Guarding the Gates – Part 5 [The Mouth Gate] 1) Building Bridges with Your Words Genesis 1:26-27 “Then God said (words), “Let us make man in Our (trinity) image, according to Our likeness; let them have dominion over the fish and the sea, over the birds in the air, and over the cattle, over all the earth and over every creeping thing that creeps on the earth.” So God created man in His own image; in the image of God He created him; male and female He created them.” So how can we connect to God through our words? A. Through your praise Psalm 100 Psalm 150 B. Through your prayer Proverbs 18:20-22 Ephesians 5:25-26 2) Are my words free? “The real art of conversation is not only to say the right thing in the right place, but to leave unsaid the wrong thing at the tempting moment.” – Dorothy Nevill Psalms 141:3 A) Words Cost Proverbs 15:4 (NIV) Psalm 10:7 (NIV) Psalm 34:13 (NIV) B) Words Hurt Proverbs 26:19 “Out of the abundance of your heart, the mouth speaks” C) Bad Words Last James 3:5-10 D) Good Words Last Too Take time to invest in people with words Take time to heal with words Use your words for good and not for evil A lot of us need to WAIT before we speak… Here is what WAIT stands for: Why Am I Talking? Just wait and think before you say something.