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"The mouth of the righteous is a fountain of life" (Proverbs 10:11).

The righteous serve God. They make every effort to follow His laws, and they choose to live their lives according to what they have seen His Son Jesus do, and to say what they have heard His Son say. Jesus is the voice teacher of the righteous.

Once we have found Jesus, and we have asked Him to come into our lives we are changed. One of the more important changes we will go through as Christians is to become; speakers for God. What comes out of our mouths should reflect the voice of God.

Others, especially non-Christians, are likely to form an opinion of God by what we say. Example: I was standing in a group of men, our conversation was mostly innocent at first -- these men knew me to be a Christian -- however, after a little while a few words of profanity, subjects of lust, drunkenness, and other traits of a sinful life surfaced. I felt as though these guys were testing my devotion to my belief as a Christian. They were waiting for me to chime in with similar bad-choice expressions allowing myself to slip; to join in. I wouldn't! I listened to their speeches, and contributed to the basic subject of our conversation, but I would not allow myself to speak in the same manner as they.

It was amazing how eventually, and after my speaking did not include the same choice of words or subjects they were using they dropped the subjects, avoided the cursing and looked straight at me for my acceptance of their more respectful actions. I somehow think they were asking for correction. I know it's strange but this is what I perceived at the time. I tried to set a better example for them. I hope I did!

What comes out of our mouths, or in my example doesn't is important. What should come out of our mouths should always reflect Jesus. May we always please our perfect Voice Teacher.

-- Melton Carr

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