Welcome to Windber PA's First Assembly of God's The Sermon The Power of the Tongue - Speak Life by David McGee Page

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The scriptures below are from the WEB Bible.

James 3:2-12
2) For in many things we all stumble. If anyone doesn‘t stumble in word, the same is a perfect man, able to bridle the whole body also.
3) Indeed, we put bits into the horses‘ mouths so that they may obey us, and we turn about their whole body.
4) Behold, the ships also, though they are so big and are driven by fierce winds, are yet turned about by a very small rudder, wherever the pilot desires.
5) So the tongue is also a little member, and boasts great things. Behold, how much wood is kindled by how small a fire!
6) And the tongue is a fire. The world of iniquity among our members is the tongue, which defiles the whole body, and sets on fire the course of nature, and is set on fire by Gehenna.
7) For every kind of animal, bird, creeping thing, and thing in the sea, is tamed, and has been tamed by mankind.
8) But nobody can tame the tongue. It is a restless evil, full of deadly poison.
9) With it we bless our God and Father, and with it we curse men, who are made in the image of God.
10) Out of the same mouth comes forth blessing and cursing. My brothers, these things ought not to be so.
11) Does a spring send forth from the same opening fresh and bitter water?
12) Can a fig tree, my brothers, yield olives, or a vine figs? Thus no spring yields both salt water and fresh water.


Luke 6:43-45
43) For there is no good tree that brings forth rotten fruit; nor again a rotten tree that brings forth good fruit.
44) For each tree is known by its own fruit. For people don‘t gather figs from thorns, nor do they gather grapes from a bramble bush.
45) The good man out of the good treasure of his heart brings forth that which is good, and the evil man out of the evil treasure of his heart brings forth that which is evil, for out of the abundance of the heart, his mouth speaks.


Ephesians 4:29
29) Let no corrupt speech proceed out of your mouth, but such as is good for building up as the need may be, that it may give grace to those who hear.


James 3:13-18
13) Who is wise and understanding among you? Let him show his deeds done in gentleness of wisdom by his good life.
14) But if you have bitter jealousy and selfish ambition in your heart, don‘t boast and don‘t lie against the truth.
15) This wisdom is not that which comes down from above, but is earthly, sensual, and demonic.
16) For where jealousy and selfish ambition are, there is confusion and every evil deed.
17) But the wisdom that is from above is first pure, then peaceful, gentle, reasonable, full of mercy and good fruits, without partiality, and without hypocrisy.
18) Now the fruit of righteousness is sown in peace by those who make peace.


Proverbs 18:21
21) Death and life are in the power of the tongue; Those who love it will eat its fruit.

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