FAITH: Comes by Hearing the Word of God
Romans 3:13–15: “Their throat is an open tomb; With their tongues they have practiced deceit” “The poison of asps is under their lips”; “Whose mouth is full of cursing and bitterness.” “Their feet are swift to shed blood.”
FAITH: Comes by Studying the Word of God
Your tongue is far more dangerous than any diamondback rattlesnake. You have a tongue that you can use to ruin the reputation of someone else. I think today the most vicious thing in some of our churches is the gossip that is carried on. Do you know who they are? They are the so–called spiritual crowd. I call them the spiritual snobs, because that’s what they are. With their tongues they use deceit, and “poison is under their lips.” Oh, how vicious the human tongue is! How terrible it can be. 1
FAITH: Comes by Obeying the Word of God
No man can tame the tongue. It is an unruly evil, full of deadly poison. With it we bless our God and Father, and with it we curse men, who have been made in the similitude of God. James 3:8-9
Jesus, thank You for helping me to understand a very terrible problem in the church. You said: “Out of the abundance of the heart, the mouth speaks.” The only thing that can tame a tongue, is a changed heart. Please purify my heart everyday, that my words will always be seasoned with Your grace.
FAITH: Comes by Experiencing the Transforming Work of God
A transformed heart will transform a tameless tongue.
FAITH: Comes by Praying with the Word of God
Now the fruit of righteousness is sown in peace by those who make peace. James 3:18
Dear Father, please teach me how to sow Your Word peaceably into the lives of others…in Jesus Name. Amen.
1. McGee. Thru the Bible.
