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Speaker 1: How many times have you said something then instantly wished
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Speaker 1: you could take it back. How many times have your
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Speaker 1: words spoken in anger, frustration, or carelessness left wounds in
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Speaker 1: the people you love. You tried to apologize, but the
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Speaker 1: damage was already done. The moment those words left your lips,
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Speaker 1: they took on a life of their own. They couldn't
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Speaker 1: be erased, undone, or forgotten. King Solomon, the wisest man
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Speaker 1: who ever lived, knew this truth. That's why he warned
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Speaker 1: us over and over again, guard your mouth. But most
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Speaker 1: people don't take his words seriously until it's too late,
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Speaker 1: until they've lost friendships, broken families, ruined reputations, or even
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Speaker 1: destroyed their own future, all because of what came out
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Speaker 1: of their mouths. In this video, we will dive deep
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Speaker 1: into why Solomon said guarding your mouth is one of
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Speaker 1: the most critical lessons in life. What does it truly mean,
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Speaker 1: How can your words bring life or cause destruction? And
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Speaker 1: how do you stop yourself from speaking words you'll regret forever.
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Speaker 1: By the end of this video, you won't just understand
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Speaker 1: Solomon's wisdom, you will know exactly how to apply it
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Speaker 1: to your life, Because if you don't learn to control
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Speaker 1: your tongue. Your tongue will control you. It is our
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Speaker 1: prayer that this message will help you. And if you
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Speaker 1: know someone who struggles with gossip, lying, or speaking in anger,
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Speaker 1: that being said, let's get started. The wisdom of Solomon
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Speaker 1: is not just ancient advice. It is a warning that
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Speaker 1: echoes through time louder today than ever before. Life and
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Speaker 1: death are in the power of the tongue, he wrote
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Speaker 1: in Proverbs eighteen twenty one. Not influence, not mere impact
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Speaker 1: life and death. Think about that. Your words don't just
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Speaker 1: express your thoughts. They shape reality, They build or destroy relationships,
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Speaker 1: create or kill, opportunities, heal or wound hearts. And yet
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Speaker 1: how often do we throw out words carelessly, as if
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Speaker 1: they have no weight. How often do we speak without thinking,
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Speaker 1: not realizing that what we say can never be unsaid.
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Speaker 1: Imagine a knife. A single cut can heal like a
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Speaker 1: surgeon removing disease, or it can wound, like an attacker
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Speaker 1: striking with anger. Your words are like that knife. They
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Speaker 1: can perform life saving surgery, speaking truth, wisdom and encouragement,
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Speaker 1: or they can stab, leaving scars that last a lifetime.
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Speaker 1: How many people to day are walking around wounded, not
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Speaker 1: from physical attacks, but from words spoken over them. A
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Speaker 1: father telling his son you'll never amount to anything, a
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Speaker 1: friend saying I don't need you any more. A spouse
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Speaker 1: in the heat of the moment, spitting out I regret
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Speaker 1: ever marrying you. One sentence spoken in a second can
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Speaker 1: alter the course of a life forever. The weight of
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Speaker 1: Solomon's words is seen in every broken friendship, every shattered marriage,
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Speaker 1: every child who grew up believing they weren't good enough.
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Speaker 1: It's seen in the whispers of gossip that ruin reputations.
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Speaker 1: The lies that spread like wildfire, the insults that play
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Speaker 1: on repeat in someone's mind for years. But here's the
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Speaker 1: part we often forget. Words don't just affect others. They
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Speaker 1: affect you. What you say about yourself shapes your reality.
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Speaker 1: I'll never get through this. I'm just a failure. Nothing
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Speaker 1: ever works out for me. The more you speak these things,
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Speaker 1: the more they become your truth. Your words don't just
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Speaker 1: describe your life, they direct it. And look at today's world,
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Speaker 1: look at social media. We live in a time where
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Speaker 1: words are being used as weapons on a global scale.
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Speaker 1: People tear each other down with a few key strokes.
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Speaker 1: They spread rumors, destroy reputations, and attack strangers, all without
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Speaker 1: thinking of the weight their words carry. How many careers
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Speaker 1: have been ruined, how many families torn apart, how many
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Speaker 1: lives have been lost, all because of something someone said online.
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Speaker 1: Solomon's wisdom has never been more relevant. Every tweet, every comment,
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Speaker 1: every message, It all matters. People will say things they
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Speaker 1: would never dare speak in person. Why because they don't
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Speaker 1: feel the impact of their words when they're hidden behind
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Speaker 1: a screen. But make no mistake, those words still carry power.
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Speaker 1: They still give life or they still bring death. And
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Speaker 1: then there's anger. How many times have we spoken something
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Speaker 1: in a moment of rage, only to regret it later.
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Speaker 1: How many times have relationships been shattered because someone let
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Speaker 1: their temper take control of their tongue. Solomon warns in
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Speaker 1: Proverbs twenty nine eleven. A fool gives full vent to
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Speaker 1: his anger, but a wise person holds it back. Holding
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Speaker 1: back your words is not weakness, its wisdom. A fool
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Speaker 1: speaks everything they feel without thinking, but the wise know
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Speaker 1: that words, once released, cannot be taken back. You can apologize,
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Speaker 1: you can ask for forgiveness, but you cannot erase the damage.
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Speaker 1: And this isn't just about avoiding destruction. It's about speaking life.
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Speaker 1: If words carry the power of death, they also carry
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Speaker 1: the power of life. What if we chose to use
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Speaker 1: our words to build instead of tear down, to speak
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Speaker 1: hope instead of despair, to bless instead of curse. Jesus
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Speaker 1: himself said in Matthew twelve thirty six to thirty seven,
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Speaker 1: I tell you, on the day of judgment, people will
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Speaker 1: give an account for every careless word they speak. For
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Speaker 1: by your words you will be justified, and by your
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Speaker 1: words you will be condemned. Every case airless word that's
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Speaker 1: not just an opinion, that's a promise. One day, every
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Speaker 1: single word we've spoken will be brought back before us.
