Keep the door of my lips.

"No prayer should be oftener spoken by us than that of David in one of his psalms: "Set a watch, O Lord, before my mouth; keep the door of my lips." There is nothing in all our life to which most of us give less heed than to our words. We let them fly from our lips as the leaves fly from the trees when the autumn winds blow. Many people seem to think that words scarcely have a moral character. They watch their acts, their conduct, and then give full license to their tongues. This is not right. A true Christian should have a Christian tongue. Words have terrific power for harm if they are wrong words, and blessed, immortal power for good if they are holy words. We need to pray continually that God would keep the door of our lips and set a watch before our mouth. Only love should be permitted to interpret itself in speech. Bitterness and all evil should be restrained." 
  "In Green Pastures" for December 16th by J.R. Miller, D.D.


Plus some Scripture on the subject. (NKJV)

"Let no corrupt word proceed out of your mouth, but what is good for necessary edification, that it may impart grace to the hearers."
 Ephesians 4:29

"Let your speech always be with grace, seasoned with salt, that you may know how you ought to answer each one." Colossians 4:6

"...sound speech that cannot be condemned..." Titus 2:8

Christmas Greeting from Living Waters

"The Way to God" by D. L. Moody

"Christ is our Way; we walk in Him. He is our Truth; we embrace Him. He is our Life; we live in Him. He is our Lord; we choose Him to rule over us. He is our Master; we serve Him. He is our Teacher; instructing us in the way of salvation. He is our Prophet, pointing out the future. He is our Priest, having atoned for us. He is our Advocate, ever living to make intercession for us. He is our Saviour, saving to the uttermost. He is our Root; we grow from Him. He is our Bread; we feed upon Him. He is our Shepherd, leading us into green pastures. He is our true Vine; we abide in Him. He is the Water of Life; we slake our thirst from Him.

He is the fairest among ten thousand; we admire Him above all others. He is 'the brightness of the Father's glory, and the express image of His person'; we strive to reflect His likeness. He is the upholder of all things; we rest upon Him. He is our wisdom; we are guided by Him. He is our Righteousness; we cast all our imperfections upon Him. He is our Sanctification; we draw all our power for holy life from Him. He is our redemption, redeeming us from all iniquity. He is our Healer, curing all our diseases. He is our Friend, relieving us in all our necessities. He is our Brother, cheering us in our difficulties. "

Murray M'Cheyne's Reading Schedule for December

DECEMBER Bible Reading Schedule 4
Date	Family	-	Secret	-
1	1Chron.29	2Pet. 3	Micah 6	Luke 15
2	2Chron.1	1John 1	Micah 7	Luke 16
3	2Chron.2	1John 2	Nahum 1	Luke 17
4	2Chron.3,4	1John 3	Nahum 2	Luke 18
5	2Chron.5-6:11	1John 4	Nahum 3	Luke 19
6	2Chron.6:12-42	1John 5	Hab. 1	Luke 20
7	2Chron.7	2John 1	Hab. 2	Luke 21
8	2Chron.8	3John 1	Hab. 3	Luke 22
9	2Chron.9	Jude 1	Zeph. 1	Luke 23
10	2Chron.10	Rev. 1	Zeph. 2	Luke 24
11	2Chron.11,12	Rev. 2	Zeph. 3	John 1
12	2Chron.13	Rev. 3	Haggai 1	John 2
13	2Chron.14,15	Rev. 4	Haggai 2	John 3
14	2Chron.16	Rev. 5	Zech. 1	John 4
15	2Chron.17	Rev. 6	Zech. 2	John 5
16	2Chron.18	Rev. 7	Zech. 3	John 6
17	2Chron.19,20	Rev. 8	Zech. 4	John 7
18	2Chron.21	Rev. 9	Zech. 5	John 8
19	2Chron.22,23	Rev. 10	Zech. 6	John 9
20	2Chron.24	Rev. 11	Zech. 7	John 10
21	2Chron.25	Rev. 12	Zech. 8	John 11
22	2Chron.26	Rev. 13	Zech. 9	John 12
23	2Chron.27,28	Rev. 14	Zech. 10	John 13
24	2Chron.29	Rev. 15	Zech. 11	John 14
25	2Chron.30	Rev. 16	Zech.12-13:1	John 15
26	2Chron.31	Rev. 17	Zech.13:2-9	John 16
27	2Chron.32	Rev. 18	Zech.14	John 17
28	2Chron.33	Rev. 19	Malachi 1	John 18
29	2Chron.34	Rev. 20	Malachi 2	John 19
30	2Chron.35	Rev. 21	Malachi 3	John 20
31	2Chron.36	Rev. 22	Malachi 4	John 21