WATCH YOUR MOUTH: WHEN YOUR WORDS REVEAL YOUR HEART!

Key Scripture
“Out of the same mouth proceedeth blessing and cursing. My brethren, these things ought not so to be.” — James 3:10 (KJV)

Thought of the Day...
There is tremendous power in the words we speak.
With our mouths, we praise God. We pray for the sick. We encourage the discouraged. We preach the gospel. We tell people that Jesus saves. We sing songs of worship and declare the goodness of God.
Yet James confronts us with an uncomfortable truth: the same mouth that blesses God can also become a weapon that wounds people.
We can shout “Hallelujah!” on Sunday and tear somebody down on Monday.
We can quote Scripture and still gossip.
We can pray for people publicly and speak evil about them privately.
We can proclaim the love of Jesus while harboring hatred, prejudice, racism, bitterness, resentment, or unforgiveness toward people created in the image of God.
James says:
“My brethren, these things ought not so to be.” — James 3:10
In other words, something is wrong when our confession and our conversation contradict each other.
WHAT IS IN THE HEART WILL EVENTUALLY COME OUT OF THE MOUTH
Jesus said:
“For out of the abundance of the heart the mouth speaketh.” — Matthew 12:34 (KJV)
Our words are more than sounds—they are often windows into the condition of our hearts.
If bitterness continually comes from our mouths, we need to examine what is growing in our hearts.
If hatred comes from our mouths, we need to examine our hearts.
If racism, prejudice, degrading jokes, insults, gossip, slander, or cruelty continually come from our mouths, we cannot simply excuse it by saying, “That’s just how I talk.”
Jesus teaches that our speech reveals something deeper.
Sometimes we ask God to control our tongues when God is trying to transform our hearts.
Because if God changes the heart, eventually the conversation will change.
David prayed:
“Create in me a clean heart, O God; and renew a right spirit within me.” — Psalm 51:10 (KJV)
We don't merely need better vocabulary.
We need transformed hearts.
FRESH WATER AND BITTER WATER SHOULD NOT COME FROM THE SAME SOURCE
James continues:
“Doth a fountain send forth at the same place sweet water and bitter?” — James 3:11 (KJV)
James uses a simple picture with a powerful message.
You wouldn't expect to approach a freshwater spring, take one drink and receive clean water, then take another drink and receive poison.
Yet spiritually, that contradiction can happen with our mouths.
One moment:
“God is good!”
The next moment:
“I hate those people.”
One moment:
“Jesus loves everybody.”
The next moment, we speak contemptuously about someone because of their race, background, nationality, social status, political differences, neighborhood, education, or past.
James challenges us: How can blessing and cursing continually flow from the same source?
The gospel does not merely change where we go on Sunday.
The gospel changes who we are.
And when Christ changes who we are, He should also change how we speak and how we treat people.
YOU CANNOT CLAIM LIGHT WHILE PRACTICING HATRED
The Apostle John writes:
“He that saith he is in the light, and hateth his brother, is in darkness even until now.” — 1 John 2:9 (KJV)
That Scripture should cause every believer to examine themselves.
Christianity is not merely what we say we believe.
It must become visible in how we live.
Church attendance cannot substitute for transformation.
A title cannot substitute for transformation.
Preaching cannot substitute for transformation.
Singing in the choir cannot substitute for transformation.
Knowing Scripture cannot substitute for transformation.
Jesus said:
“By their fruits ye shall know them.” — Matthew 7:20 (KJV)
And Paul tells us what Spirit-produced fruit looks like:
“But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, longsuffering, gentleness, goodness, faith, meekness, temperance...” — Galatians 5:22-23 (KJV)
The question becomes:
What kind of fruit is hanging from my life?
RACISM AND PREJUDICE HAVE NO PLACE IN A CHRIST-SURRENDERED HEART
