Sharing a word from the Lord

Scripture gives us safeguards that we should employ when sharing a word from the Lord to someone else.

I. Listening for my own discipleship

Isaiah 50:4 ESV

4 The Lord God has given me the tongue of those who are taught, that I may know how to sustain with a word him who is weary. Morning by morning he awakens; he awakens my ear to hear as those who are taught.

Exodus 2:24–25 ESV

24 And God heard their groaning, and God remembered his covenant with Abraham, with Isaac, and with Jacob. 25 God saw the people of Israel—and God knew.

Exodus 2:25 ESV

25 God saw the people of Israel—and God knew.

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II. Speaking with grace & compassion

Isaiah 50:4 ESV

4 The Lord God has given me the tongue of those who are taught, that I may know how to sustain with a word him who is weary. Morning by morning he awakens; he awakens my ear to hear as those who are taught.

Proverbs 15:1 ESV

1 A soft answer turns away wrath, but a harsh word stirs up anger.

III. Humbly admitting that I may be wrong

James 5:10–11 ESV

10 As an example of suffering and patience, brothers, take the prophets who spoke in the name of the Lord. 11 Behold, we consider those blessed who remained steadfast. You have heard of the steadfastness of Job, and you have seen the purpose of the Lord, how the Lord is compassionate and merciful.