GOD keeping WATCH

 

Psalm 141:3

King James Version

3 Set a watch, O Lord, 

before my mouth; 

keep the door of my lips.

We've all heard the reminder:

"If you have nothing good to say, don't say it."

As born again, that basic knowledge is taken to the highest level.

At the foot of GOD.

Where we implore the LORD to guard our tongue.

That we would only speak of His gospel.

And not of vain babblings.

It's so very easy to babble these days.

We've got lots of social media platforms to present ourselves.

But the true born again only follows the lead of SPIRIT.

What to think.

What to say.

What to do.

Where to be.

Who to be with.

We are, after all, SOLDIERS of CHRIST.

GOD's soldier always keeps watch.

We're always vigilant.

We live by the Bible alone.

May our efforts always be righteous.

Proverbs 15:28

King James Version

28 The heart of the righteous studieth to answer: 

but the mouth of the wicked poureth out evil things.

I had not realized how misused VERBAL communication is.

Or, how powerful it is.

Especially in these last days.

Of course, JESUS knew that, from day one:

Matthew 12:34

King James Version

34 O generation of vipers, 

how can ye, being evil, 

speak good things? 

for out of the abundance of the heart 

the mouth speaketh.

And GOD sure knows man's heart:

Jeremiah 17:9

King James Version

9 The heart is deceitful above all things, 

and desperately wicked: 

who can know it?

The world has become cacophonic.

People love the sound of their voice.

The world is drowning in its own vanity.

In April 2022, I even had a dream of how evil presented itself.

As many "lying lips", coming from a HUGE source.

Out of it shuffled a tiny, hooded "minion".

Headed for someone I knew.

I only care to hear the VOICE of the LORD.

I only care to hear His WORD.

What would He say?

What are His instructions?

What is His will?

You will find, it's a "word" behind you:

Isaiah 30:21

King James Version

21 And thine ears 

shall hear a word behind thee, 

saying, 

This is the way,

walk ye in it, 

when ye turn to the right hand, 

and when ye turn to the left.

The day you become born again, you can be sure the SPIRIT of GOD will guide you.

He will make Scripture easy to understand.

You will know the power of words.

And the POWER of GOD's WORD.

Head over to the next post for more VERBAL verses.

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JESUS on SPEECH

 

Matthew 12:37

King James Version

37 For by thy words thou shalt be justified, 

and by thy words thou shalt be condemned.

What does the LORD JESUS say about speech?

How does He want us to speak?

What does He want us to say?

We've gathered some verses here.

Consider these as foundation for our speech.

Matthew 5:5

King James Version

5 Blessed are the meek: 

for they shall inherit the earth.

Matthew 5:6

King James Version

6 Blessed are they 

which do hunger and thirst after righteousness: 

for they shall be filled.

Matthew 5:7

King James Version

7 Blessed are the merciful: 

for they shall obtain mercy.

Matthew 5:8

King James Version

8 Blessed are the pure in heart: 

for they shall see God.

Matthew 5:9

King James Version

9 Blessed are the peacemakers: 

for they shall be called the children of God.

Matthew 5:10

King James Version

10 Blessed are they 

which are persecuted for righteousness' sake: 

for theirs is the kingdom of heaven.

Matthew 5:11-12

King James Version

11 Blessed are ye, 

when men shall revile you, 

and persecute you, 

and shall say all manner of evil against you falsely, 

for my sake.

12 Rejoice, and be exceeding glad: 

for great is your reward in heaven:

 for so persecuted they the prophets 

which were before you.

Matthew 5:19-20

King James Version

19 Whosoever therefore shall break 

one of these least commandments, 

and shall teach men so, 

he shall be called the least in the kingdom of heaven: 

but whosoever shall do and teach them,

 the same shall be called great in the kingdom of heaven.

20 For I say unto you, 

That except your righteousness shall exceed 

the righteousness of the scribes and Pharisees, 

ye shall in no case enter into the kingdom of heaven.

Matthew 5:22

King James Version

22 But I say unto you, 

That whosoever is angry with his brother 

without a cause 

shall be in danger of the judgment: 

and whosoever shall say to his brother, 

Raca, 

shall be in danger of the council: 

but whosoever shall say, 

Thou fool, 

shall be in danger of hell fire.

Matthew 5:23-24

King James Version

23 Therefore if thou bring thy gift to the altar, 

and there rememberest 

that thy brother hath ought against thee;

24 Leave there thy gift before the altar, 

and go thy way; 

first be reconciled to thy brother, 

and then come and offer thy gift.

Matthew 5:25-26

King James Version

25 Agree with thine adversary quickly, 

whiles thou art in the way with him; 

lest at any time the adversary deliver thee to the judge, 

and the judge deliver thee to the officer, 

and thou be cast into prison.

26 Verily I say unto thee, 

Thou shalt by no means come out thence, 

till thou hast paid the uttermost farthing.

Matthew 12:34

King James Version

34 O generation of vipers, 

how can ye, being evil, 

speak good things? 

for out of the abundance of the heart 

the mouth speaketh.

