Notes of Faith June 30, 2026

Speech Lessons

Let your speech always be with grace, seasoned with salt, that you may know how you ought to answer each one.

Colossians 4:6

Eph 4:29

Let no unwholesome word proceed from your mouth, but only such a word as is good for edification according to the need of the moment, so that it will give grace to those who hear.

It has been said that people don’t care how much we know until they know how much we care. Whether we are talking to fellow believers or to non-believers, the way we speak has a lot to do with how others hear us.

First, our speech must be courteous—or in Paul’s words, “always be with grace.” Graceful speech is kind, gentle, helpful, and edifying. Think of God’s grace toward you and let your speech be the same. Second, our speech must be compelling—that is, “seasoned with salt.” We salt our food because it makes the taste appealing; the right amount of salt makes us want to eat more. Our speech should make our listener want to hear more. Third, our speech must be compassionate—we should “know how to answer each one.” That is, we must be able to read the room, to know what another person needs to hear. The Holy Spirit will enable us to meet others’ needs if we follow His lead.

We must know what to say (1 Peter 3:15); equally important is knowing how to say it.

We have all felt the brazenness of words without emotion, the hollowness, the unaccountable unpersuasiveness, of eloquence behind which lies no love.

Henry Drummond

Speaking without love is useless and worthless in the work of God’s Kingdom. We must be slow to speak, think before we let our tongues wag, and speak wisdom and truth that come from God, for others to be blessed in hearing what we say!

May God provide you with more time, with Him, and His Word, today and every day that He gives you under this sun, until you recognize and surrender to being und THE Son, who gave you life, sustains your life, and has provided a way for you to have eternal life!

Pastor Dale