Sunday Worship

Well, good morning and welcome. Glad to see you always am.

I want you to think about that and always remember it.

So it's crucial pad kid poured curd pulled Cod. Sure, according to MIT researchers. This is the most difficult tongue twister in the American language virtually impossible to receipt at to recite quickly in 10 consecutive ways. So you could spend the rest of the lesson just proving me wrong or right, but I kind of wish you wouldn't

Are our mouths has the capability to do some pretty wonderful things, but it has some sincere and obvious restriction as well. I mean there are many days that go by that. I don't say me and my big mouth. What Was I Thinkin Sandy we'll just give me this incredulous look Like did you just hear yourself? And I'll deny it every time. But that's because the tongue is a difficult thing to master and I can say that with confidence because nobody's ever been able to nobody is ever been able to our our tongue is very much like a trunk on an elephant. It is rap with eight muscles that work independently of your skeleton only muscle in your body that does that And it is filled with disease. Awful, you don't want me to tell you. But here I go. Anyway, I mean it is your mouth is gross in one drop of saliva. There's over a million potentially harmful bacteria in one drop. only our lower intestines and urinary tract have more bacteria than our mouths have

Now and studying for this lesson. I was talking to my youngest granddaughter who I was just told got a boyfriend.

And that's not the worst of it. The boy is the preacher's kid where they go. And I know how that can work out. If so, I spent a great deal of time telling them about how nasty boys mouths are. This whole idea of kissing only put forget covid-19.

She promised that she would you promise that she heard me but I know she didn't I know she didn't the trained texture of our tongues is as specific as is our fingerprints.

And in the reality of our life is that God knew exactly how difficult it would be for us to make the right choice and the choice is simply this when you open your mouth, will you curse or will you bless? It really is that simple? When you open your mouth when I open my mouth, I have a fundamental choice. Am I going to curse or am I going to blast? Now the writer of the Hebrew letter a tux a lot about this subject, but all direct our attention just to up a chapter 3. I noticed with me verses 3 through 6, you're there with me Matthew rather Hebrews 3 through 6.

Is your mouth can do anything? person who can bless

I absolutely know. It's James. What do you think? Do you think I'm new at this? James chapter 3336 it wasn't looking familiar, but I was going to go with it. Anyway, when we put bit into the mouths of horses to make them. Obey has weakened turn the whole animal. or take ships As an example, although they are so large and are driven by strong winds. They are scared by a very small Rudder wherever the pilot wants to go likewise. The tongue is a small part of the body, but it makes great both consider. What a great Forest is set on fire by a small spark. The tongue also is a fire a world of evil among the parts of the body. It corrupts the whole body.

Set the whole course of one's life. on fire And it itself set on fire by.

by Hill by hell so it's it's not difficult then for us to believe that it's true that very often are Tums work independent of our mind, but the true or thing is this our tongues betray our heart

There is a direct connection between what you say and the condition of your heart. That connection is the only reason why James could speak as he does. It is in fact deadly. The song has been 141 versus 3 said set a guard. Oh Lord over my mouth. Keep watch over the door of my lips. Matthew 12 and 37 by your own words, you will be justified and by your words you will be condemned.

The Book of James is like the Book of Proverbs in the Old Testament. It really is when you read through it you find these the sentences of life-changing truth. I so poetic are they that the Book of James is pretty easy to commit to our memories because each phrase is just so absolutely true that none of us possibly could deny it. In Proverbs chapter 18 verse 21, it says life and death. Are in the power of the tongue? life and death are in the power of the tongue and I mean think of it like this how many wars? Could have been stopped if they've been stopped at the talking stage. No, they mean I mean every war that is ever occurred began as a war of words. Beginning of war of words, what would have happened if somebody had taken just a moment of introspection and said what is my choice? Cursing or blessing? What is my choice? How many millions of life would have been changed? Is that it happened?

The Oxford English Dictionary says there are 170,000 English words. 170000 English words and yet that the Guardian newspaper indicates that the average speaker only uses 12000. There are a hundred.

And 70000 but we only use about 12,000. now that might be all right because I don't know that we use those 12,000 all that well. But it wasn't for Jeff. It wouldn't be a bad thing to have more options. I remember when my daughter-in-law Elizabeth first came from Brazil and was learning English. I remember she would say the most cutting

inappropriate things and she's the sweetest thing that ever lived she is so precious, but she could just absolutely tear you apart with what she said. And so finally in my wisdom. When I decided it was my turn to criticize rather than to bless. I sat her down. I said honey. You should not talk that way. Why did you say that? and she said

Dad she said you have hundreds of words. For every one word, I know.

