James #6: Speak Your Mind   

James #6: Speak Your Mind   
Pastor Blake Hanson | James 3:1-12 | 7.14.24

 How does my faith work when I want to speak my mind? 

James 1:19 (NIV)

19 My dear brothers and sisters, take note of this: Everyone should be quick to listen, slow to speak and slow to become angry,

Your tongue wants to you. 

James 3:1–2 (NIV)

1 Not many of you should become teachers, my fellow believers, because you know that we who teach will be judged more strictly.

2 We all stumble in many ways. Anyone who is never at fault in what they say is perfect, able to keep their whole body in check.

Matthew 12:36 (NIV)

36 But I tell you that everyone will have to give account on the day of judgment for every empty word they have spoken.

Your tongue wants to wild. 

James 3:3 (NIV)

3 When we put bits into the mouths of horses to make them obey us, we can turn the whole animal.

Your tongue wants to you.

James 3:4 (NIV)

4 Or take ships as an example. Although they are so large and are driven by strong winds, they are steered by a very small rudder wherever the pilot wants to go.

Proverbs 18:21 (NIV)

21 The tongue has the power of life and death, and those who love it will eat its fruit.

Your tongue wants to go earth. 

James 3:5–6 (NIV)

5 Likewise, the tongue is a small part of the body, but it makes great boasts. Consider what a great forest is set on fire by a small spark. 

6 The tongue also is a fire, a world of evil among the parts of the body. It corrupts the whole body, sets the whole course of one’s life on fire, and is itself set on fire by hell.

Only the Spirit of God can your tongue. 

James 3:7–12 (NIV)

7 All kinds of animals, birds, reptiles and sea creatures are being tamed and have been tamed by mankind, 

8 but no human being can tame the tongue. It is a restless evil, full of deadly poison. 

9 With the tongue we praise our Lord and Father, and with it we curse human beings, who have been made in God’s likeness. 

10 Out of the same mouth come praise and cursing. My brothers and sisters, this should not be. 

11 Can both fresh water and salt water flow from the same spring? 

12 My brothers and sisters, can a fig tree bear olives, or a grapevine bear figs? Neither can a salt spring produce fresh water.

Two Keys to Taming Your Tongue

1. Ask God to your words.  

Psalm 141:3 (NIV)

3 Set a guard over my mouth, Lord; keep watch over the door of my lips.

2. Judge your . 

Matthew 12:34–35 (NIV)

34 For the mouth speaks what the heart is full of. 

35 A good man brings good things out of the good stored up in him, and an evil man brings evil things out of the evil stored up in him.

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