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THE WAY WE TALK TELLS WHO WE ARE

With the tongue we praise our Lord and Father, and with it we curse human beings James 3:9 TODA Tuesda!, "eptember #$, %&&9 James 3:#'#% (e)* Arthur J* "choon)e+d

,t-s sad but true* "ome .hristians do e/act+! what James sa!s: the! praise their Lord and Father in church on "unda!, and then the ne/t da!, at home or on the 0ob or on the road, the! curse peop+e* "omething goes wrong, and in an unguarded moment the! +et +oose* "omeone in a hurr! cuts in 1ront o1 them on the highwa!, or someone ma2es a mista2e, and some .hristians use +anguage that dishonors the Lord* James sa!s it shou+d not be that wa!*

James notes that a spring does not !ie+d both 1resh and sa+t! water, and a 1ig tree cannot bear o+i)es, or a grape)ine bear 1igs* "imi+ar+! it is not 1itting 1or a person who is connected with .hrist through 1aith to use his or her tongue to curse others* The wa! we ta+2 te++s who we are* ,1 we ha)e tru+! praised 3od in our worship, we ma! not possib+! use our tongues to curse others* We ha)e to +earn to contro+ our tongues 4 not b! our wi++power or in our own strength* ,t ta2es the power o1 the 5o+! "pirit* As we get read! to begin each new da!, we shou+d as2 the 5o+! "pirit to guard our tongues* 6ach one o1 us shou+d +earn to pra! the pra!er o1 7sa+m #8#:3: 9"et a guard o)er m! mouth, Lord: 2eep watch o)er the door o1 m! +ips*;

7ra!er: Father in hea)en, he+p us to use the gi1t o1 speech to praise our name* 5o+! "pirit, empower us to use our tongues on+! in praise and honor o1 ou* ,n Jesus name, Amen*

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