KEEP IT SHUT
The Book
Updated and expanded – Coming November 4th! Now with an all-important bonus chapter on how we talk to ourselves as well as a 10-day devotional on watching our words that unpacks a different Greek or Hebrew word each day, exploring the original meaning.
Got words? Oh yeah, you do! The average women speaks over 20,000 a day—not to mention the ones she types online. Karen Ehman—a woman whose words have often landed her in a heap of trouble— shares from experience the how’s (and how-not-to’s) of dealing with the tongue in her new book Keep It Shut . Using biblical examples, as well as Karen’s own personal (and sometimes painful!) stories, Keep It Shut will equip you to know what to say, how best to say it, and when you’d better just keep your lips zipped!
With over 300,000 copies sold, this book will teach you:
- The difference between gossip and properly processing with a trusted friend
- A helpful grid for using our digital tongues as we talk online or on social media
- How to pause before you pounce, attacking the problem but not the person
- How to avoid saying something permanently painful just because you are temporarily ticked off
- What the Bible teaches about making our speech laced with grace, as sweet as honey, and yet seasoned with salt
The Bible Study DVD
The DVD contains six teaching sessions (and an optional seventh bonus session) from Karen. The Bible study guide contains six lessons based on the DVD teachings. Both are suitable for group or individual use.
Session Titles:
1. Sparks, Squabbles Spats, and Such: Our Words Matter
2. On Filling Gaps and Zipping Lips: Listen to Others, Talk to God
3. Opinion-Slinging and Salty Speech: Assessing Our Digital Tongues
4. Gossip, Flattery, and People-Pleasing: How to Speak the Truth in Love
5. Pause Before You Pounce: On Cultivating Soft Speech
6. As Sweet as Honey: Wonderful Ways to Use Our Words
The study guide below contains a bonus session filled with fun ideas for wrapping up your group study.
Keep It Shut – Bible Study Guide
The Keep It Shut paperback book can be used with the study guide and DVD if you want to go deeper into the topics of the Keep It Shut Bible Study. The book is optional as everything you need for your Bible study is included in the DVD and study guide.
What People Are Saying About Keep It Shut
“Words are the most powerful weapons we have. They can be a sharp sword or a soothing salve, both having the ability to change someone’s path in an instant. I wish every one of my social media followers would read this book along with me.”
“Keep It Shut offers hope for all of us who struggle with controlling our tongues. Karen’s honest and compassionate advice teaches us how to weigh our words and think before we speak. I’ve put Karen’s wise
suggestions to the test and am already noticing an improvement: less talking, better listening!
Helpful, practical, biblical..”
“Our words have the power to build up or to destroy. It’s no wonder that the Bible compares the tongue to both forest fires and swords. Karen Ehman’s book offers solid biblical counsel for those who want their words to be vessels of grace and healing.”
“What a wonderfully relevant and significant book! Karen has packed this book with timeless, life-changing wisdom. Every woman needs to buy this book and read it at least once a year! Highly recommend!”
“I have believed in Karen’s potential since she was a teenager. I have seen the Lord turn her weaknesses into strengths for the benefit of others, including how she uses her words. This book is so needed!.”
“In typical Karen fashion, she does an excellent job of weaving great Bible content with authentic personal stories, her down-home humor and grace, and thought-provoking, reflective questions. Keep It Shut has my highest recommendation!”
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