Racism and prejudice contradict the reconciling work of Jesus Christ.
Scripture teaches that Christ:
“...hath made both one, and hath broken down the middle wall of partition between us.” — Ephesians 2:14 (KJV)
Jesus came tearing down walls that sin had built.
Therefore, believers should not rebuild walls that Christ died to destroy.
We cannot preach reconciliation while practicing division.
We cannot celebrate grace for ourselves while denying dignity to others.
We cannot ask God to judge people according to their skin while asking Him to judge us according to His mercy.
At the foot of the cross, nobody has room to boast.
We all needed the same Savior.
We all needed the same blood.
We all needed the same grace.
We all needed the same forgiveness.
And everyone who comes to Jesus must come the same way—by grace through faith.
BUT THERE IS ALSO A DANGER IN SILENCE
Our responsibility goes beyond refusing to participate in hatred ourselves.
There are moments when love requires us to speak.
Paul tells believers:
“But speaking the truth in love...” — Ephesians 4:15 (KJV)
Notice both sides.
Truth.
And love.
Truth without love can become cruelty.
Love without truth can become compromise.
Biblical courage requires both.
When hatred, racism, prejudice, or dehumanizing speech appears around us, believers should not laugh along simply because everyone else is laughing.
We should not forward it.
We should not encourage it.
We should not excuse it because the person saying it is our friend, relative, coworker, church member, favorite celebrity, or someone whose views we otherwise share.
There are moments when following Jesus means having enough courage to say:
“That's wrong.”
Not arrogantly.
Not hatefully.
Not self-righteously.
But truthfully and lovingly.
Because silence can sometimes communicate agreement where there should have been a godly witness.
THE REAL QUESTION IS: DOES MY LIFE MATCH MY CONFESSION?
It is easy to examine everybody else's words.
But today's devotional isn't primarily about their mouth.
It's about mine.
Before pointing at someone else, I need to ask God:
Lord, what is coming out of me?
Do my private conversations sound like Jesus?
Do my social media posts sound like Jesus?
Do my jokes sound like Jesus?
Do my comments about people who are different from me sound like Jesus?
Do I speak differently when certain people leave the room?
Would I be comfortable if Jesus physically sat beside me and listened to everything I said this week?
That's where conviction becomes personal.
David prayed:
“Let the words of my mouth, and the meditation of my heart, be acceptable in thy sight, O LORD, my strength, and my redeemer.” — Psalm 19:14 (KJV)
Notice that David didn't pray only about his mouth.
He prayed about his heart.
Because God knows that if He transforms what is happening inside of us, it will eventually transform what comes out of us.
TODAY'S CHALLENGE: WATCH YOUR MOUTH—AND CHECK YOUR HEART
Before you speak today, ask yourself:
Does this glorify God?
Is it true?
Is it necessary?
Will it build someone up or unnecessarily tear someone down?
Does this reflect the character of Jesus Christ?
Would I say this if Jesus were visibly standing beside me?
And when you fail—and all of us stumble in our words—don't excuse it.
Repent.
Ask forgiveness.
Make it right when necessary.
And allow the Holy Spirit to continue transforming you.
Because spiritual maturity is not demonstrated only by how loudly we praise God.
Sometimes it is demonstrated by knowing when to speak, what to speak, how to speak, and when to remain quiet.
May our mouths never become instruments of hatred while claiming to represent the God of love.
May our words never become weapons of destruction while claiming to follow the Prince of Peace.
May the same mouths that proclaim Jesus also demonstrate His character.
Because somebody is listening.
Somebody is watching.
And somebody may form an opinion about the Christ we profess by the way we speak to and about others.
If Jesus lives in our hearts, eventually Jesus ought to show up in our words.

