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From your lips to my ears
Our mouth, our tongue speaks volumes, some speak more volumes than others, but it still speaks volumes.
Our lips, our tongue speak blessings and curses.
(Insert personal Illustration of both good and bad use of tongue) The wise, the prudent learn to control their tongue so as to bring glory to God, but now the question, but how?
Pro18 has lots of words to the fool and to the wise regarding that old tongue, today we will take a glimpse at some of the things we can find as we continue our series “Proverbs of Wisdom for Today’s World.”
I. Deep Water
So where do these deep waters come from that this fountain is fed from?
From your innermost being, from your heart.
So what we have in our heart matters for what is in the heart is going to come out the mouth via the tongue.
Understanding leads to wisdom; wisdom draws out the deep water, where is the deep water?
It is in the heart
Understanding is a fountain that is powered by wisdom.
Our lips will speak what is in our heart.
What we allow into our heart matters.
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A Fools Words
From the heart
Every human interaction offers you the chance to make things better or to make things worse.
Barbara Brown Taylor standing is a fountain of life; wisdom is the application of understanding
(Slide) Have you ever had anyone say words to you that infuriate you? - as mentioned before words can build up, can encourage, can edify, but they can divide and bring division too.
Spoken words, written words can have the same effect on people.
Bring strife
UndSo
Words can bring destruction not only to others but even to yourself and your very soul.
Better yet, look at what Matthew has to say
(Slide) Confess and be confessed, do not confess, deny and you will be denied (expand on this)
Words may sound good, but does that make them true?
Still they enter in and can enter the heart so again, be careful what you allow in.
Check things out to see if they are true but you just accept them as true.
(Insert Illustration)
What does it mean to believe?
Do we need anything more?
What about confession, repentance, baptism, obedience?
While Jn3:16 is true, it need to be expanded on shouldn’t it?
James says
(Illustration) - Bill collector ----- to a soul collector!
The man who does not listen is the fool, and it is a folly and a shame to him.
We need to listen more than speak, then speak words of wisdom, words of truth to people, but first we need to know where people are coming from.
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Words: It’s a matter of life and death
The wise man brings word’s of life to people for we know
This world was brought into existence by words
Gen1:
(Slide) So how can our tongue bring life to men?
(Slide) Bring the words of Jesus - - - expand on each of these
(Slide) Bring words of encouragement
(Slide) Bring words of correction
Why are words important today?
(Slide) Let’s all turn to Jam3:1-12
(Slide) it brings judgment (v.1)
(Slide) it causes people to stumble (v.2)
(Slide) can direct the whole body by what it says (v.3)
(Slide) It is small, powerful (v.5)
(Slide) can set things a blaze, set a fire (v.5-6)
(Slide) blessings and curses come from it (vv.9-10)
So, what comes out of your fountain?
(re-read vv.11-12)
Remeber where we started today, or close to it?
Lead to invitation!
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