The truth is everyone of your words matter, they influence someone either negatively or positively. How many times have you heard someone say, “I wish I would never have said that!” Our text in James today addresses the issue of the uncontrolled words of the tongue. We see this dilemma of words
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Contributed by Clark Tanner on Feb 13, 2009
King David gave us a great 4pt sermon in his Psalm of repentance (51)
He pleaded, “Be gracious to me, O God, according to Thy lovingkindness; According to the greatness of my Thy compassion blot out my transgression.”
He confessed, “Against Thee, Thee only, I have sinned, and done what is evil
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Contributed by Ed Vasicek on Apr 27, 2009
THREE PHASES TO AN ENJOYABLE LIFE
When I was a boy, I would watch the space launches on TV. The rockets were in three phases. As it got so high, the lowest section of the rocket would drop off. Then the second section would drop off until only the capsule would remain. It took all three sections
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Contributed by Rhonda Feurtado on Jun 23, 2009
A pastor tells the story of visiting a refugee camp at Eglin air force base in the 1970s just after the Vietnam war where he found hundreds of refugees huddled under tents. Some were learning English, some were filling out government forms, some being taught to cook. Children were playing games. In
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Contributed by Ted Harvey on Jul 31, 2009
WRITE IT DOWN
Ma and Pa were sitting on the porch swing. Ma asked Pa to go down to the drug store and buy her an ice cream sundae with chocolate syrup. And she told him to write it down because he wouldn’t remember it. He told her he would not write it down; he didn’t need to write it down; he
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Contributed by Donnie Martin on Aug 24, 2009
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SOLZHENITSYN: MEN HAVE FORGOTTEN GOD
In his 1983 acceptance speech for the Templeton Prize for Progress in Religion, Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn recalled the words he heard as a child, when his elders sought to explain the ruinous upheavals in Russia: "Men have forgotten God; that’s why all this has
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Contributed by Jorge Acevedo on Feb 23, 2010
"SHE BELIEVED IN ME"
Several weeks ago, an American Idol contestant said something like this before facing the judges, "I'm doing this for my best friend who died 4 years ago." They showed pictures of her and her friend laughing and doing things together. Then, crying she said, 'She was the only
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Contributed by Bill Butsko on Mar 12, 2010
“Is This the Right Road Home?
Is this the right road home, O Lord?
The clouds are dark and still,
The stony path is hard to tread,
Each step brings some fresh ill.
I thought the way would brighter grow,
And that the sun with warmth would glow,
And joyous songs from free hearts flow.
Is this the
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Contributed by Clark Tanner on Mar 23, 2010
EVANGELISTIC CASTING
We're not told that every fish in the sea swam to the net. We're not told that a certain number of fish were caught in the net. We're told that Jesus first indicated His awareness that they had caught nothing, then gave a command that they cast their net on the right side of
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Contributed by Derrick Tuper on May 8, 2010
An old, rich man with a cranky, miserable attitude visited a rabbi who lived a simple life. The rabbi had an idea on how to get through to him about his negative attitude. He took him over to a window and asked him what he saw. “I see men and women and a few children.” Then the rabbi took him to a
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Contributed by John Fallahee on Jun 23, 2010
NEWTON'S LAST BREATH
Many of you know the story of John Newton and the song he penned "Amazing Grace." You know of his conversion to Christ and how he left the slave trade. He went on to pastor for 40 years. What you may not know that even at 82 years of age, he never ceased to marvel at the grace
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Contributed by Larry Wilson on Jul 8, 2010
NOT "IF"
Wiersbe tells of a counselor who was trying to help a man who had come forward during an evangelistic meeting. "I’m a Christian," the man said, "but there’s sin in my life, and I need help." The counselor showed him 1 John 1:9 and suggested that the man confess his sins to God.
"O
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Contributed by Davon Huss on Dec 27, 2010
ENJOYING EACH DAY
When Tamer Lee Owens celebrated her 104th birthday, she credited "laughter, the Lord, and the little things" for keeping her going. She still finds enjoyment each day in talking with people, taking a walk, and reading the Bible as she has done since childhood. "I don’t know how
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Contributed by Gordon Curley on May 15, 2011
THE CIRCUMFERENCE OF YOUR WORLD
The Scottish novelist, poet, essayist and travel writer Robert Louis Stevenson had not enjoyed a single day of good health in 14 years. One day, when he had been forced to set aside his writing because of violent coughing and wracking, his wife said to him, "I
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Contributed by Dan Boyce on Aug 23, 2011
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THE BALANCED LIFE IS A MYTH
Some social commentators have suggested that the answer to the divided life is a balanced life. Although they have some valuable things to say, I find that the balanced life is finally a myth; it can't be done. In a balanced life, I try to stay in control of my life and
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JOHNNY'S ONE-TRACK MIND
I'm like the little boy who was asked by his teacher, "Johnny what is your favorite animal?"
He said, "Fried chicken!" Being a PETA supporter, she sent him to the principal's office.
The next day she asked him, "Johnny, what it your favorite living animal?"
He said,
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Contributed by Ken Pell on Dec 25, 2011
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KEEPING CHRIST IN A CRADLE
The World prefers to keep Jesus in a cradle where He is innocent and powerless. the dare not allow Him to be Lord and God much less our suffering servant.
In the movie Talladega Nights: The Ballad of Ricky Bobby (a movie I could not watch in its entirety and has no
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Nazarene
Contributed by Curry Pikkaart on May 15, 2012
CROSSING THE LINE
A business training exercise shows how people from different cultures look at the same task in different ways. A leader draws an imaginary line on the floor, and puts one person on each side. The purpose is to get one person to convince the other, without force, to cross the
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