James 3:3-12 (MSG)
3 A bit in the mouth of a horse controls the whole horse.
4 A small rudder on a huge ship in the hands of a skilled captain sets a course in the face of the strongest winds.
5 A word out of your mouth may seem of no account, but it can accomplish nearly anything—or destroy it! It only takes a spark, remember, to set off a forest fire.
6 A careless or wrongly placed word out of your mouth can do that. By our speech we can ruin the world, turn harmony to chaos, throw mud on a reputation, send the whole world up in smoke and go up in smoke with it, smoke right from the pit of hell.
7 This is scary: You can tame a tiger,
8 but you can't tame a tongue—it's never been done. The tongue runs wild, a wanton killer.
9 With our tongues we bless God our Father; with the same tongues we curse the very men and women he made in his image.
10 Curses and blessings out of the same mouth! My friends, this can't go on.
11 A spring doesn't gush fresh water one day and brackish the next, does it?
12 Apple trees don't bear strawberries, do they? Raspberry bushes don't bear apples, do they? You're not going to dip into a polluted mud hole and get a cup of clear, cool water, are you?
(THE DANGER OF HAVING DYNAMITE IN YOUR DENTURES)
THE GOAL OF THIS MESSAGE
IS TO MAKE US THE BLOOD BOUGHT SONS AND DAUGHTERS OF GOD
AWARE OF THAT THE WORDS THAT COMES OUT OF OUR MOUTH HAS THE POWER TO DAMAGE LIVES
OR EVEN DETERMINE LIFE IT`S SELF
BECAUSE WHEN YOU GO TO
Proverbs 18:21 (GW)
21 The tongue has the power of life and death, and those who love to talk will have to eat their own words.
EVEN THOUGH MANY OF US DOSE`NT REALIZE IT
BUT THERES AN INCREDIBLE FORCE BEHIND THE WORDS WE USE
BECAUSE IN ONE BREATH
WE CAN EITHER BUILD PEOPLE UP OR TEAR THEM DOWN
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YOU SEE A STORY WAS TOLD ABOUT (ALFERD NOBEL)
HOW HE CREATED DYNAMITE WITH THE HOPES THAT IT WOULD BE USED FOR CLEARING LARGE ROCKS AND OTHER OBSTACLES
IN A FEW SHORT YEARS
HIS INVENTION BECAME A TOOL THAT THE MILITARY USED TO DESTROY PEOPLE
AND JUST LIKE ALFERD NOBLES INVENTED DYNAMITE TO HELP PEOPLE
GOD PUT A TONGUE IN EACH OF OUR MOUTH TO ENCOURAGE ONE ANOTHER
BUT WE LIVE IN A DAY AND TIME WHERE MANY OR USING IT TO DESTROY ONE ANOTHER
NOTICE -NOTICE -NOTICE
WHAT JAMES REVEALS TO US IN THE TEXT ABOUT THE TONGUE
HE SAYS THE TONGUE IS A FIRE
IN OTHER WORDS IT`S A TOOL THAT THE DEVIL USES TO IGNITE PROBLEMS
THAT WILL GIVE YOU A BAD CASE OF DYNAMITE IN YOUR DENTURES
BECAUSE IF THE TRUTH BE TOLD
ONE WORD WRONGLY SAID
HAS BEEN THE CAUSE OF FAMILY FUEDS
AND BROKEN FRIENDSHIPS
BUT IT`S IMPORTANT TO UNDERSTAND
THAT GOD BLESS US WITH A TONGUE TO EDIFY AND ENCOURAGE ONE ANOTHER
IN OTHER WORDS GOD WANTS US IN THE CONSTRUCTION BUSSINESS
