T.H.I.N.K.

After yesterday’s sermon on “Living Christianly,” and in light of the call to put off “others-hurting speech” from Colossians 3:8-9, a Calvary congregant handed me a a business card-sized reminder of the importance of “thinking” before we speak. Here’s the content of the card:

“God . . . help me to T.H.I.N.K. before I speak. My words must be . . .

• T – True (Psalm 34:13)
• H – Helpful (Eph. 4:29)
• I – Inspiring (1 Thess. 5:11)
• N – Necessary (Eph. 5:4)
• K – Kind (Prov. 15:1)

Colossians 4:6 is then printed at the bottom of the card: “Let you conversation be always full of grace, seasoned with salt, so that you may know how to answer everyone.”

Thanks for this simple, solid challenge to T.H.I.N.K. before we speak!