CALL TO ACTION...
• Examine your speech. Ask yourself whether your words consistently bless, encourage, heal, and glorify God—or whether they carry bitterness, gossip, prejudice, anger, or poison.
• Examine your heart. Ask the Holy Spirit to expose hidden prejudice, resentment, unforgiveness, pride, or hatred that may be influencing your words.
• Repent quickly. When God convicts you about something you have said, don't justify it. Confess it, turn from it, and make amends when appropriate.
• Refuse to participate in hatred. Don't laugh at it, share it, forward it, encourage it, or quietly help normalize it.
• Speak truth in love. When circumstances require you to take a stand, have the courage to do so without becoming hateful yourself.
• Walk in the Spirit daily. Ask God to make your speech evidence that Jesus Christ truly rules your heart.

PRAYER...
Heavenly Father, in the mighty name of Jesus, I come before You asking You to search me completely.
Your Word declares, “Search me, O God, and know my heart: try me, and know my thoughts”(Psalm 139:23). Lord, shine Your light into every hidden place within me.
If there is bitterness in me, expose it.
If there is hatred in me, remove it.
If there is prejudice in me, confront it.
If there is racism in me, uproot it.
If there is unforgiveness in me, help me release it.
If there is pride in me, humble me.
If there is anything in my heart that does not look like Jesus, Lord, change me.
Create in me a clean heart, O God, and renew a right spirit within me.
Father, forgive me for every careless word I have spoken. Forgive me for words spoken in anger, words spoken out of pride, gossip, slander, insults, degrading jokes, prejudice, and anything else that dishonored You or wounded someone made in Your image.
And Lord, forgive me for those moments when I should have spoken truth in love but remained silent because I was afraid of rejection, confrontation, or discomfort.
Teach me when to speak and when to remain silent.
Teach me how to speak truth without hatred.
Teach me how to disagree without dishonoring.
Teach me how to correct without condemning.
Teach me how to stand boldly without losing the character of Christ.
Father, place a guard over my mouth.
Let the words of my mouth and the meditation of my heart be acceptable in Your sight, O Lord, my strength and my Redeemer.
Holy Spirit, fill me until Your fruit overflows through my life—love, joy, peace, longsuffering, gentleness, goodness, faith, meekness, and temperance.
Lord Jesus, make me an instrument of reconciliation in a divided world.
Where hatred has built walls, use me to demonstrate love.
Where racism has caused wounds, use me to promote healing.
Where prejudice has created division, use me to demonstrate the reconciling power of the gospel.
Where lies are being spoken, give me courage to stand for truth.
But Father, never allow me to fight hatred with hatred.
Never allow me to confront darkness while becoming dark myself.
Let me overcome evil with good.
I pray for every person who has been wounded by racism, prejudice, discrimination, hateful speech, rejection, or degrading treatment. Father, heal the places nobody else can see. Restore what hatred tried to steal. Remind them that their worth is not determined by another person's prejudice but by the God who created them in His image.
And Lord, I pray for those whose hearts have been consumed by hatred. Convict them. Break the chains of prejudice. Open blinded eyes. Bring them to genuine repentance and allow them to encounter the transforming grace of Jesus Christ.
And Father, start with me.
Before I examine somebody else's mouth, help me examine mine.
Before I judge somebody else's heart, search mine.
Before I demand change from somebody else, show me where I need to change.
I surrender my heart, my mind, my attitude, my conversations, my social media, my private words, and my public words to You.
From this day forward, let my mouth be used as an instrument of Your glory.
May I bless and not curse.
Build up and not tear down.
Heal and not wound.
Encourage and not discourage.
Speak truth and reject lies.
Promote reconciliation and not division.
And above everything else, may my words cause people to see Jesus Christ living in me.

I declare:
My mouth belongs to God.
My words belong to God.
My heart belongs to God.
And by the power of the Holy Spirit, I will strive to make sure that what comes out of my mouth agrees with the Christ I claim lives within my heart.
In the mighty, matchless, saving, transforming, and powerful name of Jesus Christ, I pray.
Amen and Amen!

Final Thought...
Don't just ask God to change your vocabulary—ask Him to change your heart. Because when Jesus truly transforms the heart, eventually the mouth will testify that something on the inside has changed.
“Out of the same mouth proceedeth blessing and cursing. My brethren, these things ought not so to be.” — James 3:10 (KJV)

Gods Creation, 100 / evolution, 0
HOW DID FISH AND PLANTS SURVIVE NOAH'S FLOOD?

One of the most common questions skeptics ask about Noah's Flood is, "How did freshwater fish survive if the oceans mixed with freshwater?" Closely related is another question: "How did plants survive being underwater for months?"

The question sounds difficult at first, but when we look at the evidence, it turns out there are several reasonable answers.

