This document provides guidance on controlling one's speech and speaking wisely. It discusses that wisdom is seeing life from God's perspective. It then discusses the benefits of wisdom, including long life, wealth, honor, pleasure, and security. It encourages getting wisdom by reading God's word, doing what it says, and getting to know God. The document then discusses mastering one's mouth by thinking before speaking, always speaking the truth, and speaking the truth in love. It provides Bible verses to support controlling one's speech and speaking truthfully and lovingly.

1. WISE UP
Getting a Grip on Life - Part 1 of 8
Proverbs 4:7-8

2. Proverbs 4:7-8 (GN) "Getting
wisdom is the most important
thing you can do. Whatever else
you get, get insight! Love
wisdom and she will make you
great!"

3. 1. What is it?
• Wisdom: Seeing and responding
to life from GOD’S
PERSPECTIVE
• "There is a way that seems
right to a man but in the end it
leads to death." Pr. 14:12

4. • Wealth. How would you like to have God as your
financial planner? We're going to look at the five
foundations for financial freedom. They're in the
book of Proverbs.
• Honor. How does wisdom bring honor? You don't
put your foot in your mouth as often. And you
know the right thing to do in every situation.
• Pleasure. Living according to God's wisdom
makes life easier. Most of the problems you have
in your life you bring on yourself from dumb
decisions. When you're wise it eliminates a lot of
the problems that you normally bring on your life.
Life gets easier when you're wise.
• Security. It will make your life safe. Wisdom gives
a sense of security and self confidence and peace
of mind. All of a sudden you're in control of the
situation. You're not a reactor but an actor.
Things don't control you but you control things
when you're wise.

5. 2. What will it do for me?
• "Wisdom is more valuable than
precious jewels; nothing you could
want can compare with it. Wisdom
offers you long life, wealth and
honor. (It) can make your life
pleasant and lead you safely
through it. Those who become
wise are happy." Pr. 3:16-18 (GN)

6. Six Benefits
• Long Life - when you're wise it reduces the
stress in your life.
• Wealth- How would you like to have God as
your financial planner?
• Honor - How does wisdom bring honor?
• Pleasure - Life gets easier when you're wise.
• Security - It will make your life safe.
• Happiness - Those who become wise will be
happy.

7. 3. How can I get it?
1. Read God's word.
"(Solomon) wrote
these Proverbs to
teach his people how
to live -- how to act in
every circumstance."
Pr. 1:2 (LB)
"They can teach
you how to live
intelligently..." Pr. 1:3

13. 2. You do what it says.
". . . Never forget what I tell you to do.
Do what I say, and you will live. Be
careful to follow it. . ." Pr. 7:1-2 (GN)

15. • 3. I get to know God.
• "How does a person become wise?
The first step is to trust and revere the
Lord." Pr. 1:7 (LB)
• "For the reverence and fear of God are
basic to all wisdom. Knowing God results
in every other kind of understanding." Pr.
9:10 (LB)

18. A man from Angola
has been officially
recognised as having
the widest mouth in
the world in one of the
weirdest Guinness
World Records.
Francisco Domingo
Joaquim’s mouth
measures a whopping
six and a half inches
across, which is big
enough for him to fit
an entire can of coke
in his mouth –
sideways.
Chiquinho has
described featuring in
the Book of Guinness
World Records 2011

19. MASTERING MY MOUTH
Getting a Grip on Life -
Part 2 of 8

20. Proverbs 13;3 (Ber) "He
who guards his mouth
controls himself, but
he who opens wide his
lips comes to ruin."

21. HOW TO STAY
OUT OF
TROUBLE

22. The average man speaks
enough words in one year to
fill 66 books, 800 pages
long. He speaks 20,000
words a day. The average
woman 30,000 words a day.

23. 1. THINK before you speak.
• "Intelligent people think before they speak.
What they say is then more persuasive." Pr.
16:23 (GN)
• "You will have to live with the consequences
of everything you say." Pr. 18:20 (GN)
• "It is a trap for a man to dedicate something
rashly and only later to consider his vows."
Pr. 20:25

24. • You have to live with the
consequences of what
you say. The Bible says,
"Death and life are in the
power of the tongue."

25. 2. Always
speak the
TRUTH

26. Proverbs deals with a lot of
kinds of dishonesty -- lying
and deceit and
exaggeration. I want to talk
with you about the failure to
be frank with people. Isn't
that a form of dishonesty?
When you don't really tell
people the truth?

27. In theory you would all
agree that HONEST IS
THE BEST POLICY. But
in practice it often
works out very
different.

28. • "Someone who holds back the
truth causes trouble."
Proverbs 10:10 (GN)
• "An honest answer is the sign
of a true friendship." Pr. 24:26
(GN)
• "In the end, people appreciate
frankness more than flattery."
Pr. 28:23 (LB)

29. 3. Speak the truth IN LOVE
• “Thoughtless words can wound as
deeply as any sword, but wisely
spoken words can heal." Pr. 12:18
(GN)

31. • "Gentle words cause life and
health." Pr. 15:4 (LB)

32. • Managers – tell the truth to your
subordinates
• Subordinates – tell the truth to
your boss
• Parents – correct your children
with love
• Leaders – tell the truth
• Being frank means you love them

33. • "A word of encouragement does
wonders!" Pr. 12:25 (LB)

34. Teenage Suicide Statistics
• Suicide brings emotional devastation to children,
grandchildren, parents, siblings, aunts, uncles, cousins,
grandparents and friends of the victim. These survivors
are not included in the teenage suicide statistics that are
available to us. • Teenage suicide statistics are a part of
these numbers:
rates for ages 15-24 in the United States are 7.9 per
100,000.
• • 31,000 suicides a year in the U.S., the 3rd leading
cause of death in people 15 – 24 years old, and the 11th
leading cause over all age groups[4].
• • Worldwide, nearly a million people commit suicide
every year, more than those murdered or killed in war.[1]
• • Global annual teenage suicide statistics, reported for
these fatalities could rise to 1.5 million by 2020.

35. • The story of a pastor visiting the hospital of a
coma patient. Being in a hospital room with a wife
and doctor and a man who had been in a coma for
several months. The doctor said to the wife, "He's
never going to come out of it. It's hopeless." And
he walked out of the room. The pastor walked
over to the man in a coma, got close to his face
and said, "John, I know you've heard what the
doctor said. But he's wrong. You are going to
make it. You're going to come out of this coma. I
don't care what the doctor said, you are going to
make it!" Tears began to well up in the sides of
the man's eyes and run down his cheeks. The
man did recover and is active in a church today.
He said the turning point in his recovery were
those loving words, "You're going to make it!" All
of a sudden I wanted to live, he said. "Gentle
words cause life and health."

36. Jesus: "The things
that come out of your
mouth come from your
heart." Matt. 15:18