Tag: Bible verses about knowing when to speak and when to be silent

Bible Verse of The Day – 7-26-18

Matthew 18:15 (NKJV) 15 “Moreover if your brother sins against you, go and tell him his fault between you and him alone. If he hears you, you have gained your brother.

Have you ever tried to fix a problem with someone, and they are just not getting it?

They just don’t understand what we are trying to tell them. And they continue to do what they are doing, over and over again.

After a while we are thinking, “What is wrong? Why doesn’t this one thing ever change? Why do we keep revisiting this? Are they even hearing what I am saying to them?”.

No, they are not hearing. They’re not getting it. They’re not listening. They’re not letting it in or letting it penetrate. But it’s not always because they don’t understand. Sometimes it is simply because they just don’t want to hear it.

They don’t agree. And if they don’t agree, they stop listening. They may nod their head like they are listening, but they’re not letting it in. Our opinion at that moment, on that particular topic, means nothing to them.

It’s an awful feeling when this happens. It can be very stressful and frustrating. But it is the truth.

If they don’t hear us, we can’t keep pushing our opinion on that subject to them. It’s not going to fix anything if their ears are stopped up. We can waste a lot of time.

Pray and ask God for His guidance and timing. God will let us know when and if they are ready. When He gives us the open door, that is when we can talk and share what is on our hearts. And when we will see progress, because now they have hearing ears.

Proverbs 20:12 (NKJV) 12 The hearing ear and the seeing eye, The Lord has made them both.

Pastor Curt & Pastor Ellie

Seven Seas Ministries
P.O. Box 272
Bradford, RI 02808

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Bible Verse of The Day – 4-5-17

Ecclesiastes 3:7 (NKJV) 7 A time to tear, And a time to sew; A time to keep silence, And a time to speak;

People who don’t have a problem with speaking up sometimes struggle with “a time to keep silence”.

They have to work on this one, and sometimes it may be very hard for them to keep silent. They may find themselves opening their mouths and inserting their foot many times, wishing they had just kept quiet. And then they have to deal with trying to fix or clean up the mess that it may have caused.

Sometimes opening our mouths at the wrong time, even though we feel like we have good reason to do so, can cause more damage than good.

Remember; there is a time to keep silent.

People who don’t like controversy may have a problem with “a time to speak”.

They are always trying to make sure that they don’t speak out or cause problems in any way, etc. They are always waiting to say what they need to say, thinking it’s not a good time because it may cause problems or someone might get upset.

Sometimes not speaking up when we should can cause more damage than good.

So we can see that we have to have balance in this.

How do we know when to speak up and when to keep silent? This comes with learning to have control over our emotions and our fears. These two things will either make us speak when we should be silent or be silent when we need to say something.

Ask God for help in speaking in His timing, and that we will not speak from emotions or fear, but that when we speak it will help the situation and bring healing to all those involved.