First, fish were never on the Ark. Scripture tells us that the Ark was built to preserve land-dwelling, air-breathing animals and birds (Genesis 7:14-15, 21-23). Aquatic creatures already lived in the water and would not have required transportation aboard the Ark.

The assumption behind the objection is that freshwater and saltwater species could not survive major changes in salinity. Yet many living creatures today demonstrate remarkable adaptability. Estuarine animals regularly experience dramatic swings in salt concentration as river water mixes with seawater. Tidepool organisms endure continual changes as tides come and go.

Some fish spend part of their lives in freshwater and part in saltwater. Salmon hatch in freshwater streams before migrating to the ocean. Eels do the reverse, reproducing in saltwater but maturing in freshwater. Atlantic sturgeon move between both environments, while related sturgeon species live entirely in freshwater. Across the animal kingdom, numerous fish groups contain both freshwater and saltwater representatives.

This suggests that the ancestors of modern fish may have possessed a much broader tolerance for changing salinity than many specialized species do today. After the Flood, populations could have become increasingly adapted to particular environments, losing some of their original flexibility over time.

Even today, the physiological differences between freshwater and marine fish are often matters of degree rather than completely different systems. Fish regulate water and salt through their kidneys, gills, and body chemistry. Some sharks, for example, alter the concentration of urea in their blood depending on whether they inhabit saltwater or freshwater environments. Sawfish moving into freshwater can dramatically increase urine production while reducing blood urea levels.

Another possibility is that the Flood waters were not uniformly mixed everywhere on Earth. Freshwater naturally floats on top of saltwater because it is less dense. Modern bodies of water often contain distinct layers separated by what scientists call a halocline, a sharp boundary between waters of different salinity. It is entirely possible that regions existed during and after the Flood where freshwater and saltwater environments remained sufficiently separated to allow many aquatic species to survive.

Not every marine creature survived the catastrophe. In fact, the fossil record points to massive destruction in the oceans. Roughly 95% of fossils are marine organisms. This is exactly what we would expect if the Flood began with the breaking up of the "fountains of the great deep" (Genesis 7:11), unleashing catastrophic upheaval beneath the seas. Turbidity, temperature changes, volcanic activity, and violent sediment movement would have devastated countless marine ecosystems.

What about plants?

Many terrestrial plants reproduce through seeds, and seeds are remarkably resilient. Studies have shown that numerous seeds can survive extended exposure to both freshwater and saltwater. Others may have survived within floating mats of vegetation, which likely covered large portions of the Flood waters. Still others could have been preserved aboard the Ark among Noah's food supplies and animal feed.

Interestingly, Charles Darwin conducted experiments showing that seeds could survive long periods in saltwater. His goal was to explain how plants spread across oceans, but the same observations demonstrate that many seeds could have survived the Flood.

The survival of plants and fish during Noah's Flood is not the impossible problem critics often claim. Modern biology reveals numerous examples of organisms capable of tolerating changing environments, while the catastrophic nature of the Flood itself explains why so many creatures perished and became fossilized.

The real surprise is not that some fish and plants survived.

The real surprise is how many clues in the natural world still point back to a global catastrophe exactly like the one described in Genesis.

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God's Creation = 100 / evolution = 0
In 2014, Australian scientists performed a fascinating experiment to understand what happens to crocodile bodies after death and what that means for the fossil record.

They used six young crocodiles in freshwater tank experiments. Three were buried rapidly in sand. The other three were allowed to bloat, float, and decay naturally.

The difference was dramatic.

The crocodiles that were buried quickly stayed mostly intact. Their bones remained articulated, meaning the skeleton stayed together. But the crocodiles left floating in the water began falling apart within just a few days. Bones scattered. Skeletons disarticulated. The bodies rapidly broke down.

That matters because all over the world we find complete fossil skeletons preserved in rock layers. Entire animals buried in position. Fish fossilized while eating other fish. Massive graveyards of creatures preserved suddenly under sediment.

The experiment confirmed something important: articulated fossils require rapid burial.

That fits perfectly with what the Bible describes about Noah’s Flood.

Genesis does not describe a slow, peaceful process over millions of years. It describes a violent global catastrophe. The fountains of the great deep burst open. Massive amounts of water and sediment moved across the earth rapidly, burying plants and animals before scavengers, decay, and weather could destroy them.