Matthew 12:36

King James Version

36 But I say unto you, 

That every idle word that men shall speak, 

they shall give account thereof 

in the day of judgment.

Matthew 15:7-9

King James Version

7 Ye hypocrites, 

well did Esaias prophesy of you, 

saying,

8 This people draweth nigh unto me with their mouth, 

and honoureth me with their lips; 

but their heart is far from me.

9 But in vain they do worship me, 

teaching for doctrines the commandments of men.

Matthew 15:11

King James Version

11 Not that which goeth into the mouth defileth a man; 

but that which cometh out of the mouth, 

this defileth a man.

Matthew 15:16-20

King James Version

16 And Jesus said, 

Are ye also yet without understanding?

17 Do not ye yet understand, 

that whatsoever entereth in at the mouth 

goeth into the belly, 

and is cast out into the draught?

18 But those things which proceed out of the mouth 

come forth from the heart; 

and they defile the man.

19 For out of the heart proceed evil thoughts, 

murders, adulteries, fornications, thefts,

false witness, blasphemies:

20 These are the things which defile a man: 

but to eat with unwashen hands defileth not a man.

John 12:49-50

King James Version

49 For I have not spoken of myself; 

but the Father which sent me, 

he gave me a commandment, 

what I should say, 

and what I should speak.

50 And I know that his commandment is life everlasting: 

whatsoever I speak therefore, 

even as the Father said unto me, 

so I speak.

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The IDLE word

 

Matthew 12:36

King James Version

36 But I say unto you, 

That every idle word that men shall speak, 

they shall give account thereof 

in the day of judgment.

SPIRIT prompted me to create this blog, using that verse.

The verse above became the flagship verse for this blog.

EVERY word we speak matters.

JESUS was particular about the spoken word.

What did the LORD mean about "every idle word that men shall speak"?

Let's check these Bible versions:

Matthew 12:36

Amplified Bible

36 But I tell you, on the day of judgment people will have to give an accounting for every careless or useless word they speak.

Matthew 12:36

Amplified Bible, Classic Edition

36 But I tell you, on the day of judgment men will have to give account for every [a]idle (inoperative, nonworking) word they speak.

Matthew 12:36

Common English Bible

36 I tell you that people will have to answer on Judgment Day for every useless word they speak.

Matthew 12:36

Contemporary English Version

36 I promise you on the day of judgment, everyone will have to account for every careless word they have spoken.

Matthew 12:36

Easy-to-Read Version

36 I tell you that everyone will have to answer for all the careless things they have said. This will happen on the day of judgment.

Matthew 12:36

Expanded Bible

36 And I tell you that on the judgment day people will ·be responsible [give an accounting; answer] for every ·careless [idle; thoughtless; unhelpful] ·thing [word] they have said.

Matthew 12:36

International Children’s Bible

36 And I tell you that people will have to explain about every careless thing they have said. This will happen on the Judgment Day.

Matthew 12:36

International Standard Version

36 I tell you, on Judgment Day people will give an account for every thoughtless[a] word they have uttered,

Matthew 12:36

Lexham English Bible

36 But I tell you that every worthless word that they speak, people will give an account for it on the day of judgment!

Matthew 12:36

New International Reader's Version

36 But here is what I tell you. On judgment day, everyone will have to account for every empty word they have spoken.

Matthew 12:36

New Life Version

36 I say to you, on the day men stand before God, they will have to give an answer for every word they have spoken that was not important.

Matthew 12:36

New Testament for Everyone

36 Let me tell you this: on judgment day people will have to own up to every trivial word they say.

Mattityahu 12:36

Orthodox Jewish Bible

36 But I say to you, that for every careless lashon horah (evil speech) that men speak, they will be called to account on the Yom HaDin (the Day of Judgment).

In SUMMARY, "every idle word that men shall speak" means:

every careless or useless word they speak

every [a]idle (inoperative, nonworking) word they speak

every useless word they speak

every careless word they have spoken

all the careless things they have said

every ·careless [idle; thoughtless; unhelpful] ·thing [word] they have said

every careless thing they have said

every thoughtless[a] word they have uttered

every worthless word that they speak

every empty word they have spoken

every word they have spoken that was not important

every trivial word they say

every careless lashon horah (evil speech) that men speak

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BLOG name

 

Proverbs 22:1

King James Version

22 A good name is rather to be chosen 

than great riches, 

and loving favour 

rather than silver and gold.

Prayer always helps.

I don't write, or create, until SPIRIT inspires and guides me.

After letting many name combinations play in my mind, I finally settled on "Gobrecomm", for these reasons that surfaced on their own (working with SPIRIT means you step aside, as He inspires you):

1. Gobrecomm stands for "God-breathed communication".

2. Go is 2 letters = number 2 stands for "Union, Witnessing, Divison"

3. bre is 3 letters = number 3 stands for "Resurrection, Divine Completeness, and Perfection"

4. comm is 4 letters = number 4 stands for "Creation...World"

5. Add 2+3+4 = 9 (number 9 stands for "Fruit of Spirit", "Divine Completeness from the Lord")

6. Acronyms that are short, make sense, and easy to pronounce, can be remembered easily.

7. It's what SPIRIT inspired me to use, after many combinations.

At first, I thought "SPIRIT-led communication" would have been appropriate.