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Speaker 1: The words we said in private, the words we muttered
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Speaker 1: under our breath, the words we typed out in anger.
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Speaker 1: How different would we speak if we truly believed that.
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Speaker 1: This is why Solomon warns us guard your mouth, because
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Speaker 1: words shape destinies, words create consequences, Words build or destroy lives.
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Speaker 1: So before you speak today, ask yourself, will these words
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Speaker 1: bring life or will they bring death? Because once they
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Speaker 1: are spoken, the choice is no longer yours, but the
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Speaker 1: consequences will be. Solomon's warning about the power of words
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Speaker 1: doesn't stop at anger or reckless speech. There's another danger,
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Speaker 1: one that seems small, almost harmless, but carries the ability
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Speaker 1: to ruin lives, friendships, and even entire communities. Gossip. Proverbs
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Speaker 1: sixteen twenty eight says a perverse person stirs up conflict,
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Speaker 1: and a gossip separates close friends, not a noise friends,
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Speaker 1: not a friend's friends, separates them. A relationship that took
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Speaker 1: years to build, destroyed in a moment by a few
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Speaker 1: whispered words. And the worst part, most people don't even
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Speaker 1: realize they're doing it. Gossip doesn't always look like evil scheming.
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Speaker 1: It doesn't always sound like someone deliberately trying to ruin
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Speaker 1: another person's life. It often starts as concern, did you
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Speaker 1: hear what happened to them? I just feel so bad
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Speaker 1: for them. I don't want to judge, but I just
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Speaker 1: think people should know the truth. I probably shouldn't say this,
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Speaker 1: but it's subtle. It feels harmless. But Solomon warns that
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Speaker 1: gossip is like a wildfire. It spreads quickly, consumes everything
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Speaker 1: in its path, and leaves destruction. Proverbs twenty six twenty
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Speaker 1: says without wood, a fire goes out. Without a gossip,
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Speaker 1: a quarrel dies down. Think about that gossip is fuel
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Speaker 1: for division, and we see it everywhere. Families torn apart
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Speaker 1: because someone spread a rumor. Friendship's destroyed because one person
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Speaker 1: twisted the truth. Entire churches divided because people talk more
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Speaker 1: about each other than the prayed for each other. Have
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Speaker 1: you ever been the victim of gossip? Have you ever
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Speaker 1: had people talk about you behind your back, spreading things
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Speaker 1: that weren't true, or twisting things that were. Then you
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Speaker 1: know the pain, the betrayal, the feeling of watching people
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Speaker 1: believe lies about you, while you have no way to
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Speaker 1: stop it. It's like poison. It doesn't always kill instantly,
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Speaker 1: but it spreads. It seeps into minds, changing how people
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Speaker 1: see you, and by the time the truth comes out,
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Speaker 1: if it ever does, it all ready done its damage.
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Speaker 1: And here's the terrifying part. Solomon tells us that gossip
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Speaker 1: doesn't just destroy people's reputations, it destroys the people who
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Speaker 1: spread it. Proverbs eighteen eight says the words of a
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Speaker 1: gossip are like choice morsels. They go down to the
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Speaker 1: inmost parts. Think about that imagery a choice morsel. Gossip
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Speaker 1: feels good at first, it's interesting, it's exciting. It makes
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Speaker 1: people feel powerful, like they know something others don't. But
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Speaker 1: once it's consumed, it gets inside of you. It changes you.
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Speaker 1: And this isn't just an ancient problem. Look at the
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Speaker 1: world today. How many people have had their entire lives
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Speaker 1: ruined not by crimes they committed, not by things they
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Speaker 1: actually did, but by rumors. We live in an era
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Speaker 1: where one accusation, whether true or false, can end a
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Speaker 1: person's career, reputation, and future. We call it cancel culture,
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Speaker 1: but Solomon would have called it gossip culture. Someone makes
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Speaker 1: a claim it spreads on social media like wildfire. People
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Speaker 1: assume it's true because everyone is saying it, and before
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Speaker 1: the accused even has a chance to defend themselves, it's over.
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Speaker 1: How many people have lost everything because of something that
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Speaker 1: wasn't even proven. How many reputations have been destroyed because
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Speaker 1: people would rather believe the worst than wait for the truth.
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Speaker 1: And here's the question we never ask. How many people
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Speaker 1: have we canceled in our own lives because we believed
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Speaker 1: gossip instead of seeking truth? How many friendships have ended
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Speaker 1: not because of something that happened to us, but because
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Speaker 1: of something we heard. Solomon warns that gossip turns people
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Speaker 1: against each other, It creates sides, it builds walls, and
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Speaker 1: most of the time the people spreading it don't even
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Speaker 1: realize they're being used as tools for division. The enemy
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Speaker 1: loved gossip because it does his work for him. James
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Speaker 1: three six says. The tongue also is a fire, a
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Speaker 1: world of evil among the parts of the body. It
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Speaker 1: corrupts the whole body, sets the whole course of one's
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Speaker 1: life on fire, and is itself set on fire by hell.
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Speaker 1: Think about that Hell itself fuels gossip. That's why it's
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Speaker 1: spread so easily. That's why it's so destructive. So here's
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Speaker 1: the real question. Are we fueling fires or are we
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Speaker 1: putting them out? The next time someone comes to you
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Speaker 1: with gossip, what will you do? Will you entertain it,
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Speaker 1: will you pass it along, will you let it live?
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Speaker 1: Or will you be the one to stop it? Because
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Speaker 1: Solomon makes it clear, gossip destroys, and if you spread it,
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Speaker 1: it will destroy you too. Solomon's warnings about words don't
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Speaker 1: just stop at anger, gossip or reckless speech. There's another danger,
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Speaker 1: one that is far more personal. It's when your own
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Speaker 1: word trap you, when the things you say become the
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Speaker 1: very chains that hold you back. Proverbs six two says
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Speaker 1: you have been trapped by what you said, ensnared by
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Speaker 1: the words of your mouth. Let that sink in your
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Speaker 1: own words can become your prison. How does that happen?
