Quick to Listen, Slow to Speak

1-Minute Devotion for Friday, 8/28/26

“My dear brothers and sisters, take note of this: Everyone should be quick to listen, slow to speak and slow to become angry, because human anger does not produce the righteousness that God desires.” James 1:19-20 NIV

“It is said that on one occasion, a young man came to a great orator to be trained in oratory. In his first meeting with his famous teacher, the potential student began to talk without stopping. When the orator could finally get a word in, he said, “Young man, I will have to charge you a double fee.”

“A double fee? Why is that?”

“I will have to teach you two subjects. First, how to hold your tongue, and then how to use it.” (Jeremiah Study Bible Notes)

In His Love, Cindy

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“I will establish my covenant as an everlasting covenant between me and you and your descendants after you for the generations to come, to be your God and the God of your descendants after you.” Genesis 17:7 (emphasis mine)

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