Have you ever had people around you who try their best to make you mad? They will say or do things just to get "under your skin". How do you react? Do you call them up and tell them off? Do you try to do things behind their back to get back at them?

There is a great verse in Proverbs that encourages us.

Proverbs 17:27: "He who restrains his words has knowledge, and he who has a cool spirit is a man of understanding."

We have to realize that the evil one is using people (yes, even church people) to test you. They will say and do things just to upset you or to make you mad. I have come to learn that my God is bigger than any person who trys to throw a test my way. Let them talk - I have always heard that if they are talking about me they are giving you a rest.

God says "he who restrains his words has knowledge" you have found something in God that causes you to understand how He wants you to walk and react.

Watch yourself today. Restrain your words and have a "cool spirit" about yourself today.

Prayer: "God, many people try to cause me to stumble with what they say and do. Please help me today to keep my mouth shut when I am tempted to fire back. Help me to have a cool spirit that would be pleasing to you."