Perspective week 4
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Perspective: a particular attitude toward or way of regarding something; a point of view.
Week one - we dealt with “From here to there”
Week two - we dealt with the “light”
I was so amazed to see how the trainers at Sea World trained the Orcas
My point of view / My perspective is that they were in control
They were able to tame them…
The good person out of the good treasure of his heart produces good, and the evil person out of his evil treasure produces evil, for out of the abundance of the heart his mouth speaks.
A submitted heart to God Vs. A submitted heart to Self
Self is a mixing pot called Perspective.....
Things I desire
Life experiences
Self inflected experiences
If we put bits into the mouths of horses so that they obey us, we guide their whole bodies as well. 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. So also the tongue is a small member, yet it boasts of great things.
How great a forest is set ablaze by such a small fire!
“So also the tongue is a small member, yet it boasts of great things.”
“How great a forest is set ablaze by such a small fire!
And the tongue is a fire, a world of unrighteousness. The tongue is set among our members, staining the whole body, setting on fire the entire course of life, and set on fire by hell.
James said the tongue is a fire.... An uncontrolled tongue!
A world of unrighteousness
“The tongue is set among our members, staining the whole body.” -
When the tongue is controlled by the heart submitted to self…
The tongue is uncontrolled and produces stains!
Staining - to blemish ⇔ stain v. — To mar or impair with a flaw (as ritual impurity); conceived of as marking or discoloring with foreign matter.
(Example)
We don’t understand… Stained people Stain people
Setting on fire the entire course of life…
Course of life - course of existence n. — the various manners of acting and paths of life that constitute human existence; uncertain.
You ain’t never going to be nothing…
You’re not going to make it!
Without me! You’re nothing…
You’re stupid!
You’re never going to be just like your daddy!
You’re going to be just like your mama
You Can’t
You’re Ugly
You’re Fat
You’re Black
Derogatory words - Being called out of your name…
Maya Angelou
Maya Angelou
“Words are things, I’m convinced… Someday we’ll be able to measure the power of words. I think they are things. I think they get on the walls, they get in your wallpaper, they get in your rugs, in your upholstery, in your clothes. And, finally, into you.”
A misused tongue may affect the cycle of life from birth onward!
“Set on fire by hell”
This describes Satan’s influence on the tongue
For every kind of beast and bird, of reptile and sea creature, can be tamed and has been tamed by mankind, but no human being can tame the tongue. It is a restless evil, full of deadly poison.
Perception....
You can’t tame their tongue.....
No matter how hard I try!
I can’t control what they say.
and James is right.... No human can tame the tongue…
With it we bless our Lord and Father, and with it we curse people who are made in the likeness of God.
to curse (invoke harm) v. — to invoke divine harm or evil upon someone or something.
From the same mouth come blessing and cursing. My brothers, these things ought not to be so.
This is why perception has to change.
Through my own human strength… I can’t tame my tongue
But you will receive power when the Holy Spirit has come upon you, and you will be my witnesses in Jerusalem and in all Judea and Samaria, and to the end of the earth.”
power n. — possession of controlling influence; often understood as manifesting influence over reality in a supernatural manner.
Submit yourselves therefore to God. Resist the devil, and he will flee from you.
I have to have a heart that is submitted to supernatural power thats in me…
A submitted heart changes what comes out of my mouth....
My perspective has changed!
Death and life are in the power of the tongue,
and those who love it will eat its fruits.
(Example)
A submitted heart produces a stainless life.....
We have power to change the course of someones life!