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Speaker 1: How do the things we say come back to haunt us?
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Speaker 1: It happens in ways we don't always notice. A careless promise,
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Speaker 1: a foolish commitment, an argument where we say things we
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Speaker 1: can never take back, a moment of frustration where we
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Speaker 1: speak death instead of life over our own future. Words
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Speaker 1: have consequences, and Solomon knew this better than any one.
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Speaker 1: Think about how many people have gotten themselves into trouble
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Speaker 1: because they spoke before they thought. Have you ever made
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Speaker 1: a promise you couldn't keep? It felt right in the moment,
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Speaker 1: Maybe you were trying to please someone, maybe you felt pressure,
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Speaker 1: maybe you just didn't think it through. But now you're stuck.
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Speaker 1: You can't deliver, and the people you promised they won't forget.
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Speaker 1: Proverbs twenty twenty five says it is a trap to
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Speaker 1: dedicate something rashly and only later to consider one's vows.
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Speaker 1: How many people have rushed into commitments, business deals, contracts,
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Speaker 1: even marriages because they spoke too soon, because they let
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Speaker 1: their emotions make decisions. Their wisdom should have stopped, And
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Speaker 1: then what happens? Regret, broken trust, a tangled mess they
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Speaker 1: can't escape. But what about conflicts? How many fights have escalated?
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Speaker 1: How many relationships have ended because one person refused to
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Speaker 1: take back their words. You've seen it happen, maybe you've
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Speaker 1: even lived it. Two people argue At first, it's about
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Speaker 1: something small, but then someone says something they shouldn't, something
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Speaker 1: per personal, something cruel, and in that moment, the argument
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Speaker 1: is no longer about the issue. It's about the words
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Speaker 1: that were just spoken, and now neither person can back down.
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Speaker 1: The wounds are too deep, the pride is too strong,
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Speaker 1: and suddenly, just like that, a friendship is over, a
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Speaker 1: marriage is fractured, a family is divided, not because of
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Speaker 1: what happened, but because of what was said. Proverbs thirteen
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Speaker 1: three says those who guard their lips preserve their lives,
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Speaker 1: but those who speak rashly will come to ruin. Solomon's
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Speaker 1: wisdom tells us something most people never realize until it's
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Speaker 1: too late. Most of our problems are self inflicted. Most
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Speaker 1: of our biggest regrets, biggest losses, biggest mistakes, they didn't
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Speaker 1: just happen to us. We spoke them into existence. And
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Speaker 1: today this is more relevant than ever because in our generation,
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Speaker 1: people don't just speak before they think, they post before
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Speaker 1: they think. How many people have lost everything because of
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Speaker 1: one reckless tweet, one careless post, one angry rant online.
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Speaker 1: Think about it. We live in a time where people's
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Speaker 1: entire lives have been ruined because of something they said
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Speaker 1: ten years ago. Old comments resurface, old videos come back
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Speaker 1: to haunt them. Words they spoke in a different season,
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Speaker 1: in a different mindset. Suddenly they are being judged for
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Speaker 1: it now, and they can apologize, they can explain, they
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Speaker 1: can beg for understanding, but the world won't let them
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Speaker 1: escape it. Their words have become their snare. And the
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Speaker 1: saddest part, many times, the people who fall into this
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Speaker 1: trap never meant harm. They were just careless. But that's
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Speaker 1: exactly Solomon's point at careless words destroy lives, they destroy careers,
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Speaker 1: they destroy relationsationships, they destroy futures. And once those words
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Speaker 1: are out there, once they've been spoken, posted, shared, you
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Speaker 1: can't take them back. So what's the solution. Solomon gives
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Speaker 1: us the answer in Proverbs seventeen twenty seven to twenty eight.
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Speaker 1: The one who has knowledge uses words with restraint, and
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Speaker 1: whoever has understanding is even tempered. Even fools are thought
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Speaker 1: wise if they keep silent and discerning, if they hold
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Speaker 1: their tongues. The wisest people are the ones who speak
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Speaker 1: the least, the ones who listen first, the ones who
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Speaker 1: think before they answer, the ones who don't let their
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Speaker 1: emotions control their mouths. Because here's the truth. You can
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Speaker 1: never regret the words you didn't say. You will never
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Speaker 1: destroy a friendship because you stayed silent instead of gossiping.
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Speaker 1: You will never lose a job because you kept yourself
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Speaker 1: from speaking in anger. You will never wreck your future
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Speaker 1: because you thought before you posted, And you will never
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Speaker 1: have to beg for forgiveness for words that were never
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Speaker 1: spoken in the first place. So here's the challenge. Before
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Speaker 1: you speak, ask yourself, is this necessary? Is this wise?
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Speaker 1: Is this worth the consequences? Because the next time you
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Speaker 1: open your mouth, you might be setting a trap for yourself.
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Speaker 1: Words spoken in haste of shattered friendships, broken families, and
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Speaker 1: even started wars. Solomon understood this deeply, which is why
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Speaker 1: his warnings about speaking in anger were some of the
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Speaker 1: most urgent in all of Proverbs. A gentle answer turns
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Speaker 1: away wrath, but a harsh word stirs up anger. Proverbs
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Speaker 1: fifteen one. Have you ever been in a moment where
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Speaker 1: anger took over, and before you could stop yourself, you
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Speaker 1: said something you immediately regretted. Maybe it was an argument
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Speaker 1: with a loved one, Maybe it was a disagreement at work,
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Speaker 1: Maybe it was a heated debate on line. The words
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Speaker 1: left your mouth or your fingers type them out, and
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Speaker 1: instantly you knew you went too far, But by then
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Speaker 1: it was too late. Proverbs twenty nine eleven says fools
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Speaker 1: give full vent to their rage, but the wise bring
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Speaker 1: calm in the end, that one moment of uncontrolled speech
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Speaker 1: has cost people everything. A marriage that was already struggling,
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Speaker 1: one cruel sentence and suddenly divorce is on the table.
