“Do not let any unwholesome talk come out of your mouths, but only what is helpful for building others up according to their needs, that it may benefit those who listen.” (Ephesians 4:29 NIV)

Now, the Lord led me to do a video talk on this subject, and unless I am reading in the video what I wrote here, which I have not yet written anything, I am usually just sharing in the videos what God gives me to say at the moment that I am recording. So rarely will these writings and the videos be exact copies of one another. So, while the video is being uploaded I will write here whatever else the Lord puts on my heart to say on this subject, some of which may or may not be the same as on the video.

Basically, the picture the Lord is giving me from this passage of Scripture is not so much centered on talk that is corrupt, distasteful, and unethical, but on talk which is just wasteful. Obviously I am on the internet, and I am in the world of blogging, and on social media, and on Christian discussion sites, and so I get to see a lot of what other people are writing and posting on the internet, including what others who profess faith in Jesus Christ are posting on the internet for others to read. And so much of it is just pure junk!

Now, I feel as though I have a fairly good (healthy) sense of humor. As the mother of 4 (+4) and the grandmother of 14 (+2), and the great-grandmother of 2, I have to have a good sense of humor. Right? Children are always going to do things to make us laugh. And laughing can be very healthful, if what we are laughing at is not what is crude, distasteful, unkind, immoral, and/or mocking of others who are just different from us. But humor is not to be what we live by and all that we talk about and share on the internet.

For God did not put us on this earth to be entertainers who everybody loves. God put us who believe in Jesus Christ on this earth to die with him to sin, and to live with him in righteousness and holiness, and to walk (in conduct) in obedience to his commands. And he put us on this earth to be his witnesses in sharing with the people of the world the truth of the gospel of Christ, which is that Jesus died on that cross to put our sins to death with him so by faith in him we will die to sin and live for God and obey our Lord.

So, as those who profess faith in Jesus Christ, we need to be doing what God has called us to do as his followers. And we need to not be wasting time and speech and writing on what is pure garbage, or on what has no eternal value, or on what is just empty and does nothing to help anyone. And I am certainly not saying that we can’t talk about what is going on in our lives, or that we can’t share pictures or human interest stories, and the like. But we need to be sharing Jesus with the world and not just what is of this flesh.

We need to be writing about and talking about what is beneficial to us spiritually, morally, ethically, and of great importance, like sharing about what is going on in the world and how it relates to what the Scriptures teach about the last days. For we live in very troubled times, and it is looking more and more like that rule of the beast is already on our doorsteps and is about to consume the nations and peoples of the world. So time is not on our side. So we need to be about the work of the Lord and not waste away our time.

For God’s grace, which is bringing us salvation, is training us to renounce ungodliness and worldly passions, and to live self-controlled, upright, and godly lives while we wait for Jesus’ return. For Christ “gave himself for us to redeem us from all lawlessness and to purify for himself a people for his own possession who are zealous for good works.” “For we are his workmanship, created in Christ Jesus for good works, which God prepared beforehand, that we should walk in them.” (See Titus 2:11-14; Ephesians 2:8-10)

[Matthew 7:13-14,21-23; Luke 9:23-26; Romans 6:1-23; Romans 8:1-14; Galatians 5:16-24; Ephesians 2:8-10; Ephesians 4:17-32; Ephesians 5:3-6; Titus 2:11-14; 1 John 1:1-10; 1 John 2:1-6; 1 John 3:4-10; Acts 26:18]

Being Made Right

An Original Work / September 8, 2019
Christ’s Free Servant, Sue J Love

Jesus, lover of my soul,
Cleansed and saved me,
Made me whole;
Purified me, now new within.
By His grace, I’m free from sin.

Holy Spirit lives within,
Teaching me to walk with Him,
Guiding me each step of the way.
Living for my Lord each day.

Father God, He is my Lord.
Walk with Him in one accord.
Follow Him wherever He leads,
Living holy, Him to please.

Witnessing for Him each day,
Loving others in His way,
Telling them about Jesus Christ,
And how they can be made right.

Only What is Helpful

An Original Work / February 8, 2026
Christ’s Free Servant, Sue J Love