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A Big Little Problem Series
Contributed by Sheldon Boyd on Nov 28, 2017 (message contributor)
Summary: This is part of a series I did on topics my congregation requested. Several of these messages are two parts.
4. Here is a little poem I found that reflects what I am talking about here.
Wouldn’t this old world be better
If folks we meet would say
I know something good about you!
And treat you that way.
Wouldn’t it be fine and dandy,
If each handclasp warm and true
Carried with it this assurance,
I know something good about you.
Wouldn’t life be lots more happy,
If the good that’s in us all,
Were the only thing about us,
That folks bothered to recall.
Wouldn’t life be lots more happy,
If we praised the good we see.
For there’s lots of goodness,
In the worst of you and me.
Wouldn’t it be nice to practice,
That fine art of thinking too.
You know something good about me,
I know something good about you.
LIFE APPLICATION
A. Well guess what? That was just my first of three points so unless you would like to stay and have dinner we will need to conclude our look at taming the tongue next week.
1. I wanted to start off today with the positive because as we have seen from reading these verses there are some negative effects the tongue can have on us as well and we will look at those next week but we will not leave things there. Next week I will also share with you the ways that we can bring our tongues under control so that its damaging effects can be weakened or eliminated.
B. I want to leave you today with one more thought about the tongue. We have seen its positive power to instruct and to direct, but the bible also tells us that the tongue has the power to reflect. Listen to what Jesus said in Luke 6:45 NLT A good person produces good deeds from a good heart, and an evil person produces evil deeds from an evil heart. Whatever is in your heart determines what you say. Someone has said that “The mouth is the billboard of the heart”.
1. I have to confess but I am sure it is something you already know. I am far too negative of a person. I tend to be far more pessimistic than I am optimistic. Now I can give you reasons why I feel I am this way but I will tell you this, they are only reasons but they are not excuses. I believe I can change with God’s help and with the help of those who are a part of my church body because this is part of what we are together for. To help each other grow and become all that God wants us to be.
2. Think about this with me as we close. On a scale of 1-10 where would you rate yourself in the positive use of your tongue? Secondly what can you begin to do right away to move up the scale? Who can you ask to help you and keep you accountable and moving in the right direction for more than a week or to but for a lifetime? You might need to ask someone this week to help you.
