Today's JOY JUICE

Each Wednesday I will try to post the JOY JUICE radio devotional airing for that day.  You can always tune in and listen, Monday through Friday, on the following local stations: Douglas WDMG 97.9 at 7:00 a.m.; Fitzgerald WRDO 96.9 at 7:15 a.m.; Tifton/Douglas area WKZZ 92.5 at 7:20ish a.m.; Hazlehurst WVOH 93.5 around 8:15ish a.m.; and in Valdosta WAFT 101.1 at 10:00 am.  All messages are archived on www.realradio969.com.  Just click on the JOY JUICE icon on the left side of the page.

Have you had your JOY JUICE today?  Savor its taste as it hits your tongue and as you swallow it deep into your soul!

If you had to guess what was the most powerful instrument ever known to man (and WOMAN), would you have a clue?  Let me give you a hint!  We all have it...and it's behind our lips and between our teeth.  YES, it's our tongue!

Our tongue can build up or it can tear down.  It can encourage or it can defeat.  The words we speak affect people more than any other action we take.  Don't believe for a minute that little children's poem: "Sticks and stones may break my bones but words will never hurt me!"  It's just NOT true!

No wonder Proverbs gives so much instruction on how to use our words! The 25th verse of Proverbs 12 tells us that "an anxious heart weighs a person down, but a kind word cheers him up."

Do your words cheer those around you?  Are you spreading the JOY of the Lord?  God wants us to edify, encourage, teach others that they are of great value in Him.  When we make a conscious effort to do this, our JOY JUICE will pour out onto others---and this makes our Father JOYful, too!