded of with the passage of today . . . Everyone is wise, until he speaks. In other words, the words I speak reveal my inner being or my heart’s desire. There is a saying that I use often with the children and that is ‘Bite your tongue.’ All too often I speak before putting my mind in gear. Watch the words you speak so that I may speak the very words of Christ since I am Christian by name shown by all what I do and say.

There is also a title of a book by Ortberg, ‘Everyone’s Normal Until You Get To Know Them.’ And How do I get to know others? How do they get to know me? By what I say and do.

Lord, may the words I speak show whose I am. Lord, may the actions that I do show whose I am. Help me in my daily walk living for Jesus by my knowing/loving/doing. Help me to bring joy to my father/Father.

Lord, speak to me that I may speak
In living echoes of Thy tone;
As Thou has sought, so let me seek
Thine erring children lost and lone.

O lead me, Lord, that I may lead
The wandering and the wavering feet;
O feed me, Lord, that I may feed
Thy hungering ones with manna sweet.

O strengthen me, that while I stand
Firm on the rock, and strong in Thee,
I may stretch out a loving hand
To wrestlers with the troubled sea.

O teach me, Lord, that I may teach
The precious things Thou dost impart;
And wing my words, that they may reach
The hidden depths of many a heart.

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