You have hundreds of choices, but I only know one for that. And so immediately I began to realize that hers was not the tongue problem mine was. As usual as usual. We don't use anywhere near the vocabulary that is available to us which again and it let me just say this by way of.

The movies you watch on TV. Is it if do people use that word really that much maybe I don't get out enough. Maybe I don't get I didn't you know, the one I'm talking about it is it is difficult to watch a movie where that isn't said like hello, you know the word I don't need to tell you the work you know the word. I guess I just I guess I'm just not with it. I'm not woke like I should be.

But it seems that the unlimited vocabulary we seem to have that we could expand it a little bit at least when it comes to that Genesis chapter 12. I want you to notice the blessing that God give Abraham Genesis chapter 12 verses 1 through 3 notice this choice. I got a choice I can curse, or I can bless would listen to what God in Genesis chapter 12 verse 1. The Lord had said to Abram go from your country your people your father's household to the land. I will show you and I'll make you into a great nation and I will bless you. I'll make your name great and you'll be a blessing. I'll bless those who bless you and whoever curses you I will curse and all peoples on Earth will be blessed through you. All Peoples on Earth will be blessed through you and God is as good as his word because we read of Abraham while he's lying on his deathbed in Genesis 24 and verse one that Abraham was blessed in every way. He was blessed in every way. As you break down this blessing. It's a beautiful thing. God says into the years of Abraham. I'm going to make you a great nation. I will bless you. I'll make your name great and you shall be a blessing to others and I'll bless even those who bless you and I'll protect you because I'll curse those. Who curse you.

and in all of the families of the Earth They will be blessed directly Abraham. Because of you what a marvelous thing. But a marvelous things one of those moments in your life when somebody says something to you that made you feel so good about yourself. You're not me and you you took that as a treasure and you put that in your heart and when you're messed up and when you send you thought yourself will at least that time I didn't mess up at least that time. Somebody saw me as being a good person as somebody who was trying.

You're going to hear a lot of junk today. Going to hear a lot of throughout this day. You're going to hear a lot of junk you won't be able to go to the restaurant with her out hearing State people say things that absolutely are of no benefit to you whatsoever. You're going to hear a lot that you were going to wish you could forget and that's going to happen in just 24 hours. But not with the next words I say. Not with the next words I say this is a longer reading that I normally do instruments because our attention span is difficult. It is a difficult thing, but I wish you would listen. The Celtic Saints when they went into battle during the Crusades a particular General within those ain't had his shield and on the shield. He had the following words printed so that that Shield went before him into every battle he ever went into and as I begin to read you this blessing, I want you to realize how good it is for you to hear and how for you to apply to yourself is absolutely appropriate and import. I want you to think about these words because of all the Crud, you're going to hear this isn't one of it. Listen on the shield. He said this. I bind unto myself today the strong virtue of the invocation of the Trinity. I believe the Trinity is the unity the creator of the universe. I bind it to myself today the virtue of the Incarnation of Christ and his baptism. The virtue of his crucifixion with his burial the virtue of his resurrection with his Ascension the virtue of his coming on the Judgment Day I bind these things to myself today the virtue of the love of the surfin in The Obedience of Angels in the hope of the Resurrection in prayers of the Patriarchs and predictions of the prophets in the preaching of the Apostles in faith of the confessors in purity. Indeed's of righteous man. I bind to myself today the very power of Heaven the brightness of the Moon the Splendor of fire the flashing of light in the swiftness of the wind the depth of the sea the stability of the Earth the compactness of rocks I bind to myself today God's power to guide me. Smyth's of holding God's wisdom to teach me God's eye to Watch Over Me. God to ear to hear me God's word to give me speech that's handed guide me God's way to lie before me God Shield of shelter me God's hose to secure me against the snares the demon. I guess it's the directions of Isis against the lust of nature against everyone who mediates injury upon me. Whether near or far weather few or with many I invoked today all of his virtues against hostile merciless enemies. Which made it feel my body and my soul against the incantations of false prophets against the black lives of heathens against the false laws of heresy against the receipts of idolatry against this spot of the Spells of the Wizards against every knowledge that binds to the soul of man Christ could text me today.

against every poison against burning against drowning against a death wound that I may receive abundance reward Christ with me Christ before me Christ behind me Christ Within Me Christ beneath me Christ above me Christ at my right Christ is my left Christ in the fort Christ in The Chariot seat Christ in the poop deck Christ in the heart of anyone who thinks of me Christ in the mouth of everyone who speaks of me Christ in every eye that sees me Christ and every year did hears me I bind to myself today. The strong virtue of the invocation of the Trinity, I believe in God the creator of the universe and I bind this on me today.