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Speaker 1: A friendship that had lasted for years one insult in
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Speaker 1: the heat of an argument, and now they never speak again.
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Speaker 1: A career built on years of hard work. One angry
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Speaker 1: outburst at the wrong time, and the doors are closed forever.
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Speaker 1: And to day it's worse than ever because in this
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Speaker 1: era of instant reactions, people don't just say things they regret,
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Speaker 1: they broadcast them to the world. Think about it. Someone
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Speaker 1: has a bad customer service experience, they go viral for
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Speaker 1: screaming at an employee. Someone gets cut off in traffic,
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Speaker 1: they lash out in road rage, and the next thing
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Speaker 1: they know, they're on the news. A celebrity, an influencer,
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Speaker 1: a politician. They say something out of frustration and suddenly
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Speaker 1: they're canceled. One moment of anger a lifetime of consequences.
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Speaker 1: And this is exactly what Solomon warned us about, because
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Speaker 1: anger is a trap. It makes us feel justified in
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Speaker 1: the moment, but leaves us with nothing but regret. When
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Speaker 1: the moment is over, think about Moses. Moses was one
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Speaker 1: of the greatest leaders in history. He saw God face
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Speaker 1: to face. He led millions of people out of slavery,
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Speaker 1: but one moment of anger, one outburst of uncontrolled speech,
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Speaker 1: cost him the Promised Land. In numbers twenty the Israelites
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Speaker 1: were comple about water again. God told Moses to speak
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Speaker 1: to the rock and water would flow out, but Moses
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Speaker 1: was so frustrated with the people that he struck the
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Speaker 1: rock instead, and then he spoke in anger, listen, you rebels,
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Speaker 1: must we bring you water out of this rock numbers
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Speaker 1: twenty ten. He took credit for the miracle, and because
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Speaker 1: of that one moment God told him he would not
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Speaker 1: enter the Promised Land. Years of faithfulness, one mistake in
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Speaker 1: anger and the doors closed. Do you see it? This
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Speaker 1: is why Solomon said, whoever is patient has great understanding,
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Speaker 1: but one who is quick tempered displays folly Proverbs fourteen
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Speaker 1: twenty nine. Because anger does not think, Anger reacts. It
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Speaker 1: doesn't care about consequences, it doesn't care about relationships, it
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Speaker 1: doesn't care about the future. It just wants to win.
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Speaker 1: And that's why anger and pride are so deeply connected,
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Speaker 1: because what makes us lash out in anger pride. When
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Speaker 1: we feel insulted, when we feel disrespected, when we feel
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Speaker 1: like someone is challenging us, our pride refuses to let
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Speaker 1: it go. Pride makes us speak, Pride makes us fight back.
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Speaker 1: Pride makes us want to hurt others like we feel
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Speaker 1: they hurt us. But here's what no one tells you.
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Speaker 1: Anger doesn't make you stronger. It makes you weaker. It
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Speaker 1: doesn't make you right, It makes you reckless. And this
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Speaker 1: is why wise people stay silent when fools explode. Look
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Speaker 1: at how Jesus handled his accusers when he was falsely accused,
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Speaker 1: when he was mocked, when he was standing on trial.
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Speaker 1: He didn't argue, he didn't defend himself, he didn't attack back.
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Speaker 1: He stayed silent because he wasn't controlled by his emotions.
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Speaker 1: And this is the secret Solomon wants us to understand.
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Speaker 1: Self control is real strength. Anyone can react, anyone can
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Speaker 1: exc explode in anger, throw insults, post a rant, or
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Speaker 1: lash out at people. But only the wise can stay calm.
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Speaker 1: Only the wise know when to walk away. Only the
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Speaker 1: wise know that some battles are not worth fighting. So
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Speaker 1: here's the question, are you wise or are you ruled
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Speaker 1: by your emotions? The next time you feel anger rising,
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Speaker 1: will you react or will you pause? Because once the
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Speaker 1: words leave your mouth, you can't take them back. A
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Speaker 1: person who speaks in anger can destroy relationships, but a
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Speaker 1: person who speaks in lies can destroy nations. Solomon knew
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Speaker 1: that deception wasn't just a bad habit. It was a
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Speaker 1: poison that could spread through a family, a community, even
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Speaker 1: an entire generation. The lawd detests lying lips, but he
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Speaker 1: delights in those who tell the truth, Proverbs twelve twenty two.
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Speaker 1: And yet we live in a world built on lies.
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Speaker 1: Think about it. How much of what you hear every
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Speaker 1: Headlines are designed to manipulate emotions. People twist stories for
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Speaker 1: here's the terrifying part. Lies spread faster than truth. Social
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Speaker 1: media thrives on deception. One false rumor and someone's entire
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Speaker 1: reputation is ruined. One fake news article and suddenly millions
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Speaker 1: believe something that never even happened, and the damage it's irreversible.
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Speaker 1: Proverbs nineteen nine. Says a false witness will not go unpunished,
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Speaker 1: and whoever pours out lies will perish. But to day,
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Speaker 1: people profit off of lies. Think about the media, think
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Speaker 1: about politics, think about advertising, think about social platforms. What's
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Speaker 1: the common theme they sell? Deception? Because deception is profitable.
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Speaker 1: It makes people angry, it keeps them engaged, It makes
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Speaker 1: them afraid, and when people are afraid, they are easier
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Speaker 1: to control. Do you see why Solomon warnders. Lies don't
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Speaker 1: just distort reality, they shape it. They guide people away
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Speaker 1: from God. They turn truth upside down. And right now
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Speaker 1: we are watching an entire world being deceived. People are
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Speaker 1: blindly believing what they're told, never stopping to ask is
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Speaker 1: this true? Or is this manipulation? And here's what's even worse.
