11th September, 2016.
Scripture Reading: Ephesians 4:29
Memory verse for the week: Ecclesiastes 12:1
“Remember now your Creator in the days of your youth, Before the difficult days come, And the years draw near when you say, “I have no pleasure in them”(NKJV)
“Don’t use anyfoul or abusive language. Let everything you say be good and helpful, so that your words will be an encouragement to those who hear them”. Eph 4:29 (NLT)
Question: Let me pose a question to you. How can anyone know that you are a Christian without saying you are one in less than 20minutes of an encounter?
Think about it for some few seconds…
I believe it’s simply in your words and comportment (general behaviour). You see, O bride of Christ, the new life we carry when we got born again, has a peculiar scent and aura attached to it.
I have heard a lot of teenagers use awful words such as “waka”, “your mama…”, “dem no born you well” , “u dey craze?” etc. These and many others are filthy (dirty) words not found in Christ Jesus.
Our words must be seasoned with grace and salt (Col.4:6), able to build, uplift, encourage and bind up the broken hearted (Psalm 147:3); never to curse or speak idle words (Mat 12:36). Have you suddenly forgotten again that you have been bought with a price? A price? Yes, a price! The price is the precious blood of Jesus. Have you forgotten in a jiffy that you are now an ambassador of Christ? (An ambassador represents the interest of his country in another country). You are an ambassador of heaven! You represent and should show forth the way of life of heaven on earth!!
Friends, you nail Jesus on the cross again when you speak those filthy words? Emit the aura of your new found life. Proclaim the message of the heavenly kingdom as Christ’s ambassador. Stop that foul, vulgar language and slangs. May the Holy Spirit nudge you to do just that.
Cheers to our success! Good morning.
ACTION WORD: I AM CHRIST AMBASSADOR ON EARTH.
PRAYER POINT:
- Holy Spirit, I have come again this hour, deliver my lips from strange words, in the name of Jesus.
- Power of transformation, fall upon my heart, in the name of Jesus.