MESSAGE TITLE: Renew U | Renewed Tongue
SPEAKER: Rich Clay
SCRIPTURE: James 3
1. The tongue has the power to
Genesis 1:3 (NIV)
And God said, “Let there be light,” and there was light.
Mark 11:23 (NIV)
“Truly I tell you, if anyone says to this mountain, ‘Go, throw yourself into the sea,’ and does not doubt in their heart but believes that what they say will happen, it will be done for them.
2. The tongue has the power to
1 Peter 3:10 (NIV)
For, “Whoever would love life and see good days must keep their tongue from evil and their lips from deceitful speech.
3. The tongue has the power to
Proverbs 21:23 (NIV)
Those who guard their mouths and their tongues keep themselves from calamity.
4. The tongue has the power of
Proverbs 18:21 (NIV)
The tongue has the power of life and death, and those who love it will eat its fruit.
5. The tongue has the power to make you
Proverbs 17:28 (NIV)
Even fools are thought wise if they keep silent and discerning if they hold their tongues.
6. The tongue has the power to
the spirit
Proverbs 15:4 (NIV)
The soothing tongue is a tree of life, but a perverse tongue crushes the spirit.
7. The tongue has the power to
Proverbs 17:9 (NIV)
Whoever would foster love covers over an offense, but whoever repeats the matter separates close friends.
8. The tongue has the power to
Matthew 15:11 (Passion)
What truly contaminates a person is not what he puts into his mouth but what comes out of his mouth. That’s what makes people defiled.”
9. The tongue has the power to
James 3:3-5 (Message)
A bit in the mouth of a horse controls the whole horse. A small rudder on a huge ship in the hands of a skilled captain sets a course in the face of the strongest winds. A word out of your mouth may seem of no account, but it can accomplish nearly anything—or destroy it!
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