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Speaker 1: Deception never stays small. One lie turns into another, one
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Speaker 1: exaggeration becomes a fabricated reality. One cover up becomes a
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Speaker 1: web of destruction. Look At how many leaders, kings, politicians,
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Speaker 1: even pastors have lost everything because of lies. Look At
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Speaker 1: how many families have been torn apart because of deception.
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Speaker 1: Look at how many many friendships have ended in betrayal
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Speaker 1: because of a single act of dishonesty. That's why God
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Speaker 1: hates a lying tongue because deception destroys everything it touches.
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Speaker 1: And yet how many people to day live by deception.
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Speaker 1: They lie to avoid consequences, They lie to make themselves
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Speaker 1: look better, They lie to hide their sin, They lie
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Speaker 1: to gain power. But Solomon makes this clear. Lying is
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Speaker 1: a trap. It may work for a season, but eventually
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Speaker 1: it will destroy you. And here's something no one talks about.
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Speaker 1: When you live in lies, you stop recognizing the truth.
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Speaker 1: Your heart becomes numb to conviction, your mind becomes twisted
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Speaker 1: with confusion, You start believing your own deception, and in
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Speaker 1: the end, you can no longer tell the difference between
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Speaker 1: reality and illusion. Isn't that what's happening today? People are
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Speaker 1: so blinded by their own lies that they reject the
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Speaker 1: truth when it's right in front of them. The Bible
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Speaker 1: wands that in the last days, truth will be replaced
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Speaker 1: with deception, for the time will come when people will
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Speaker 1: not put up with sound doctrine. Instead, to suit their
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Speaker 1: own desires, they will gather around them a great number
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Speaker 1: of teachers to say what their itching ears want to hear.
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Speaker 1: Two Timothy four three. People don't want the truth anymore.
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Speaker 1: They want whatever makes them feel good. They don't want correction,
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Speaker 1: they don't want accountability. They just want a message that
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Speaker 1: lets them continue living in deception. And this is dangerous
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Speaker 1: because the Bible also says Satan himself is the father
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Speaker 1: of lies. When he lies, he speaks his native language,
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Speaker 1: for he is a liar and the father of lies.
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Speaker 1: John eight forty four. Every deception, every false teaching, every
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Speaker 1: manipulation originates from him. And if we don't guard ourselves,
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Speaker 1: we will be caught in the same trap. So how
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Speaker 1: do we protect ourselves from deception? Solomon gives us the answer.
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Speaker 1: Live by truth, Live with integrity, Be honest in your words,
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Speaker 1: your actions, and your character. Be a person who values
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Speaker 1: truth over popularity, because when you are a person of truth,
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Speaker 1: you become dangerous to the enemy. Lies cannot control you,
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Speaker 1: deception cannot lead you astray. And when the world is
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Speaker 1: lost in confusion, you will be standing firm in the
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Speaker 1: unshakable truth of God's word. So let me ask you
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Speaker 1: whose voice are you listening to. Are you filling your
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Speaker 1: mind with media, deception, gossip, and manipulation, or are you
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Speaker 1: training your spirit to hear God's truth? Because the world
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Speaker 1: is drowning in lies and if you don't guard yourself,
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Speaker 1: you will be deceived. Lies spread faster than truth and
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Speaker 1: deception can in lives. But sometimes the greatest wisdom isn't
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Speaker 1: found in what you say, It's found in what you
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Speaker 1: don't say. Solomon didn't just warn about the dangers of lying, gossip,
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Speaker 1: or speaking in anger. He also taught that there is
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Speaker 1: power in silence. There is a time to be silent
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Speaker 1: and a time to speak Ecclesiastes three, column seven. But
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Speaker 1: in a world where everyone feels the need to say
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Speaker 1: something about everything, how many people actually know when to
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Speaker 1: stay silent. Social media has turned every argument into a battlefield.
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Speaker 1: Everyone wants to have the last word, Everyone wants to
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Speaker 1: prove their right. Everyone is fighting, debating, and wasting their
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Speaker 1: breath on words that only create more division. But Solomon
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Speaker 1: taught that wisdom is knowing when to speak and when
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Speaker 1: to keep your mouth shut. Even fools are thought wise
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Speaker 1: if they keep silent and discerning, if they hold their
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Speaker 1: tongues Proverbs seventeen twenty eight. Let that sink in. A
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Speaker 1: fool might be ignorant, reckless, and misguided, but if he
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Speaker 1: stays quiet, people will assume he is wise. On the
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Speaker 1: other hand, a person can be brilliant, insightful, and knowledgeable,
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Speaker 1: but the moment they run their mouth carelessly, they expose
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Speaker 1: their own foolishness. Think about the last time you saw
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Speaker 1: someone ruin their own reputation just because they couldn't stay silent.
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Speaker 1: A celebrity posts a single reckless comment online and their
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Speaker 1: career is destroyed. A politician gets caught on a hot
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Speaker 1: mic and their influence crumbles. A friend lets their emotions
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Speaker 1: never the same, or because they didn't have the wisdom
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Speaker 1: to remain silent. This is why Solomon tells us that
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Speaker 1: silence is strength, because silence keeps you from reacting in anger.
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Speaker 1: Silence protects you from saying something you'll regret. Silence allows
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Speaker 1: truth to expose deception without your interference. Silence keeps you
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Speaker 1: from being dragged into pointless arguments, and most importantly, silence
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Speaker 1: allows you to hear God. How many people are so
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Speaker 1: busy talking that they never hear the voice of God.
