The tongue has the power of life and death.  Proverbs 18:21

Whoever would love life and see good days must keep their tongue from evil and their lips from deceitful speech. 1 Peter 3:10

Have you ever sent an email and suddenly realized it went to the wrong person or it contained harmful, harsh words? If only you could press a key and stop it. Well, now you can. Several companies offer a feature that gives you a brief time after sending an email to stop it from leaving your computer. After that, the email is like a spoken word that cannot be unsaid. Rather than being seen as a cure-all, an “unsend” feature should remind us that it’s extremely important to guard what we say.

In the apostle Peter’s first letter, he told the followers of Jesus, “Do not repay evil with evil or insult with insult. On the contrary, repay evil with blessing. . . . For, ‘whoever would love life and see good days must keep their tongue from evil and their lips from deceitful speech. They must turn from evil and do good; they must seek peace and pursue it’ ” (1 Peter 3:9–11).

The psalmist David wrote, “Set a guard over my mouth, Lord; keep watch over the door of my lips” (Ps. 141:3). That’s a great prayer for the beginning of each day and in every situation when we want to strike back with words.

Lord, guard our words today so we may not harm others by what we say.

Father, teach us first to guard our hearts so that we may guard our tongues. And help us, when we do say things we regret, to humbly apologize and seek forgiveness.

生死在舌头的权下。–箴言18章21节

人若爱生命，愿享美福，须要禁止舌头不出恶言，嘴唇不说诡诈的话。-彼得前书3章10节

你是否曾在寄出电子邮件之后，才惊觉刚才那封信寄错收件人了？或是信中有一些伤人和苛刻的言词？当下，你多么希望能按个按键来阻止信件寄出，而现在这已不再是梦想了。已有几家公司研发出新的功能，让你的电子邮件在发送之后，仍在电脑中存留片刻，而非立即发信。等到确定发信之后，该封电子邮件将如覆水难收，无法更改。然而，这“暂留片刻”的功能仅是治标而不治本，只能提醒大家谨慎言语是极其重要。

在彼得前书中，彼得告诉耶稣的跟随者：“不以恶报恶、以辱骂还辱骂，倒要祝福……因为经上说：‘人若爱生命，愿享美福，须要禁止舌头不出恶言，嘴唇不说诡诈的话；也要离恶行善，寻求和睦，一心追赶。’”（3章9-11节）

大卫在诗篇中写道：“耶和华啊，求祢禁止我的口，把守我的嘴”（诗篇141篇3节） 。在迎接每日的开始，或当我们想用言辞反击他人时，用这句经文祷告真是再合适不过了！

主啊！求祢今天就看管我们的舌头，好让我们口中的话语不致伤害他人。

天父，求祢教导我们，要谨守自己的心，
才能勒住舌头。当我们不小心说错话了，
求祢帮助我们能够虚心道歉，恳求对方的饶恕。

1 Peter 3:8-12New International Version (NIV)

8 Finally, all of you, be like-minded, be sympathetic, love one another,be compassionate and humble. 9 Do not repay evil with evil or insult with insult. On the contrary, repay evil with blessing, because to thisyou were called so that you may inherit a blessing. 10 For,“Whoever would love life and see good days

must keep their tongue from evil  and their lips from deceitful speech.
11 They must turn from evil and do good;  they must seek peace and pursue it.
12 For the eyes of the Lord are on the righteous  and his ears are attentive to their prayer,but the face of the Lord is against those who do evil.”[a]

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