Are You Tongue Tied ?

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Are You Tongue Tied ?
James 31-12

• Controlling the Tongue

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I. Power of the Tongue

• Teachers can misuse
• If we control tongue
• Then we control body
• Horse bits
• Ship - rudder

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II. Need to Tie the Tongue

• Tongue is a fire
• Destructive
• Tongue is a Poison
• Gossip Slander
• Untamable tongue

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1 Pet. 310

• For he that will love life, and see good days,
  let him refrain his tongue from evil, and his
  lips that they speak no guile
• Refrain to restrain a thing or a person from
  something. - Thayer

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III. Correct Incorrect use

• The Correct use
• Bless God
• Pray
• If the Lord Wills
• Sing

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III. Correct Incorrect use

• The Incorrect use
• Lying
• Profanity
• Gossip talebearer
• Murmuring
• Unjust criticism

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III. Correct Incorrect use

• The Incorrect use
• Flattery
• Evil Speaking
• Whisperers
• Backbiting
• Boasting

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III. Correct Incorrect use

• The Incorrect use
• Deceit
• Reviling
• Foolish Talking
• Jesting
• Filthy Speech

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Eph. 429-32

• No corrupt communication
• That which is good
• All bad speech put away
• Be kind to one another

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Ps. 1914

• Let the words of my mouth, and the meditation of
  my heart, be acceptable in thy sight, O LORD, my
  strength, and my redeemer.

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Five Things to Observe
Control the Tongue

• 1. To whom you speak
• 2. Of whom you speak
• 3. How you speak
• 4. When you speak
• 5. Where you speak

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• Jas. 119 Wherefore, my beloved brethren, let
  every man be swift to hear, slow to speak, slow
  to wrath
• Matt. 1237 For by thy words thou shalt be
  justified, and by thy words thou shalt be
  condemned.

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Are You Tongue Tied ?
James 31-12

• Are you Controlling Your Tongue?