Christian Speech: Colossians 4:2-6

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I think it might be helpful to look at some passages on how Christians should speak, one at a time, in separate threads. Some requests for this thread:

1. No more than 2 posts per person per day. Let's leave room for more than one person to speak. I will also limit my participation to no more than 2 posts per day.
2. Focus on what the text teaches us.
3. To start with, focus on just this text. I may open it up to other texts later, but let's spend some time looking at this one first.

Here's the text - what do we learn from it?

2 Devote yourselves to prayer, being watchful and thankful. 3 And pray for us, too, that God may open a door for our message, so that we may proclaim the mystery of Christ, for which I am in chains. 4 Pray that I may proclaim it clearly, as I should. 5 Be wise in the way you act toward outsiders; make the most of every opportunity. 6 Let your conversation be always full of grace, seasoned with salt, so that you may know how to answer everyone.

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I think it might be helpful to look at some passages on how Christians should speak, one at a time, in separate threads. Some requests for this thread:

1. No more than 2 posts per person per day. Let's leave room for more than one person to speak. I will also limit my participation to no more than 2 posts per day.
2. Focus on what the text teaches us.
3. To start with, focus on just this text. I may open it up to other texts later, but let's spend some time looking at this one first.

Here's the text - what do we learn from it?

2 Devote yourselves to prayer, being watchful and thankful. 3 And pray for us, too, that God may open a door for our message, so that we may proclaim the mystery of Christ, for which I am in chains. 4 Pray that I may proclaim it clearly, as I should. 5 Be wise in the way you act toward outsiders; make the most of every opportunity. 6 Let your conversation be always full of grace, seasoned with salt, so that you may know how to answer everyone.

Proper emphasis on this

Devote yourselves to prayer, being watchful and thankful.

in our personal walk, will, by default, promote this:

Let your conversation be always full of grace, seasoned with salt, so that you may know how to answer everyone.