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Lesson #1 - What's Wrong With My Mouth?
Series: Taming The TongueLesson #1 – What’s Wrong With My Mouth?
- Is it impossible to tame the tongue? – cf. Js.3:8
Does James chapter three give you the idea that this is a hopeless undertaking?
Is there no use in trying?
Can you witness about how God has helped you tame your tongue?
The reason a dog has so many friends is that he wags his tail more than his tongue!
2. Which of these sins of the tongue gives you the most grief?
Anger
Abusive Speech
Arrogance
Backbiting
Belittling
Boasting
Blasphemy
Bragging
Complaining
Crooked Speech
Cursing
Deceit
Evil Speaking
False Teaching
Filthy Speech
Flattery
Flippancy
Flirting (sexual)
Gossip
Grumbling
Harsh Criticism
Idle Words
Innuendo
Jesting (foolish)
Lying
Obscenity
Profanity
Quarreling
Reviling
Slander
Swearing
Tale-bearing
Unkind Words
Vulgarity
Whispering
3. What word pictures does James use to describe the bad tongue? – cf. Js.3:5f
a forest fire … a world of iniquity … a restless evil … deadly poison … bitter water
Have you tasted the damage of a tongue out of control on a first-handed basis?
Can our tongues destroy our marriages?
Has your tongue ever put you in a really hurtful situation?
4. What is the source of our tongue problems? – cf. Mt.12:34 and Lk.6:45
the mouth speaks from that which fills the heart
“For good or ill, your conversation is your advertisement. Every time you open it, you let men look into your mind.” / Bruce Barton
As Christians, does our speech betray us?
The way you talk gives you away / Mt.26:73
5. Does our culture hurt or help?
Is your home a place where wholesome speech abides?
What about your workplace?
What about our “playgrounds” – the golf course…the ball fields…gym…etc?
6. Are we accountable for the words we speak? – cf. Mt.12:36-37
Every careless word that men shall speak, they shall render account in the day of judgment.
For by your words you shall be justified, and by your words you shall be condemned.
Does God hold us accountable?
Do we ask others to help in holding us accountable?
How should we monitor our tongue?