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Speaker 1: How many people are constantly caught up in arguments, drama, opinions,
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Speaker 1: and distractions while completely missing the wisdom God is trying
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Speaker 1: to speak into their lives, Be still and know that
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Speaker 1: I am God, Psalm forty six ten. That doesn't just
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Speaker 1: mean sitting quietly. It means disciplining your mouth so that
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Speaker 1: God's voice is louder than yours. But let's get personal
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Speaker 1: for a moment. How many times have you regretted not
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Speaker 1: being silent? How many family conflicts could have been avoided
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Speaker 1: if you had just chosen not to respond. How many
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Speaker 1: friendships would still be intact if you had resisted the
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Speaker 1: urge to speak in anger. How many online debates could
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Speaker 1: you have ignored and saved yourself the stress. The truth
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Speaker 1: is silence is one of the most powerful forms of wisdom,
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Speaker 1: But in today's world, silence is rare. People speak before
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Speaker 1: they think, they react before they understand, they get offended
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Speaker 1: before they ask questions, and because of that, they end
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Speaker 1: up entangled in problems that could have been avoided if
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Speaker 1: they had simply stayed silent. This is why Solomon's wisdom
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Speaker 1: is more relevant today than ever. Look at the chaos
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Speaker 1: happening around US. People losing jobs over a single post,
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Speaker 1: friendships breaking apart because of political arguments, marriages falling apart
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Speaker 1: because words were spoken in anger and can't be taken back,
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Speaker 1: And yet so much of this could have been avoided
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Speaker 1: if people had learned the wisdom of silence. Because here's
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Speaker 1: the truth. Silence is not weakness. Silence is self control.
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Speaker 1: It takes more strength to bite your tongue than to
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Speaker 1: fire back with a response. It takes more wisdom to
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Speaker 1: walk away than to fight an unnecessary battle. It takes
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Speaker 1: more courage to let God defend you than to try
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Speaker 1: and prove yourself right. So let me ask you. Do
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Speaker 1: you know when to stay silent? Or do you let
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Speaker 1: your emotions control your words? Do you speak first and
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Speaker 1: regret it later? Do you get caught up in meaningless
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Speaker 1: arguments that steal your peace? Or do you have the
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Speaker 1: wisdom to recognize that not every battle is worth fighting?
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Speaker 1: Because here's what Solomon knew. Sometimes the best response is
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Speaker 1: being falsely accused, mocked, and condemned. He remained silent. But
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Speaker 1: Jesus remained silent and Matthew twenty six sixty three why
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Speaker 1: because he knew that truth didn't need defending. He knew
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Speaker 1: that his silence spoke louder than any words ever could.
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Speaker 1: And if Jesus, the Son of God could remain silent
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Speaker 1: in the face of false accusations and injustice, then surely
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Speaker 1: we can learn when to hold our tongues as well.
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Speaker 1: So here's the challenge. The next time you feel the
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Speaker 1: urge to react, stop, The next time someone attacks you
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Speaker 1: with words, don't retaliate. The next time you're tempted to gossip,
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Speaker 1: refuse to speak. The next time you feel anger rising,
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Speaker 1: choose wisdom instead. Because silence isn't just about avoiding conflict.
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Speaker 1: It's about choosing peace over pride. It's about valuing wisdom
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Speaker 1: over winning an argument. It's about letting God be your
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Speaker 1: defender instead of trying to defend yourself. And when you
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Speaker 1: learn to master silence, you will walk in a level
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Speaker 1: of wisdom and power that most people never experience. Mastering
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Speaker 1: the art of silence is powerful, But what about the
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Speaker 1: words we do speak. It's not just about avoiding reckless speech.
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Speaker 1: It's about choosing wisdom over impulse, life over destruction, truth
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Speaker 1: over deception. Solomon didn't just warn us about the dangers
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Speaker 1: our mouths, because the reality is your words are shaping
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Speaker 1: your life right now. Every conversation, every text, every post,
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Speaker 1: every argument, you are either building or destroying. So how
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Speaker 1: do we follow Solomon's wisdom and make sure that our
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Speaker 1: words build and not destroy. How do we make sure
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Speaker 1: that when we speak, we are speaking life, truth, and wisdom.
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Speaker 1: The answer intentional discipline. First, think before you speak. The
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Speaker 1: heart of the righteous weighs its answers, but the mouth
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Speaker 1: of the wicked gushes evil Proverbs fifteen twenty eight. Solomon
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Speaker 1: makes it clear wise people don't rush to speak. They
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Speaker 1: weigh their words. They think through the impact of what
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Speaker 1: they are about to say. Before words leave their mouth,
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Speaker 1: they ask themselves, is this true? Is this necessary? Will
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Speaker 1: this help or harm? Imagine how different your life would
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Speaker 1: be if you filtered every word through those three questions.
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Speaker 1: How many arguments would be avoided, How many misunderstandings would
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Speaker 1: be cleared up? How much less regret would you carry
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Speaker 1: from words spoken in haste? How much stronger would your
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Speaker 1: relationships be if your words were guided by wisdom instead
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Speaker 1: of emotion. But in today's world, people don't weigh their words.
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Speaker 1: They throw them out reckless. They speak without thinking, tweet,
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Speaker 1: without reflecting, post, without considering the consequences. And when things
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Speaker 1: go wrong, they blame everyone except themselves. But Solomon's wisdom
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Speaker 1: forces us to take responsibility. Your words are your weapon.
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Speaker 1: Either you control them or they will control you. Second,
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Speaker 1: learn when to stay silent. Even fools are thought wise
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Speaker 1: if they keep silent Proverbs seventeen, twenty eight. There are
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Speaker 1: moments when silence is the wisest response. Not every argument
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Speaker 1: needs your voice, not every insult needs your reply, Not
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Speaker 1: every situation requires your input. Sometimes the best way to
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Speaker 1: guard your mouth is to keep it shut. Think about
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Speaker 1: Jesus when he was falsely accused before pilot. He didn't argue.
