Don’t Suppress Kind Words

0:00Welcome to One Minute Scripter Study, a Come Follow Me Podcast. We are your host, Kristen Walker Smith and Kelly Black. Hey, it's Kelly Black here today's thought. Let's open up to Proverbs 3. Verse 27. Oh, she gave such a great lesson. I'm sure everyone is telling her that. Plus, I'm sure she knows how awesome she is at teaching. Her meals are always delicious. She's so confident. I'm sure she doesn't eat anyone else to tell her that she knows. Oh, that was really wise. I'm sure that she knows that I appreciate all of that great advice that she always gives me. These are just a few reasons that I have personally withheld kind words before. It's usually a variation of, I'm sure they already know why would I need to tell them. But is anyone really out there thinking, you know, I'm pretty amazing and I don't need anyone to show appreciation or compliment me. I probably doubt it.

1:01I bet you can think of kind words or a compliment or a gesture of appreciation that really impacted you at some point. In Proverbs chapter 3, verse 27, we read, withhold not good from them to whom it is due when it is in the power of thine hand to do it. We can each do a little better at never holding back when a kind thought crosses our mind. Who could you think or compliment today? It might be the exact words that the Lord knows they need to hear. So the takeaway of the day in five words or less, don't suppress kind words. Thank you so much for being here today and for coming closer to Christ with me one minute at a time. July, August and September in the Old Testament come follow me are three of the craziest months because we start with historical books where we're keeping track of the story but then we finish the story of the Israelites.

2:03We move on to poetry and then we even move on to prophets and prophecies starting with Isaiah. Yeah, this all happens with the span of three months and I would love to help you through it. My third quarter big picture little picture study guide is available now for purchase. You can grab it as a physical study guide on Amazon or get a digital download at come follow me study.com use the code omss for 20% off as a big thank you for our loyal podcast listeners. We appreciate you so much. Big picture little picture study guides help you see what is going on in the scriptures and connect everything together so that you can feel confident as you're studying the scriptures or as you're teaching the scriptures to people in your home or in your church classes. I love to give context. I talk about the important people, the important places, the big themes to focus on specific chapter summaries and what to know before you read each chapter as well as seven spiritual guiding questions to help you do the most important thing which is apply the scriptures to your

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