BUILT DIFFERENT – BUILT TO SPEAK LIFE

BUILT DIFFERENT – BUILT TO SPEAK LIFE

 Indeed, we all make many mistakes. For if we could control our tongues, we would be perfect and could also control ourselves in every other way.

James 3:2

GUIDING TRUTH: problems are rarely mouth problems—they’re problems.

WORDS MATTER BECAUSE.

• They can build or it.
• They can relationships or them.
• They can bring or leave .

We can make a large horse go wherever we want by means of a small bit in its mouth. And a small rudder makes a huge ship turn wherever the pilot chooses to go, even though the winds are strong.

James 3:3-4

WHAT WE KNOW ABOUT OUR WORDS

1. Small words big .

In the same way, the tongue is a small thing that makes grand speeches….

James 3:5

in life, is often by something .

         2. Words direction before the .

In the same way, the tongue is a small thing that makes grand speeches. But a tiny spark can set a great forest on fire.

James 3:5

Gentle words are a tree of life; a deceitful tongue crushes the spirit.

Proverbs 15:4

If you want to know what’s shaping your life, to your .

         3. speech exposes faith.

Sometimes it praises our Lord and Father, and sometimes it curses those who have been made in the image of God. And so blessing and cursing come pouring out of the same mouth. Surely, my brothers and sisters, this is not right!

James 3:9-10

TRUTH TO HOLD ONTO: Mature speech isn’t , it makes .

James isn’t shocked that believers , he is concerned when inconsistency becomes .

         4. You can’t life with a source.

Does a spring of water bubble out with both fresh water and bitter water? Does a fig tree produce olives, or a grapevine produce figs? No, and you can’t draw fresh water from a salty spring.

James 3:11-12

The always determines the .

The battle for your tongue always begins by letting God what’s in you.

A good person produces good things from the treasury of a good heart, and an evil person produces evil things from the treasury of an evil heart. What you say flows from what is in your heart.

Luke 6:45

And I will give you a new heart, and I will put a new spirit in you. I will take out your stony, stubborn heart and give you a tender, responsive heart.

Ezekiel 36:26

         5. A shaky world needs people who when the pressure is on.

The tongue can bring death or life; those who love to talk will reap the consequences.

Proverbs 18:21

Let your conversation be always full of grace, seasoned with salt, so that you may know how to answer everyone.

Colossians 4:6

CLOSING CHALLENGE: Are you currently or with your words?