AND NOT THE DESTRUCTION BUSSINESS
IN THE TEXT BEFORE US
JAMES COMPARES THE DAMAGE THE TONGUE CAN DO WITH A RAGING FIRE
YOU SEE A FIRE THAT IS CONTROL AND USED WELL
CAN COOK A MEAL THAT WILL PLEASE YOUR STOMACH
BUT A FIRE THAT IS OUT OF CONTROL CAN BURN A WHOLE HOUSE DOWN
THATS WHY AS BELIEVERS IN THE ARMY OF THE LORD
WE MUST CONTROL OUR MOUTH
OR YOUR MOUTH WILL CONTROL YOU
AND YOU WILL FIND YOURSELF WITH A BAD CASE OF DYNAMITE IN YOUR DENTURES
NOTICE --NOTICE--NOTICE --
NOT ONLY DOES HE COMPARES THE TONGUE WITH A RAGING FIRE
BUT HE ALSO COMPARES THE TONGUE
TO A BIT IN A HORSE MOUTH
AND A TINY RUDDER ON A HUGE SHIP AT SEA
AND THE BIT AND RUDDER BOTH DETERMINES
THE DIRECTION OF THE HORSE AND THE SHIP
ALL I`M TRYING TO TELL YOU IF YOU THINK NEGATIVE
YOU WILL TALK NEGATIVE
AND THAT`S A SIGN THAT YOU HAVE A BAD CASE OF DYNAMITE IN YOUR DENTURES
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WELL NOT ONLY DOES JAMES TELLS US
THAT THE TONGUE IS LKE A RAGING FIRE
AND THE BIT AND RUDDER CONTROLS THE DIRECTION OF THE HORSE AND SHIP
BUT AS I PREPARE TO GO TO MY SEAT
JAMES REMINDS US THAT THERES SOME WORDS
WE NEED TO REMOVE FROM OUR MENTAL ROLODEX
IN OTHER WORDS
HE REMINDS US HOW CAN SWEET WATER AND BITTER WATER COME OUT OF THE SAME FOUNTIAN
BECAUSE WHAT`S IN WELL OF YOUR HEART
WILL COME OUT THE BUCKET OF YOUR MOUTH
BUT NOT ONLY DOES HE GIVES US A SWEET WATER AND BITTER WATER ILLUSTRATION
BUT HE ALSO GIVES US A FIG TREE ILLUSTRATION
BECAUSE NEITHER THE SPRING WATER NOR THE FIG TREE
CAN PRODUCE TWO KINDS OF WATER
OR TWO TYPES OF FRUIT AT THE SAME TIME
.AND ALL I`M TRYING TO TELL YOU THIS MORNING /EVENING
IS THAT WHAT COMES OUT OF OUR MOUTH CARRIES GREAT POWER
CAN I TELL YOU WHAT I`M TALKING ABOUT
COLD WORDS FREEZE PEOPLE
WARM WORDS LOOSE PEOPLE
HOT WORDS SCORCH PEOPLE
COOL WORDS CALMS PEOPLE
BITTER WORDS BITES PEOPLE
KIND WORDS SOOTHE PEOPLE
POSITIVE WORDS BRINGS POSITIVE RESULTS
WHILE NEGATIVE WORDS BRINGS NEGATIVES RESULTS
AND JUST IN CASE THERES SOMEONE UNDER THE SOUND OF MY WEAK VOICE
AND YOU GOT A BAD CASE OF DYNAMITE IN YOUR DENTURES
A BAD CASE OF LOOSE LIPS
WHICH SINKS BIG SHIPS
OR A BAD CASE OF DIARRHEA IN YOUR GUMS
AND YOU JUST THINK THAT YOU GOT TO TALK ABOUT PEOPLE
MY RECOMMENDATION TO YOU THIS MORNING/EVENING
IS TO TALK ABOUT JESUS
TELL SOMEBODY HOW HE
STEP OUT OF OF ETERNITY INTO TIME
GOT ON HEAVENS ELEVATOR
CAME DOWN THRU 42 GENERATIONS
AND BOTTOM FLOOR WAS A VIRGIN NAME MARY
BORN IN BETHELEM
REARED IN NAZERETH
BAPTIZED IN THE JORDAN
TEMPTED IN THE WILDERNESS
BETRAYED BY ONE OF HIS OWN
LEAD UP A MOUNTIAN CALL CALVARY
NAIL TO AND OLD RUGGED CROSS
DIED --FOR YOUR SINS AND MINE
PLACE IN A BORROWED TOMB
OH BUT EARLY
E-A-R-L-Y SUNDAY MORNING
HE GOT UP -WITH ALL POWER IN HIS HANDS
