ICS Daily Devotions Casting the First Stone James 3:8-12 (NKJV) But no man can tame the tongue. It is an unruly evil, full of deadly poison. With it we bless our God and Father, and with it we curse men, who have been made in the similitude of God. Out...

ICS Daily Devotions The Untamed Tongue James 3: 2,8-10 (NKJV) For we all stumble in many things. If anyone does not stumble in word, he is a perfect man, able also to bridle the whole body….. But no man can tame the tongue. It is an unruly evil, full of...

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 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 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 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 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...

ICS Daily Devotions Toxic Relationships Luke 6:45b (NKJV) and an evil man out of the evil treasure of his heart brings forth evil. For out of the abundance of the heart his mouth speaks. The utterance from our mouth comes from our hearts. Jesus was referring to an evil man...

ICS Daily Devotions Possessing Self-control over Your Words We need to remind ourselves that we are no longer the “old person” who used to speak negatively, condescendingly, pessimistically or even divisively! Once we confessed with our mouths and believe in our hearts that we are a new creation, we have...