Hung by the Lips speaks to the detriments of an unruly tongue in the life of a Christian. Because the tongue is the instrument God uses to activate and articulate the Gospel and his will to the body of Christ, it is essential to our prayer lives and spiritual growth. If we desire after the things of God, we will give strict attention to how we engage our tongues in conversation and communication that are contrary to our Christian professions. As Proverbs 18:21 points out, the tongue has the power to bless and curse, to be positive and negative, and to speak life and death. To safeguard our prayers and our spiritual growth, we are admonished in Psalm 34:13 to "Keep thy tongue from evil, and thy lips from speaking guile."