Series: Marks of a Mature Christian
Text: James 3:1-12
Lesson: Taming the Tongue
Ephesians 4:29 (KJV) 29Let no corrupt communication proceed out of your mouth, but that which is good to the use of edifying, that it may minister grace unto the hearers.
STATS:
• You have 30 conversations a day
• Spend 1/5 of your life talking
• 1 yr your conversation would fill an 800 page book…66 xs
• Men speak an average of 20,000 words a day
• Women speak an average of 30,000 words a day
The words that we say are so powerful...The book of James compares them to a small rudder controlling a large ship or a small jockey controlling a large horse by a small bit. The tongue displays where I am headed,it can destroy what I have and who I am. It speaks what is in ones heart. Those words affect those around us. They can destroy or build. They bring change ,or, they can bring pain. They can show love or display hate. They can uplift or tear down. one question: WHAT ARE YOU TALKING ABOUT?
What a convicting subject!!! I hope you will be here this Sunday!!!
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