That is exactly the kind of conditions needed to preserve fossils.

The fossil record is filled with evidence of catastrophe, not slow accumulation. Massive rock layers stretch across continents. Billions of dead things are buried in water-laid sediment all over the earth. Entire ecosystems appear suddenly buried together.

The evidence matches the Bible far better than the idea of slow gradual processes over vast ages of time.

God’s Word described a global Flood thousands of years before modern science ever studied fossilization experiments in a laboratory.

And once again, observation confirms Scripture.

God's Creation = 100 /evolution = 0
Every winter, lakes and rivers across the world freeze over. Yet when spring arrives, fish are still alive beneath the ice, plants resume growth, and aquatic ecosystems continue as if nothing catastrophic happened. This survival is not accidental. It depends on a single, highly unusual physical property of water.

Unlike almost every other liquid, water reaches its maximum density at about 4°C. As water cools from warmer temperatures, it becomes denser and sinks until it reaches that point. When it cools further, it begins to expand instead of contract. As a result, colder water stays on top, freezes first, and forms ice that floats rather than sinks.

This floating ice acts as an insulating barrier. It slows further heat loss and prevents the entire body of water from freezing solid. Liquid water remains below the ice, allowing fish and other organisms to survive through the winter. If ice sank instead of floating, lakes would freeze from the bottom up, year after year, eliminating most freshwater life.

This property is not something aquatic life adapted to later. Life depends on it from the outset. The chemistry of water and the physics governing its behavior were already in place before ecosystems existed to benefit from them. Without this precise density relationship, stable freshwater environments would be impossible on a seasonal planet.

Scripture describes creation as being formed with wisdom and order. The behavior of water at 4°C is a quiet but powerful example of that order. A fundamental law of physics operates in exactly the way required to preserve life, long before life could influence it.

That is not an accident of nature.
That is foresight built into creation itself.

Many of you ask where I'm from. A 'mini- bio' is at the head of my page - It's quite lengthy !!
A shorter answer is 'from the Great Lakes area of Canada '
Canada is vast; second only to Russia in size, but with a small population of 42 million
Specifically, we live in the city of Barrie in the Province of Ontario.
We overlook a bay of Lake Simcoe - a relatively small lake.
It's the 'very tiny' piece of freshwater lake in the bottom right corner, in this Space overview of the Province of Ontario.
Stretching from the shores of the Great Lakes to the edge of the Arctic tundra, Ontario’s vast wilderness, forests, and waterways make it one of the most geographically diverse regions on Earth. From orbit, thousands of lakes shimmer like scattered mirrors across the landscape, while massive freshwater systems carve through the province like veins across the continent.
Home to more than 250,000 lakes containing roughly one-fifth of the world’s fresh water, Ontario looks less like a province from space… and more like a living ocean woven into the land itself.

GOD'S CREATION = 100 / evolution = 0
A TURTLE IN STONE

In 2021, during what began as a routine fishing trip in Alabama, a family made a stunning discovery inside a limestone boulder: one of the most complete fossilized sea turtles ever found in the Western Hemisphere. Secular researchers assign it an age of 32 million years and place it in the so-called Oligocene. But the real story is not the claimed date. It is the condition of the turtle itself. The fossil preserves delicate shell ossicles and fine structural details that should never survive slow burial or long exposure.

Fragile anatomy does not wait around for millions of years. A turtle left on the seafloor would quickly decay, be scattered by scavengers, or dissolve. Yet this specimen is sealed in stone, intact and undisturbed. That kind of preservation demands rapid burial, sudden isolation from oxygen, and massive sedimentation. Those are not the hallmarks of gradual processes. They are the fingerprints of catastrophe, exactly what Scripture describes during Noah’s Flood.

This discovery fits a broader and repeating pattern. In Wyoming’s Green River Formation, turtles have been uncovered with shells, limbs, and even fine outlines preserved. In South Dakota’s Hell Creek Formation, freshwater turtles lie buried alongside dinosaurs, some fossils retaining blood vessels and proteins. These sites tell the same story over and over again. Life was buried quickly, deeply, and violently on a massive scale.

