Psalm 31:10 says,, “…my strength fails because of my iniquity, and my bones waste away.” Proverbs 17:22 says, “…a broken spirit dries the bones.” Proverbs 18:14 says, “…who can bear a broken spirit?”

Psalm 37:8 says, “Cease from anger, and forsake wrath; do not fret—it only causes harm.” Buried anger: precursor to a heart attack. Fretting dries up the synovial fluid in our joints, creating bone on bone.

Isaiah 53:4-5 says that Jesus bore our griefs (sicknesses), sorrows (pains), bruised and crushed for our iniquities, and by His stripes (whipped with metal pieces that cut deep into His flesh), “…and by His stripes we are healed.”

James 3:2 says that if we do not stumble in word, we are able to bridle our whole body. What words are you speaking over yourself? Verse 10 says, “Out of the same mouth proceed blessing and cursing. My brethren, these things ought not to be so.”

Let’s make Psalm 141:3 our daily prayer. It says, “Set a guard, O Lord, over my mouth; keep watch over the door of my lips.”