The Divisive Tongue - Day 5 "30 Days to Taming Your Tongue"

I am doing a study on "30 Days to Taming Your Tongue". Come along with me as we look at how we can honor Yahushua with the words we say.

This study is based on the book "30 Days to Taming you Tongue" by Deborah Smith Pegues
Read Reviews and Links to buy the book at Good Reads.

What I will be writing here is notes I have from when I read the book. It is designed to give you an overview of major points in that day's lesson. And other commentary from my own reflection.

So far we have done: The Hasty Tongue Day 4, Temptations Strategy Day 3, The Flattering Tongue Day 2, and The Lying Tongue Day 1. Click on the links to catch up.

The Divisive Tongue - Day 5 "30 Days to Taming Your Tongue"

• Divide & Conquer is Satan's goal
• Avoid picking fights
• Satan will cause us to become offended over harmless statements: 
1. Satan will make us read more meaning into a statement than was intended
2. Satan will make us believe someone has impure motives
3. Satan will make us believe lies
• Telling someone else will cause division - avoid gossip
• Keep your opinions to yourself, if it will cause division
1. Peace is more important than making sure you are right or that your opinion is heard

(Proverbs 20:3) Avoiding a fight is a mark of honor; only fools insist on quarreling

(Proverbs 17:14) Beginning a quarrel is like opening a floodgate, so drop the matter before dispute breaks out.

(Ephesians 6:12 HRB)  For our conflict is not with flesh and blood, but with principalities, and with those in authority, and with the possessors of this dark world, and with the evil spirits that are beneath heaven.

The divisive tongue is something that is truly the plan of the devil. We have to be on guard. Yahweh does not want us to be separate from brethren, or family. We have to always seek peace. Many of us have our own opinions, and we want them to be heard. Sometimes it is better to keep your opinions to yourself to prevent quarreling - especially in something such as politics. If you know there is a sensitive topic, say with your family, and you feel like it would benefit you more to keep your opinions to yourself then do it. Seek Peace (Shalom). You want to keep a relationship with your family so just hold your tongue. Let it pass. Have assurance in your choice to stay quiet, because you want to be like Yahushua. 

• Goal: become an agent of peace trying to reconcile conflict

Come back to http://alyse2232.blogspot.com/ (bookmark it) for tomorrow's blog "The Argumentative Tongue".