What kind of tongue do you have?

Slide #1: With thanks to The Life Application Study Bible (Tyndale and Zondervan, 1991)

Slide #2: The Controlled Tongue -- think before you speak, know when to remain quiet.

Slide #3: The Caring Tongue -- you speak the truth, your desire is to encourage your spouse.

Slide #4: The Conniving Tongue -- you gossip, slander, twist the the truth to suit your purposes.

Slide #5: The Careless Tongue -- you sometimes lie, curse, and use quick-tempered words.

Slide #6: Our marriages often add up to the sum total of the words we have spoken to each other.

Slide #7: Ask God to give you a controlled and caring tongue, and to remove a conniving and careless one.

Slide #8: "A lying tongue hates those it hurts, and a flattering mouth works ruin." Proverbs 26:28