Fossils like this Alabama turtle are rare not because fossilization takes millions of years, but because the necessary conditions occurred during a singular, world-altering event. The Flood reshaped the earth and left its testimony locked in stone. This turtle is not just a remarkable find. It is a witness to Genesis, a reminder that God’s Word stands firm from the very first verse, and that the rocks themselves still cry out.

Amazing Facts

Daily Devotional

July 30th

Water and Blood.

Lest the inhabitants on the earth think it some kind of fluke or random act of nature, the third plague drives the point home. In the second plague, the sea was contaminated. Here, the same happens to all bodies of freshwater; they turn to blood as well. As “the Egyptians could not drink the water of the river” (Exodus 7:21) under Egypt’s first plague, so will the water supply on the Earth stop short.

Researchers posit that, given a catastrophic situation, at the bare minimum, a human being weighing about 154 pounds needs to drink at least 32 ounces of water per day in order to survive. In normal conditions, that same person would typically drink nearly four times that amount! In 1979, 18-year-old prisoner Andreas Mihavecz survived for 18 days while drinking only scant condensation from the cell walls.

Will it be similar for those living on earth during the last plagues? It’s an interesting interaction here with the water and the blood, both of which are mentioned at Christ’s death: “But one of the soldiers pierced His side with a spear, and immediately blood and water came out” (John 19:34). Blood is a symbol of redemption: “For this is My blood of the new covenant, which is shed for many for the remission of sins” (Matthew 26:28), Jesus said.

Water symbolizes cleansing from sin: “Christ also loved the church and gave Himself for her, that He might sanctify and cleanse her with the washing of water by the word” (Ephesians 5:25, 26). In short, blood and water together point to salvation in Jesus Christ.

The tragedy lies in that those with the mark of the beast will have denied the blood and water of Christ; they will have rejected life. Christ died so that we all could live; blood and water were the affirmations of His death. As such, the third plague is an affirmation of death, the blood and water of condemnation and destruction. The third plague is merely part of the results of their decision, made over and over again against God and His free gift of salvation.

Savior of the world, I praise You for redeeming me with Your own blood and ask that the water of Your word cleanse me from all sin.

For Further Study: Ephesians 2:13; Hebrews 10:22; 1 John 5:6–8
KEY BIBLE TEXTS
And the third angel poured out his vial upon the rivers and fountains of waters; and they became blood. Revelation 16:4

I grew up on Lake Huron as a child. Port Huron, MI.
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I love to swim in it. Our family were fond of boating, too, in my Dad's homemade steel cruiser!
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Vickie and I are going back this year to Lake Huron, at Oscoda, MI, because the beaches there have soft, fine sand and no rocks as you walk in from the shore. Clean and generally clear water, especially as you get out deeper, which I do. I'm a snorkeler and I prefer the deep water -- like 10 or 20 feet will do it for me. We've vacationed in Oscoda many times in past years.
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Q. What is the cleanest lake to swim in Michigan?
A. Lake Huron.
Lake Huron, the second-largest of the Great Lakes, tops the list for its pristine turquoise waters, unparalleled shoreline sunrises, numerous lakeside parks, gorgeous beaches, and historic lighthouses.
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Lake Huron, the second-largest of the Great Lakes, tops the list for its pristine turquoise waters, unparalleled shoreline sunrises, numerous lakeside parks, gorgeous beaches, and historic lighthouses.
French explorers proclaimed it La Mer Douce, “the freshwater sea.”
What’s more, Lake Huron is home to 30,000 islands! Island hopping, anyone?
Stop by the tiny Dollar Island or escape to enchanted Mackinac Island. With its car-free streets, stunning wilderness covering most of the island, and delicious fudge, it’s a no-brainer vacation spot. No wonder Forbes magazine called it a “secret celebrity hideaway.”
Despite depths of over 300 feet, Michigan’s Lake Huron boasts crystal waters throughout.
So bright and refreshing, you’ll have to convince yourself this isn’t a private tropical island but one of the world’s largest lakes right here in Michigan.
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