{"id":1649,"date":"2011-01-07T06:00:46","date_gmt":"2011-01-07T13:00:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/devonline.us\/dailyevotional\/?p=1649"},"modified":"2020-02-05T12:10:38","modified_gmt":"2020-02-05T20:10:38","slug":"mouth-and-mind","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dailyevotional.com\/prior2020\/mouth-and-mind\/","title":{"rendered":"MOUTH AND MIND!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Psalm 19:14<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><span style=\"color: #c40000;\">&#8220;Let the words of my mouth and the meditation of my heart be acceptable in Your sight, O LORD, my strength and my Redeemer.&#8221;<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Some time ago I was talking with an acquaintance when he blurted out, &#8220;Oh, my God!&#8221;\u00a0 Immediately I said, &#8220;Oh, I&#8217;m sorry, I didn&#8217;t know you were praying. Let me know when you finish your prayer.&#8221;<br \/>\n\u00a0<br \/>\nHe looked at me like I was out of my mind. &#8220;What do you mean,&#8221; he said, &#8220;I had no idea I had said that.&#8221;\u00a0 He asked me to let him know if I ever heard him utter such a phrase again, unless it truly was in prayer.<br \/>\n\u00a0<br \/>\nProfanity and vulgarity have become so common place in our modern world that today it is often rare to hear a conversation without someone taking the Lord&#8217;s name in vain or using ugly gutter talk.<br \/>\n\u00a0<br \/>\nThe tragic thing is that many Christians have fallen victim to this habit. &#8220;Oh my God&#8221; has been shortened to OMG, but it is still taking the Lord&#8217;s name in vain. We are instructed in today&#8217;s Scripture that we are to watch our words and the things that go into our minds.&#8221;What we speak and what we think.&#8221;<br \/>\n\u00a0<br \/>\nI have mentioned before and will repeat it once again: I want Psalm 19:14 to be one of my key verses for 2011. It is my desire to be acceptable in God&#8217;s sight!<\/p>\n<p>Blessings dear hearts. Draw near to God today, trust Him completely and be a blessing!<\/p>\n<p>&#8211; \u2013 \u2013 Pastor Cecil<\/p>\n<p>360-570-0074<br \/>\n<a href=\"mailto:PastorCecil@DailyEVotional.com\">PastorCecil@Daily-E-Votional.com<\/a><\/p>\n<p>P.S. \u2013 You can find previous E-Votionals covering a variety of Scriptures and topics to help you in your walk with the Lord at <a href=\"https:\/\/dailyevotional.com\/prior2020\/\">www.Daily-E-Votional.com<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/dailyevotional.com\/prior2020\/book-by-pastor-cecil\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/dailyevotional.com\/prior2020\/wp-content\/uploads\/book135w.jpg\" border=\"0\" alt=\"100 of Pastor Cecil's Select Illustrations\" hspace=\"10\" width=\"135\" height=\"171\" align=\"right\" \/><\/a>P.P.S. \u2013 I have completed my first book, <em><a href=\"https:\/\/dailyevotional.com\/prior2020\/book-by-pastor-cecil\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">100 of Pastor Cecil\u2019s Select Illustrations<\/a>.<\/em> The cost is $12.95 plus shipping. You can now order it online by going to <a href=\"https:\/\/dailyevotional.com\/prior2020\/book-by-pastor-cecil\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">https:\/\/dailyevotional.com\/prior2020\/book-by-pastor-cecil<\/a> . . . You may want to consider this book as a thoughtful gift idea for those who do not have Internet access or as helpful sermon illustrations for your Pastor.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ffffff;\">.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ffffff;\">.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ffffff;\">.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Psalm 19:14 &#8220;Let the words of my mouth and the meditation of my heart be acceptable in Your sight, O LORD, my strength and my Redeemer.&#8221; Some time ago I was talking with an acquaintance when he blurted out, &#8220;Oh, my God!&#8221;\u00a0 Immediately I said, &#8220;Oh, I&#8217;m sorry, I didn&#8217;t know you were praying. 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