James 3 [The Message]

We are encouraged to set a watch on our words.

Establish a filter on your mind to vet everything you’re going to say for its impact. This is wisdom in action. How will it be taken? Is it laced with love and mercy? Will it create a hunger for more or close up a hole of opportunity?

Like a ship, the course of every relationship can be charted by our words. Where is that relationship right now? Where do you want it to go? With the Holy Spirit’s guidance, you are steering that person’s life.