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That\u2019s my job in the ever constant battle to maintain a yard. Now I don’t always do this just after church, but\u00a0<\/span>yet, I do hate weeds.<\/span><\/p>\n <\/p>\n All of this\u00a0time in the grass gives\u00a0me time to consider the need of weeding my words.<\/span><\/p>\n <\/p>\n 1. <\/span>When I break off the top<\/strong> of a weed, I can know that I will see it again<\/strong> in the exact same place. I can either go get a tool and\u00a0dig out\u00a0the root system, or wait a week or so until it comes back up. Waiting necessitates a deeper dig, as now the roots are larger.<\/span><\/p>\n \u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n Lesson: Our speech roots to the heart.<\/strong> If our approach is to \u201ckeep our mouth closed\u201d, we effectively \u201cpull off the top\u201d and will see those same destructive words reappear at another time. <\/span>The sooner that we allow the Father to deal with the root, the smaller\u00a0knife He has to use in pruning. <\/span><\/strong><\/p><\/blockquote>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n 2.<\/span> The weeds are worse along\u00a0the edges of our yard<\/strong>. The alley weeds quickly spread into our yard, especially at the borders.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n \u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n Lesson: The more friendship I have with the world, the more apt I will be to see those thoughts and attitudes reproduced in my everyday language.\u00a0<\/strong><\/span><\/p><\/blockquote>\n \u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n <\/p>\n 3.<\/span>\u00a0Weeding is easier when\u00a0Mark has just watered. Weeds come up cleaner\u00a0when the soil is moist.<\/strong>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n \u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n Lesson:\u00a0Daily doses of the Word keeps my heart (and my tongue) free from growing wild and uprooting healthy habits.<\/strong><\/span><\/p><\/blockquote>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n 4.\u00a0<\/span>Weeding <\/strong>is not overnight work, but takes <\/strong>place over time<\/strong>.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n \u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n Lesson<\/strong>:\u00a0Don’t\u00a0be discouraged when “weedy words” get\u00a0the best of you. This is a gradual process, but the hidden Spirit inside of us is growing steadily stronger as we daily surrender to Him. “Now there was a long war between the house of Saul and the house of David; and David grew steadily stronger, but the house of Saul grew weaker continually<\/em>” (2 Samuel 3:1). As\u00a0we feed His seed within us, our sin nature starves.<\/strong>\u00a0<\/span><\/p><\/blockquote>\n <\/p>\n \u00a0<\/span><\/p><\/blockquote>\n What is the most significant thing that the Father has revealed to you about your words?<\/span><\/p>\n <\/p>\n .<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Pulling weeds.\u00a0 That\u2019s my job in the ever constant battle to maintain a yard. Now I don’t always do this just after church, but\u00a0yet, I do hate weeds. All of this\u00a0time in the grass gives\u00a0me time to consider the need of weeding my words. 1. When I break off the top of a weed, I can know … <\/p>\n