ICS Daily Devotions A Perversive Tongue Crushes the Soul Proverbs 15:4 (AMP) A soothing tongue [speaking words that build up and encourage] is a tree of life, But a perversive tongue [speaking words that overwhelm and depress] crushes the spirit. Someone once said, “Constructive criticism is when I give you...

ICS Daily Devotions Heed Your Weather Warning System Luke 6:46-48 (NKJV) “But why do you call Me ‘Lord, Lord,’ and not do the things which I say? Whoever comes to Me, and hears My sayings and does them, I will show you whom he is like: He is like a...

ICS Daily Devotions Painful Words James 3:8 (NKJV) But no man can tame the tongue. It is an unruly evil, full of deadly poison. Example: A husband said to his wife, “Are you sure you were even pregnant?” The wife was experiencing abdominal pains at the time and the husband’s...

ICS Daily Devotions Keep on Keeping on Luke 6:46-49 (NKJV) “But why do you call Me ‘Lord, Lord,’ and not do the things which I say? Whoever comes to Me, and hears My sayings and does them, I will show you whom he is like: He is like a man...

ICS Daily Devotions Let Your Speech be Seasoned with Salt and Always with Grace Colossians 4:6 (NKJV) Let your speech always be with grace, seasoned with salt, that you may know how you ought to answer each one. A husband said “I really dreaded special occasions. My wife always focused...

ICS Daily Devotions Loaded Words Genesis 1:3 (NKJV) Then God said, “Let there be light”; and there was light. God has the highest position and there is no being that is above Him. He is God. There is creative power in the word of God. God spoke creation into being....

ICS Daily Devotions Be the Wise Builder Luke 6:46-49 (NKJV) “But why do you call Me ‘Lord, Lord,’ and not do the things which I say? Whoever comes to Me, and hears My sayings and does them, I will show you whom he is like: He is like a man...

ICS Daily Devotions Guard Your Lips Colossians 4:6 (NKJV) Let your speech always be with grace, seasoned with salt, that you may know how you ought to answer each one. The Apostle Paul is encouraging us to respond with gracious words when we answer someone. It means we should be...

ICS Daily Devotions He Knows What It Takes Matthew 6:33 (NKJV) But seek first the kingdom of God and His righteousness, and all these things shall be added to you. Luke 6:46 (NKJV) “But why do you call Me ‘Lord, Lord,’ and not do the things which I say? One...

ICS Daily Devotions Bitter Water James 3:5-6 (NKJV) Even so the tongue is a little member and boasts great things. See how great a forest a little fire kindles! And the tongue is a fire, a world of iniquity. The tongue is so set among our members that it defiles...