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\f0\b\fs40 \cf0 James - Part 6\
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\f1\i\fs26 \cf0 The Power of Your Words\
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\f0\b \cf3 James 3:1 ESV
\f1\b0  Not many of you should become teachers, my brothers, for you know that we who teach will be judged with greater strictness.\
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\f0\b \cf3 James 3:2 ESV
\f1\b0  For we all stumble in many ways. And if anyone does not stumble in what he says, he is a perfect man, able also to bridle his whole body.\
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\f0\b \cf3 Psalm 141:3 ESV
\f1\b0  Set a guard, O LORD, over my mouth; keep watch over the door of my lips!\cf0 \
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\f0\b \cf3 Proverbs 21:23 ESV
\f1\b0  Whoever keeps his mouth and his tongue keeps himself out of trouble.\
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\f0\b \cf0 The POTENTIAL:\
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\fs34 \cf0 #1. My tongue DETERMINES the COURSE of my LIFE.\
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\fs30 \cf0 A. The tongue as a BIT \'96 DIRECTS my moments.\
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\fs26 \cf3 James 3:3 ESV
\f1\b0  If we put bits into the mouths of horses so that they obey us, we guide their whole bodies as well.\cf0 \
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- A SHORT word can DETERMINE a DAY of my life.
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\f0\b \cf3 Proverbs 15:1 ESV
\f1\b0  A soft answer turns away wrath, but a harsh word stirs up anger.\cf0 \
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\f0\b \cf0 - A STUPID word can DESTROY a DAY in my life.
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\f0\b \cf3 Proverbs 12:18 ESV
\f1\b0  There is one whose rash words are like sword thrusts, but the tongue of the wise brings healing.\cf0 \
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\f0\b \cf5 Matthew 5:22 ESV 
\f1\b0 I say to you that everyone who is angry with his brother will be liable to judgment; whoever insults his brother will be liable to the council; and whoever says, \'91You fool!\'92 will be liable to the hell of fire.\
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\f0\b\fs30 \cf0 B. The Tongue is a RUDDER \'96 DETERMINES my future.\
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\fs26 \cf3 James 3:4 ESV
\f1\b0  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. \
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\f0\b \cf3 1 Peter 3:10 ESV 
\f1\b0 For \'93Whoever desires to love life and see good days, let him keep his tongue from evil and his lips from speaking deceit;\
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\f0\b\fs32 \cf0 WORDS change WORLDS.\
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\f0\b \cf3 Ephesians 4:29 ESV
\f1\b0  Let no corrupting talk come out of your mouths, but only such as is good for building up, as fits the occasion, that it may give grace to those who hear.\
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\f0\b \cf5 Matthew 12:36\'9637 ESV 
\f1\b0 I tell you, on the day of judgment people will give account for every careless word they speak, 37 for by your words you will be justified, and by your words you will be condemned.\'94\
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\f0\b \cf0 The PROBLEM:
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\f0\b\fs34 \cf0 #2. My tongue can DESTROY the CHRONICLE of my LIFE\
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\f0\b \cf3 James 3:5b\'966a ESV
\f1\b0  How great a forest is set ablaze by such a small fire! 6 The tongue is set among our members\'85 \
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\f0\b \cf6 A. My SPEECH creates a SYSTEM for my life.\
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\f0\b \cf3 James 3:6b ESV
\f1\b0  \'85staining the whole body, setting on fire the entire course of life, and set on fire by hell.\
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\f0\b \cf0 The PRESCRIPTION:\
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\fs34 \cf0 #3. My tongue needs the DIRECTION of CHRIST.\
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\fs26 \cf3 James 3:7 ESV 
\f1\b0 For every kind of beast and bird, of reptile and sea creature, can be tamed and has been tamed by mankind\
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\f0\b \cf3 James 3:8 ESV
\f1\b0  but no human being can tame the tongue. It is a restless evil, full of deadly poison.\cf0 \
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\f0\b\fs32 \cf0 My tongue is the THERMOMETER of my HEART. \
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\fs26 \cf5 Matthew 12:34 ESV
\f1\b0  You brood of vipers! How can you speak good, when you are evil? For out of the abundance of the heart the mouth speaks.\
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\f0\b \cf3 James 3:11\'9612 ESV
\f1\b0  Does a spring pour forth from the same opening both fresh and salt water? 12 Can a fig tree, my brothers, bear olives, or a grapevine produce figs? Neither can a salt pond yield fresh water.\
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\f0\b \cf5 Matthew 12:33 ESV
\f1\b0  \'93Either make the tree good and its fruit good, or make the tree bad and its fruit bad, for the tree is known by its fruit.\
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\f0\b \cf0 Sermon in a Sentence:\
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\fs32 \cf0 CONTROL your tongue because your tongue will CONTROL you; \
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