The Blessing and the Curse of the Tongue
Part 3
Pastor Mike Bates May 12, 2024
Psalm 141:3
• We need to pray to God daily and ask Him to

our mouths.
• We need to keep

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over what we say. Think before you

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.
Proverbs 17:9
• When people hurt us we need to be

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and not hold people’s wrongdoing against them.
• When we forgive we need to not

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up that issue ever again.
• We need to keep our friend’s private matters to

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, which is being loving.
1 Peter 4:8–11
• We need to be

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with our words and our actions.
• Love covers a multitude of

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. Love should

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_in our lives.
• Be

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with your words and actions.
• We should be about serving

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not ourselves.
• Speak to people like your speaking the very

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of God.
1 Thessalonians 5:11
Hebrews 3:13
•

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one another.
• Encourage your brothers and sisters

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.
o Share

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verses.
o Encourage them in their

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gifts.
o

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for God’s will in their lives.
o Share encouraging

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.
o Don’t bible

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them.
o Share

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experiences about how God helped you through a similar situation.
•

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others up and don’t tear them down.
• Don’t

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encouraging someone until tomorrow if God is asking you to do it today.
1 Thessalonians 5:14–18
• We need to encourage each other especially when we are feeling

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and

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.
• Be

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with one another just as God is patient with us.
•

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those who are weak spiritually and physically.
• Don’t repay evil for evil but look to do

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even to those who are not good to you.
• Be more

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with your words to God and to others.
Ephesians 4:32
• We need to be

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with our words.
• We need to be

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towards each other.
• We need to be

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towards each other just as Jesus forgave us.
Hebrews 10:23–25
• Let’s

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one another to love and good deeds.
• Stimulate to

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someone to change their behavior or attitude.
• We need to be thinking of ways to encourage our brothers and sisters to do good deeds like

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in the church or helping a brother or sister in Christ out.
• We need to encourage people to be more loving by

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love ourselves.
• We need to encourage each other to be more

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with our church attendance.
Encouragement:
1. Remember to ask God to help you to have control over what you say and write. Ask Him to put a guard over your mouth.
2. Ask God to help you to be a forgiving person.
3. Let’s be loving and encouraging with our words towards each other.
4. Look for ways to encourage and stimulate your brothers and sisters towards love and good deeds.