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Daily Fountain 2017 - 151117 - Watch That Conversation

Wednesday November 15 Bible Reading:     Eph. 5: 1 - 7 Topic:                  Watch That Conversation As humans, we hardly go through a day without entering  into one conversation involving sharing of ideas, opinions, observations, sentiments e.t.c. with others. Today Paul warns in v. 4 against indecent speech and dirty jokes unbecoming of a child of God. We may not utter a word in an ongoing conversation, yet we may be guilty of smiling. For instance we should be mindful of so called comedians that make a mockery of our faith. To laugh over such coarse jokes is to partake in the sins of the ungodly comedian (Rom, 1: 32) How do we control our conversation so that it does not become gossip, dirty and silly talk? We find the answer in the last part of v. 4 " ... but rather giving of thanks" Any conversation that does not result in th...