You Choose
Week 6: Choose Your Words

(Proverbs 18:21 MSG) Words kill, words give life; they’re either poison or fruit— you choose.

The Power of My Words

1. My words will determine my direction.

(James 3:3-4) We can control very large horses by putting a small bit into their mouths. By controlling their mouth, we can turn the whole animal whatever direction we want it to go. Or take ships as an example. A tiny rudder makes a huge ship turn wherever the pilot wants it to go, even though the winds are strong.

We shape our and then our words shape .

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2. My words can destroy what I have.

(James 3:5-6) Likewise, the tongue is a small part of the body, but it makes great boasts. Consider what a great forest is set on fire by a small spark. The tongue also is a fire, a world of evil among the parts of the body. It corrupts the whole body, sets the whole course of one’s life on fire, and is itself set on fire by hell.

(Proverbs 10:19 NLT) Too much talk leads to sin. Be sensible and keep your mouth shut.

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3 Conversations to Choose Your Words 

1. Our words to .

(Proverbs 23:7 NKJV) For as he thinks in his heart, so is he.

(Proverbs 4:23) Above all else, guard your heart, for everything you do flows from it.

(Matthew 12:34-35) For out of the overflow of the heart the mouth speaks. The good man brings good things out of the good stored up in him, and the evil man brings evil things out of the evil stored up in him.

(Psalm 42:5; 11; 43:5) Why, my soul, are you downcast? Why so disturbed within me? Put your hope in God, for I will yet praise him, my Savior and my God.

(2 Corinthians 5:10) We demolish arguments and every pretension that sets itself up against the knowledge of God, and we take captive every thought to make it obedient to Christ.

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2. Our words to .

(Proverbs 10:21) The lips of the righteous nourish many, but fools die for lack of sense.

(Proverbs 10:11 NLT) The words of the godly are a life-giving fountain; the words of the wicked conceal violent intentions.

(Proverbs 10:32 MSG) The speech of a good person clears the air; the words of the wicked pollute it.

THINK before you speak: 

• T – is it True?
• H – is it Helpful?
• I – is it Inspiring?
• N – is it Necessary?
• K – is it Kind?

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3. Our words we pray.

(Mark 11:20-22) In the morning, as they went along, they saw the fig tree withered from the roots. 21 Peter remembered and said to Jesus, “Rabbi, look! The fig tree you cursed has withered!”22 “Have faith in God,” Jesus answered. 23 “Truly I tell you, if anyone says to this mountain, ‘Go, throw yourself into the sea,’ and does not doubt in their heart but believes that what he says will happen, it will be done for him. 24 Therefore I tell you, whatever you ask for in prayer, believe that you have received it, and it will be yours.

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