But, on second thought, there were many spiritists.

I didn't want our blog to be branded that.

Could be misleading.

So, I prayed and prayed for a name.

SPIRIT allowed me to "play" with combinations.

Until, when I thought no name was forthcoming, the idea popped into my head.

Aha!

"God-breathed communication"

After all, this blog is on what the WORD of GOD says about written, verbal, and non-verbal, communication.

Now, the title was a bit long.

We decided on the Gobrecomm acronym.

It's settled then.

Now, we're ready to dig deep into Scripture.

Starting with a warning from the LORD JESUS.

Click here now.

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Beginnings

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SCRIPTURE sailor

 

Ezekiel 36:25-27

King James Version

25 Then will I sprinkle clean water upon you, 

and ye shall be clean: from all your filthiness, 

and from all your idols, will I cleanse you.

26 A new heart also will I give you, 

and a new spirit will I put within you: 

and I will take away the stony heart out of your flesh, 

and I will give you an heart of flesh.

27 And I will put my spirit within you, 

and cause you to walk in my statutes, 

and ye shall keep my judgments, and do them.

Those three verses pretty much sum up this sailor.

Wherein GOD cleansed me, from unrighteousness, the day He made me born again.

He did create me, for a purpose.

I once taught business communications in the big city.

Wrote practically all my life.

But it was only when GOD made me born again in September 2019, did I drop all other non-essentials.

And rode the boat JESUS was in.

Not worrying anymore if I'll drown, the boat will capsize, if there are sharks, or whatever worldly matters that used to occupy my mind.

The BIBLE became my go-to for GOD's WORD.

It was the only book that made sense.

In November 2019, two months after GOD made me born again, we wrote 22 spiritual warfare books.

Non-stop, for 36 days.

As the three years went by, 71 blogs surfaced.

I don't need to come up for air.

The LIVING GOD is the LIVING WATERS.

And I was mighty thirsty.

How has my writing changed?

GREATLY.

IMMEASURABLY.

My writing's clearer, because of SPIRIT.

My writing has conviction, because of SCRIPTURE.

My writing has heart, because of JESUS.

That's the only way I can write now.

Through prayers, and waiting for instructions.

More articles here.

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SPIRIT's idea

 

John 1:1

King James Version

1 In the beginning was the Word, 

and the Word was with God, 

and the Word was God.

Where do all beginnings come from?

From GOD, of course!

Through Scripture.

This Scripture sailor thought we'd stop at 71 blogs.

No such thing.

SPIRIT wanted another.

Something on "communication".

At first, I thought it would be on speech.

As we explored verses, I found a wealth of material.

SPIRIT helped categorize it in my mind.

What is communication, but these three:

1. WRITTEN communication.

2. VERBAL communication.

3. NON-VERBAL communication.

We've done #1.

This blog will tackle #2 and #3.

Verbal and non-verbal communication.

What makes me an authority?

A little bit on Scripture sailor on the next post.

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Gobrecomm

 

2 Timothy 3:16-17

King James Version

16 All scripture is given by inspiration of God,

 and is profitable for doctrine, 

for reproof, for correction, 

for instruction in righteousness:

17 That the man of God may be perfect, 

thoroughly furnished unto all good works.

Welcome to our 72nd blog!

"Gobrecomm" is pronounced Goh-bree-com.

It stands for GOD-breathed communication.

It's how to communicate purely, perfectly, precisely, and powerfully.

Only because we follow what SPIRIT and SCRIPTURE teach:

2 Timothy 3:16-17

Amplified Bible

16 All Scripture is God-breathed 

[given by divine inspiration] 

and is profitable for instruction, 

for conviction [of sin], 

for correction 

[of error and restoration to obedience], 

for training in righteousness 

[learning to live in conformity to God’s will, 

both publicly and privately—behaving honorably 

with personal integrity and moral courage]; 

17 so that the [a]man of God 

may be complete and proficient, 

outfitted and thoroughly equipped 

for every good work.

There are many forms of communication.

There are many types of communicator.

How to communicate well?

LOVE God.

BELIEVE in Jesus.

OBEY the Lord's commandments.

DELIGHT in serving GOD, and others.

WELCOME instruction from SPIRIT.

This makes you a trustworthy communicator.

Of course, you must be born again.

Only by being born again, can one be filled by GOD's SPIRIT.

John 3:5-7

King James Version

5 Jesus answered, 

Verily, verily, I say unto thee, 

Except a man be born of water and of the Spirit, 

he cannot enter into the kingdom of God.

6 That which is born of the flesh is flesh; 

and that which is born of the Spirit is spirit.

7 Marvel not that I said unto thee, 

Ye must be born again.

Come sail with this Scripture sailor, on our tiny, trusted boat. 

As we traverse the LIVING WATERS that is GOD.

Click here for SPIRIT's idea.

TABS on this blog:

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Beginnings

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