Taming the Tongue
Week 4
Patrick Conrad
Part of The Book of James

November 23/24, 2019
Patrick Conrad, Lead Pastor

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James 3:1-12 (NLT) “Controlling / Taming the Tongue”

HOW CAN WE TAME OUR TONGUES?

Surrender

Reveal Answer

Matthew 12:33 & 35; 36-37 (NLT)
33 “A tree is identified by its fruit. If a tree is good, its fruit will be good. If a tree is bad, its fruit will be bad…
35 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.
36“And I tell you this, you must give an account on judgment day for every idle word you speak. 37 The words you say will either acquit you or condemn you.”

“A closed mouth gathers no foot.” Mark Twain


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Speaking
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IS IT…

True?
Helpful?
Inspiring?
Necessary?
Kind?

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Speaking
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James 3:9, “Sometimes it praises our Lord and Father, and sometimes it curses those who have been made in the image of God.”

If we don’t start speaking words of life by

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, we will default to speaking words of Death based on the
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.