June 26, 2026 Morning Devotional
Morning Devotion: Read Proverbs
Proverbs 25:15 By long forbearing is a prince persuaded, and a soft tongue breaketh the bone.
Proverbs 15:1 A soft answer turneth away wrath: but grievous words stir up anger.
Proverbs 16:14 The wrath of a king is as messengers of death: but a wise man will pacify it.
The bone is the dense hard inflexible part of the inner person. The idea being that the hardness of a person and their inflexibility can be broken through gentle persuasion and forbearance.
Hard words often stir up anger and wrath and any hope of change can be lost in argument whereas the soft answer causes the heart and mind to relax thereby bringing resolution.
Proverbs 15:18 A wrathful man stirreth up strife: but he that is slow to anger appeaseth strife.
Paul the Apostle gives us a gentle reminder that we, as believers, should employ the same measure of gentle forbearance and long-suffering in our deportment.
Ephesians 4:1 I therefore, the prisoner of the Lord, beseech you that ye walk worthy of the vocation wherewith ye are called, 2 With all lowliness and meekness, with longsuffering, forbearing one another in love; 3 Endeavouring to keep the unity of the Spirit in the bond of peace. 4 There is one body, and one Spirit, even as ye are called in one hope of your calling; 5 One Lord, one faith, one baptism, 6 One God and Father of all, who is above all, and through all, and in you all.
Colossians 3:12 Put on therefore, as the elect of God, holy and beloved, bowels of mercies, kindness, humbleness of mind, meekness, longsuffering; 13 Forbearing one another, and forgiving one another, if any man have a quarrel against any: even as Christ forgave you, so also do ye. 14 And above all these things put on charity, which is the bond of perfectness. 15 And let the peace of God rule in your hearts, to the which also ye are called in one body; and be ye thankful.
Proverbs 25:15 By long forbearing is a prince persuaded, and a soft tongue breaketh the bone.
The choice is still yours,
Pastor Cook
