Tag: mouth
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Listening More, Speaking Less: Embracing God’s Design for Our Ears and Mouth
Scripture: James 1:19-20 (NIV) – “My dear brothers and sisters, take note of this: Everyone should be quick to listen, slow to speak and slow to become angry because human anger does not produce the righteousness that God desires.” When a parent welcomes their first child into the world, they embark on an incredible journey…
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Hooked, Caught and Captured
James 3:3-12 (ESV) 3 If we put bits into the mouths of horses so that they obey us, we guide their whole bodies as well. 4 Look at the ships also: though they are so large and are driven by strong winds, they are guided by a very small rudder wherever the will of the pilot directs. 5 So also the tongue is…
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The Bad-mouther
Proverbs 6:12-19 (ESV) 12 A worthless person, a wicked man, goes about with crooked speech, 13 winks with his eyes, signals[a] with his feet, points with his finger, 14 with perverted heart devises evil, continually sowing discord; 15 therefore calamity will come upon him suddenly; in a moment he will be broken beyond healing. 16…
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You Aren’t From Around Here Are You?
Ephesians 4:29 ESV Let no corrupting talk come out of your mouths, but only such as is good for building up, as fits the occasion, that it may give grace to those who hear. I was watching a show on Amazon Video the other day that was filmed in a small town in Kentucky. In the series,…
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