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Nov 4, 2012

The Word Brings Peace - Part 5 - By Pat Stanton


There are certain attitudes and steps that you can live by that will help you maintain daily peace:

6.  BE CAREFUL WHAT YOU HEAR - Mark 4:24, "Take heed what you hear;...and unto you that hear shall more be given." We must be careful to train our ears to hear only good things. If we continually allow the bad to come into our ears and into our inner man, this will begin to affect the area of the body and soul (mind, will, and emotions).

We must discipline our ears to hear the voice of God. If we are filled with hearing the voices of the world, we are less likely to hear the voice of the Spirit.  Jeremiah 6:10, "To whom shall I speak, and give warning that they may hear: behold, their ear is uncircumcised, and they cannot hearken: behold, the word of the Lord is unto them a reproach; they have no delight in it."

Proverbs 4:20-22, "My son, attend to my words; incline thine ear unto my sayings. Let them not depart from thine eyes: keep them in the midst of thine heart. For they are life unto those that find them, and health unto all their flesh."

Proverbs 18:8, "The words of a talebearer are as wounds, and they go down into the innermost parts of the belly." We should not listen to gossip, negative words, criticism, or talk that is full of doubt or fear.

Proverbs 15:30, "The light of the eyes rejoiceth the heart; and a good report maketh fat the bones."

Proverbs 16:24, "Pleasant words are as honeycomb, sweet to the soul, and health to the bones."