I don't know how his junk you're going to hear this week, but that wasn't one of them. That wasn't one of them. How would your life change if you took two or three minutes to have this as your Violin prayer every single morning when you wake up. It's exactly two and a half pages one line.

What how would your life change? If you lived every day beginning with the invocation of Truth. Because you see we all make choices when we open our math the choice to curse or the choice to bless and beyond that. We also make choices as to who we listen to and folks. There are people in your life right now. You would do better if you didn't listen to him. right Do you have anybody in your life as you think back objectively and you say to yourself? I really shouldn't listen to that. I really shouldn't listen to that. We can curse or we can bless or we can criticize I do a lot of that. I do a lot of Samuel tell you. I just pretty Taipei about a lot of stuff and I and that it is to my it is to my shame that it does that I can be that way because it really criticism is your choice and and too often I choose to do that. And that's something that this mouth is trying to is trying to work on that because it hurt me and it's hurt others.

But let me tell you something about what you say to me.

Very often people don't need anybody else.

to criticize them we want to do it, don't we? And we say it's for their own good, right? But very often people don't need a curse from you and I'll tell you why. Because the curse they say to themselves is far worse than anything you could say to that. That very person that you decide to sit straight that one who you decide to cut down that person that you decide to put in their place has done it to themselves bad day already. And they've been harder on themselves than anything you say. So the question that we have is when we open our mouths. Are we going to bless or are we going to curse?

But the good news is Jesus you see. Jesus is always been good news. On the cross. God made it possible for us to be released from Every curse. man-made by the demons who fly in the Flames of hell. Did the evil angels? That flitter above us reminding us of our sin. Through Christ. We have been redeemed Galatians chapter 3 verses 13 and 214 Christ has redeemed us from the curse to hear that Christ has redeemed us from the curse of the law. Having become a curse for us for it is written cursed is everyone who hangs on a tree that The Blessing of Abraham might come upon those and receive the promise of the spirit through faith through faith.

Remember that your tongue Direction because it's like a rudder. It lead you around by your nose, unless you choose to bless rather than curse unless you choose to override your tongue. And you may say I do that with my mind and I won't deny that but you also do that with your heart. When you have so trained your heart to be a kind voice in this world. That when you determine to say something you first way out the necessity of saying those worth and sometimes the greatest choice and the greatest decision we've made and this is coming from the guy who says every day. My Big Mouth That you can choose to bless. That's why God says we have to decide in every circumstance what we will say.

All kinds of animals birds reptiles sea creatures are being tamed and have been tamed dogs can be tamed. I'm not sure about cats. Not sure if you could tame a cat, but you can't train a tiger a lion until they don't want to. A to Z. Why do you know a lot of animals can be trained? I want saw a person a guy put his head in the mouth of a lion.

I think that's Risky Business. That's risky business. I think I can't imagine anything more foolish than that. So a lot of animals can be trained, but how do we train our tongue? How do we imprint Upon Our tongue saying the right thing? Lil James says we can't do it so you might as well give up right now you really can't you really can't do it? Not by might nor by power. But by my spirit says the Lord Almighty and Zechariah Chapter 4 Verse 6. The Jewish people and those that are off Orthodox and Hasidic to this day. pray, 18 benedictions upon themselves 5 times a day They pray 18 benedictions upon themselves 5 times a day. Now we look at it doesn't mean anything to other me saying that all of their life, but I'm telling you I think you could help. I wish I was in the habit of stopping five times a day. In doing such a thing. I think I'd be a better person if I did because Lord help me.

Me and my big mouth. Me and my big mouth.

James provides us with a lot of hope he tells us that the blessings in the cursing. Are relegated to a guy who knows our circumstance. And the god through Jesus upon a cross has given us called faith. By faith, we believe in by faith. We repent and by faith we can Fest. By faith, we are baptized by obedience and by faith. We rebuild the church after.

It Is by faith that this building becomes full again it is by faith And we've got a choice to make when we open our mouths. Will it be a curse or will it be a blessing and that will make all the difference? Let's dancing.