This week we started working through the book of Romans, but today I wanted to take a "day break" from Romans and talk about Controlling your Tongue.
A Few Fun Facts:
1-The tongue is the most powerful muscle in the body
2-The tongue never stops working! Even when you sleep its still pushing saliva down your throat
3- Every tongue has its own Tongue Print
Lets get started!
We are Representatives of God.We represent Him through our speech and conversations. I read that the average person speaks about 30,000 WORDS A DAY! Thats a LOT of representation time! We have the "job" of showing people what God is like! Thats a big responsibility!
So we want the words that come out of our mouths to be kind, caring, loving, positive and we want them to build people up and not tear them down.
James 3:9
With the tongue we praise our Lord and Father, and with it we curse men, who have been made in God's likeness. Out of the same mouth comes praise and cursing. My brothers, this should not be.
God is the Creator of all things. He made us all in His image....when we put down, or bully other people.....we are putting down God. How would we treat God if he came over to our house for supper? That's how we need to treat all people.
James 1:26
If anyone considers himself religious and yet does not keep a tight rein on his tongue, he deceives himself and his religion is worthless.
James 3:5
The tongue is a small part of the body, but it makes great boasts. Consider what a great forest is set on fire by a small spark. The tongue also is a fire, a world of evil amont the parts of the body. it corrupts the whole person, sets the whole course of his life on fire, and is itself set on fire by hell.
We need to watch and control our tongues.
Here's a little rule to live by:
T-is it true?
H- is it helpful
I - is it inspiring?
N-is it necessary?
K-is it kind?
If the answer is No to any of these, then don't say it, because you might hurt someone's feelings....which hurts God.
Control that tongue :).
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