Speaking Redemptively
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By Paul David Tripp.
Part of the Journal of Biblical Counseling series
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I was in high school working my first job and dealing with a big problem outside the home for the first time. Coworkers were stealing and damaging property. I knew who was guilty, but the boss did not. I did not want to be part of what was going on, nor did I want to be blamed for something I did not do. I knew I needed to talk to my boss and possibly my coworkers, but I was afraid. I got up the courage to talk to my dad about what was going on. He agreed that I needed to talk to those involved and then he said to me, “Be careful, son, to choose your words carefully.” It was a nice way to summarize all that it means to communicate with purpose and control.
Speaking redemptively is all about choosing our words carefully. It is not just about the words we say but also about the words we have chosen not to say. Speaking redemptively is about being prepared to say the right thing at the right moment and exercising self-control. Speaking redemptively is refusing to let our talk be driven by passion and personal desire but communicating instead with God’s purposes in view. It is exercising the faith needed to be part of what God is doing at that moment.
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