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Speaker 1: He remained silent Matthew, twenty seven twelve. Why because he
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Speaker 1: knew Truth doesn't need to be defended with words. It
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Speaker 1: proves itself over time. How often have you gotten into
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Speaker 1: unnecessary battles simply because you couldn't stay silent? How many
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Speaker 1: conflicts have escalated because you spoke when you should have
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Speaker 1: walked away. How many of today's cultural, political, and personal
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Speaker 1: wars could be avoided if people just learn to keep
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Speaker 1: their mouths shut when necessary. Silence doesn't means surrender it
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Speaker 1: means wisdom. It means you're strong enough to let God
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Speaker 1: handle what words cannot fix. Third, pray for wisdom. The
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Speaker 1: tongue of the wise adorns knowledge, but the mouth of
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Speaker 1: the fool gush is folly. Proverbs fifteen two. Your words
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Speaker 1: don't just come from your mouth, They come from your heart.
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Speaker 1: And if your heart is filled with wisdom, your words
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Speaker 1: will reflect it. But wisdom doesn't come naturally. It comes
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Speaker 1: from prayer, from seeking God, from surrendering your speech to him.
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Speaker 1: Ask God to give you discernment over your words, before
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Speaker 1: you speak, before you respond, before you post, pause and pray,
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Speaker 1: because the moment you release words, you cannot take them back.
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Speaker 1: How many marriages have been destroyed because of words spoken
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Speaker 1: in anger? How many friendships have ended because of careless gossip.
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Speaker 1: How many families have been torn apart because of deception, insults,
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Speaker 1: and reckless speech. Your words can be a tool of
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Speaker 1: healing or a weapon of destruction, and the only way
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Speaker 1: to ensure that they bring life instead of death is
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Speaker 1: to let God control them. Forth, surround yourself with wise people,
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Speaker 1: Walk with the wise, and become wise. For a companion
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Speaker 1: of fools suffers harm. Proverbs thirteen twenty. Your speech is
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Speaker 1: surrounded by gossipers, liars, complainers, and those who speak negativity,
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Speaker 1: guess what, that's what will start coming out of your
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Speaker 1: own mouth. But if you surround yourself with wise, godly
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Speaker 1: people who speak life, encouragement and truth, you will find
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Speaker 1: that your own words begin to change. So ask yourself
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Speaker 1: the people around you. Are they sharpening you or poisoning you?
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Speaker 1: Are they helping you guard your mouth? Or are they
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Speaker 1: dragging you into reckless speech? Because if you want to
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Speaker 1: grow in wisdom, you have to surround yourself with people
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Speaker 1: who value wisdom, and finally, confess and repent if your
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Speaker 1: words have caused damage, seek forgiveness and change your ways.
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Speaker 1: Whoever conceals their sins does not prosper, but the one
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Speaker 1: who confesses and renounces them finds mercy. Proverbs twenty eight thirteen.
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Speaker 1: Solomon makes it clear you can't keep walking in foolishness.
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Speaker 1: Expect things to change. If your words have been reckless,
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Speaker 1: if you've spoken lies, if you've spread gossip, if you've
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Speaker 1: hurt others with your mouth, you have to own up
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Speaker 1: to it, apologize where needed repent before God, change how
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Speaker 1: you speak, because the beauty of God's grace is that
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Speaker 1: he gives us the chance to change. You don't have
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Speaker 1: to be trapped by your past mistakes. You don't have
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Speaker 1: to keep repeating the same destructive patterns. You don't have
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Speaker 1: to live with regret over words spoken in anger. You
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Speaker 1: can start guarding your mouth to day. So what will
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Speaker 1: you choose? Will you let your words control you or
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Speaker 1: will you learn to control your words? Will you continue
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Speaker 1: speaking carelessly or will you start weighing your words like
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Speaker 1: Solomon instructed? Will you walk in wisdom or will you
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Speaker 1: suffer the consequences of a reckless tongue. Because here's the truth.
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Speaker 1: Your words will shape your life. What you say today
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Speaker 1: will build or destroy your fear future. So choose wisely
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Speaker 1: guard your mouth. You've now seen the blueprint. Solomon didn't
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Speaker 1: just warn us about our words. He gave us the
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Speaker 1: strategy to control them. But here's the real question, will
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Speaker 1: you apply it? Everything Solomon said about guarding your mouth
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Speaker 1: years ago. Your words shape your relationships, your future, your destiny.
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Speaker 1: What you say once it leaves your mouth can never
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Speaker 1: be undone. A single sentence spoken in anger can destroy
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Speaker 1: a lifelong friendship. A careless rumor can ruin a reputation forever.
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Speaker 1: A simple lie can break the deepest trust. So what
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Speaker 1: are you doing with your words? Think about your last argument.
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Speaker 1: What did you say? Did your words bring life or death?
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Speaker 1: Did you build up or did you tear down? Did
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Speaker 1: you make the situation better or worse? And after the
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Speaker 1: words were spoken, how did you feel. Maybe you've experienced
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Speaker 1: the crushing weight of regret when you realize too late
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Speaker 1: that you said something you never should have said. Maybe
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Speaker 1: you've stood in front of someone you love, watching the
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Speaker 1: hurt in their eyes, knowing your words caused it. Or
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Speaker 1: maybe you've been on the other side, the one who
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Speaker 1: was wounded. Maybe you've been betrayed by reckless words, gossiped
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Speaker 1: about by people you trusted, lied to by some one
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Speaker 1: you loved. You know first hand the power of words
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Speaker 1: to destroy. But here's the truth. If words can destroy,
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Speaker 1: they can also rebuild. If words can wound, they can
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Speaker 1: also heal. If words can curse, they can also bless.
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Speaker 1: That's the choice you have every single day, Solomon said
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Speaker 1: in Proverbs eighteen twenty one. The tongue has the power
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Speaker 1: of life and death, and those who love it will
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Speaker 1: eat its fruit. That means your words are producing something.
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Speaker 1: What kind of fruit are you growing in your life?
