What Your Words Say About Your Heart

Main message: Our words are not random but flow from the heart; therefore we must guard our hearts because the condition of the heart shows up in our speech and can defile us.

Key points:

• Everything you say and do flows from the heart — the heart is the source of speech.
• Guard your heart (the "wellspring of life") because it determines what comes out.
• Jesus taught that words come from the heart and those words can defile a person.
• Attentive listeners (therapists, counselors, discerning friends) listen to speech patterns to discern underlying emotions or issues.
• Ask yourself what is underneath your words — anger, fear, hurt, anxiety, isolation — because your speech reveals those conditions.

Scriptures mentioned: Proverbs 4:23, Matthew 15:18