App For That: Toxic Talk

Last week we said that the key to effective application is not behavior modification; it's guarding your heart. When we try to bring about change in our lives by changing our behavior we might see temporary results, but it won't last. Why? Because everything flows from the heart. That is especially true when it comes to the words we speak. In fact 7 times in the book of Proverbs Solomon connects the mouth to the heart; a connection Jesus also made. Matthew 15:17 says, "But those things which proceed out of the mouth come from the heart" Matthew 12:34 says, "For whatever is in your heart determines what you say." So when you speak "words of death" to someone you might wonder where that came from. But Jesus lets us know that those words came from your heart.