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Speaker 1: Look around? Do you have peace or constant conflict? Do
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Speaker 1: you have deep, trusting relationships or broken distant ones? Do
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Speaker 1: people respect your words or do they take them lightly
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Speaker 1: because they've seen you speak carelessly? The common denominator in
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Speaker 1: Proverbs thirteen three, those who guard their lips preserve their lives,
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Speaker 1: but those who speak rashly will come to ruin. That's
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Speaker 1: not an exaggeration. Your mouth is either building or destroying
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Speaker 1: your life. Look at social media to day. People are
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Speaker 1: losing careers, friendships, even families because of words they can't
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Speaker 1: take back. People argue, insult, and attack each other without
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Speaker 1: a second thought, forgetting that every word spoken is shaping
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Speaker 1: their reality. Solomon's wisdom isn't a ancient advice, it's modern survival.
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Speaker 1: Now ask yourself which lesson from Solomon hit you the hardest.
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Speaker 1: Was it? The warning about the power of the tongue,
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Speaker 1: the trap of gossip, the danger of speaking in anger,
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Speaker 1: the wisdom of silence? Maybe you've realized that you need
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Speaker 1: to change the way you speak, that you've been careless, reckless,
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Speaker 1: or even destructive with your words. Here's the good news.
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Speaker 1: It's never too late to change. You can start guarding
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Speaker 1: your mouth to day. You can stop the cycle of regret,
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Speaker 1: broken trust, and unnecessary conflict. You can begin to speak
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Speaker 1: with wisdom, bringing life instead of destruction. But it's a choice,
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Speaker 1: and it starts now. If you want to go even
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Speaker 1: deeper into biblical wisdom, we've created full breakdowns of the
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Speaker 1: Book of Proverbs and Ecclesiastes. These books are packed with
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Speaker 1: life changing guidance about how to think, how to speak,
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Speaker 1: how to live. Don't just hear this message and walk
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Speaker 1: away unchanged. Take action. Leave a comment below with the
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Speaker 1: lesson that impacted you the most. How has Solomon's wisdom
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Speaker 1: challenged you to day? And if you know someone who
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Speaker 1: struggles with controlling their words, gossip, or speaking in anger,
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Speaker 1: send them this video. You never know whose life this
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Speaker 1: could impact. Remember your words shape your life. The weight
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Speaker 1: of Solomon's wisdom is heavy. Your words shape your life.
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Speaker 1: You've seen it, you've felt it, You've lived through the
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Speaker 1: consequences of words spoken too soon, too harshly or too carelessly.
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Speaker 1: You've seen how words can lift some one up and
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Speaker 1: how they can tear some one down in an instant.
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Speaker 1: But now you stand at a cross roads. What will
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Speaker 1: you do with this wisdom? Will you continue as before,
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Speaker 1: speaking without thought, reacting without control, wounding without realizing it.
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Speaker 1: Or will you surrender your words to God? Will you
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Speaker 1: let him refine your speech, soften your heart, and guide
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Speaker 1: your tongue. This is not something we can do on
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Speaker 1: the tongue. James three eight says, no human being can
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Speaker 1: tame the tongue. It is a restless evil full of
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Speaker 1: deadly poison. If this is true, then what hope do
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Speaker 1: we have. Our only hope is God. Only He can
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Speaker 1: transform our hearts. And when the heart changes, the mouth follows.
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Speaker 1: So let's pray because this is bigger than us. Father,
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Speaker 1: we come before you, humbled and aware of the power
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Speaker 1: you have given our words. You created the universe with
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Speaker 1: a spoken command. You spoke life into existence, and you
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Speaker 1: made us in your image. That means our words carry weight.
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Speaker 1: They hold the power of life and death, and yet
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Speaker 1: we have been reckless with them. We confess that we
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Speaker 1: have spoken words we should not have spoken words that hurt,
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Speaker 1: words that deceived, words that sowed division instead of peace.
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Speaker 1: We have gossiped, we have slandered. We have reacted in
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Speaker 1: anger instead of responding with wisdom. And Lord, we know
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Speaker 1: that these words were not just slips of the tongue.
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Speaker 1: They came from the condition of our hearts. So we
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Speaker 1: ask you, Lord, not just to change our speech, but
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Speaker 1: to change us. Purify our hearts so that what comes
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Speaker 1: out of our mouths reflects You. Fill us with your spirit,
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Speaker 1: so that our words carry grace, not destruction. Give us
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Speaker 1: the wisdom to know when to speak and when to
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Speaker 1: stay silent. Give us the discipline to hold back words
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Speaker 1: that would harm. Give us the courage to speak truth
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Speaker 1: when it is needed. Lord, help us to be slow
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Speaker 1: to speak and quick to listen. Help us to be
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Speaker 1: a people of wisdom, a people who build others up,
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Speaker 1: not tear them down, A people whose words bring healing,
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Speaker 1: not wounds, A people who reflect You. We pray for
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Speaker 1: anyone who has been wounded by the careless words of others. Lord,
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Speaker 1: bring healing to their hearts, Restore what was broken, Remind
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Speaker 1: them that their identity is not in the insults, the gossip,
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Speaker 1: or the criticism of others. But in who you say
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Speaker 1: they are. We pray for anyone who has spoken words
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Speaker 1: they regret. Lord, Let them know that your grace is
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Speaker 1: greater than their mistakes. Show them the path to restoration,
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Speaker 1: Give them the humility to seek forgiveness where it is needed.
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Speaker 1: Give them the wisdom to change the way they speak.
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Speaker 1: And Lord, in a world filled with loud voices, constant opinions,
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Speaker 1: and reckless speech, teach us to be different, Teach us
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Speaker 1: to be wise. Teach us to guard our mouths, because
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Speaker 1: at the end of the day, we don't want to
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Speaker 1: be just hearers of your word. We want to be doers.
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Speaker 1: We surrender our mouths to you. Lord, Let every word
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Speaker 1: we speak be pleasing in your sight in Jesus name. Amen,
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Speaker 1: Stay wise, stay disciplined, stay close to God, stay blest,