![]() Even though we know that Scripture has much to say about how we are-and are not-to use our words, this is still an immense issue, causing heartache and strain not only in family relationships, but also in friendships, work, and church settings. From Bible times to modern times women have struggled with their words. She will address unsolicited opinion-slinging, speaking the truth in love, not saying words just to people-please, and dealing with our verbal anger.Ĭhristian women struggle with their mouths. Keep It Shutby Karen Ehman explores how to better control your tongue, knowing what to say and how to say it, and realizing when it is best to say nothing at all. ![]() Even the words we say silently to ourselves. Karen Ehman 4.24 424 ratings68 reviews This follow-up devotional to the New York Times bestseller Keep It Shut takes a deeper look at the advice and commands of Scripture concerning the tongue, offering practical how-to's that will inspire you to use your words to build, bless, encourage, and praise. Karen will cover using our speech to interact with friends, co-workers, family, and strangers as well as in the many places we use our words in private, in public, online, and in prayer. Kind, encouraging, and humorous, Karen Ehman helps us learn the essential practice of using our words more. ![]() In this book a woman whose mouth has gotten her into loads of trouble shares the hows (and how-not-tos) of dealing with the tongue.īeyond just a “how not to gossip” book, this book explores what the Bible says about the many ways we are to use our words and the times when we are to remain silent. Ehman (Keep It Shut), bestselling author and Proverbs 31 Ministries speaker, writes on the challenge of keeping ones mouth shut so that the few carefully. She has authored fifteen books, including Keep It Shut and Settle My Soul. And what to do when you’ve said something you wish you could now take back. Kind, encouraging, and humorous, Karen Ehman helps us learn the essential practice of using our words more effectively-alleviating heartache and regret. Karen Ehman is a New York Times bestselling author with Proverbs 31 Ministries as well as a writer for Encouragement for Today, an online devotional that reaches more than four million women daily. Keep It Shut: What to Say, How to Say It, and When to Say Nothing at All by Karen Ehman 3,093 ratings, 4.04 average rating, 355 reviews Open Preview Keep It Shut Quotes Showing 1-30 of 73 Take the advice I sometimes have to give to myself: Don’t say something permanently painful just because you are temporarily ticked off. Karen Ehman – a woman whose words have often landed her in a heap of trouble – shares from experience the hows (and how-not-tos) of dealing with the tongue.Keep It Shut by Karen Ehman explores how to better control your tongue, knowing what to say and how to say it, and realizing when it is best to say nothing at all.įrom Bible times to modern times women have struggled with their words. Got words? Oh yeah, you do! The average women speaks over 20,000 a day – not to mention the ones she types online. Using biblical examples, as well as Karen’s own personal (and sometimes painful!) stories, KEEP IT SHUT will equip you to know what to say, how best to say it, and when you’d better just keep your lips zipped! What the Bible teaches about making our speech laced with grace, as sweet as honey, and yet seasoned with salt Keep It Shut: What to Say, How to Say It, and When to Say Nothing at All by Karen Ehman 3,093 ratings, 4.How to avoid saying something permanently painful just because you are temporarily ticked off. ![]() How to pause before you pounce, attacking the problem but not the person.A helpful grid for using our digital tongue as we talk online or on social media.The difference between gossip and properly processing with a trusted friend Beyond just a How not to gossip study, Karen will teach what the Bible says about the many ways we are to use our words and the times when we are to remain silent.Karen Ehman – a woman whose words have often landed her in a heap of trouble – shares from experience the hows (and how-not-tos) of dealing with the tongue. Maybe it’s time you adopted a new rule of tongue. Your mouth ever gotten you in a tangled-up mess?
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