The Incredible Power Of Your Words | Faith Full, Part 7
July 24, 2022 / Crosstown Alliance ChurchFaith Full, Part 7 – “The Incredible Power of Your Words”
James 3:1-12
Not many of you should become teachers, my brothers, for you know that we who teach will be judged with greater strictness. 2 For we all stumble in many ways. And if anyone does not stumble in what he says, he is a perfect man, able also to bridle his whole body. 3 If we put bits into the mouths of horses so that they obey us, we guide their whole bodies as well. 4 Look at the ships also: though they are so large and are driven by strong winds, they are guided by a very small rudder wherever the will of the pilot directs. 5 So also the tongue is a small member, yet it boasts of great things. How great a forest is set ablaze by such a small fire! 6 And the tongue is a fire, a world of unrighteousness. The tongue is set among our members, staining the whole body, setting on fire the entire course of life, and set on fire by hell. 7 For every kind of beast and bird, of reptile and sea creature, can be tamed and has been tamed by mankind, 8 but no human being can tame the tongue. It is a restless evil, full of deadly poison. 9 With it we bless our Lord and Father, and with it we curse people who are made in the likeness of God. 10 From the same mouth come blessing and cursing. My brothers, these things ought not to be so. 11 Does a spring pour forth from the same opening both fresh and salt water? 12 Can a fig tree, my brothers, bear olives, or a grapevine produce figs? Neither can a salt pond yield fresh water.
Does your knowledge of Jesus impact how you speak to others?
The Power of Your Words
– Encourage
– Empower
– Strengthen
– Convict
– Scar
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Sticks and stones may break my bones but…
Proverbs 18:21
and l are in the ,
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James 3:3-5
If we put into the so that they obey us, we their whole bodies as well. 4 Look at the also: though they are so large and are driven by strong winds, they are by a very wherever the will of the pilot directs. 5 So also the tongue is a , yet it boasts of . How great a forest is set ablaze by such a !
James 3:5
And the tongue is a fire, a world of unrighteousness. The tongue is set among our members, staining the whole body, , and set on fire by hell.
Before you say something or send something you’ll regret…
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James 3:9-12
With it we bless our Lord and Father, and with it we curse people who are made in the likeness of God. 10 From the come and . My brothers, these things ought not to be so. 11 Does a spring pour forth from the same opening both and water? 12 Can a fig tree, my brothers, bear olives, or a grapevine produce figs? Neither can a salt pond yield fresh water.
We all have a speech problem!
The reason is because our .
Matthew 12:34-36
For the mouth speaks. 35 The out of his good treasure brings forth good, and the out of his evil treasure brings forth evil. 36 I tell you, on the day of judgment people will ,
Our words are merely of a .
Romans 10:9-10
if you confess with your that Jesus is Lord and believe in your that God raised him from the dead, you will be saved. 10 For with the one believes and is justified, and with the one confesses and is saved.
Don’t just watch your mouth…
Ezekiel 36:26-27
And I will give you a , and a I will put within you. And I will remove the from your flesh and give you a . 27 And I will put , and and be careful to obey my rules.
God has been so radically generous ,
Imagine if we were radically generous …
Is what’s coming out of my mouth from God’s heart?
Colossians 4:6
Let your speech always be , so that you may know how you ought to answer each person.
Ephesians 4:29
Let no corrupting talk come out of your mouths, but only such as is good , as fits the occasion, that it may give grace to those who hear.
Proverbs 16:24
Gracious words are like a honeycomb,
and .