Yesterday was a blessed day at Fairview. Our church family came in great numbers with lots of energy! Visitors were everywhere which is always great! Everywhere I looked I saw crowds of young college students and young adults! I saw senior adults encouraging others and welcoming people! Our Holy Grounds crew was slammed serving up that coffee on such a cold morning! Just an amazing sight when you take a step back and just look and take in all that God is doing! The service started with our student pastor Hux baptizing 4 students! That gave me goosebumps and tears! Seeing students take their next step in discipleship is overwhelming in a good way!! And then my husband brought a powerful word on a powerful muscle, the tongue. James 3 speaks volumes about our tongue, the good, the bad and the ugly!
The way we talk not only says so much about our spiritual maturity but if we have problems controlling our tongue, we probably have problems in other areas of our life requiring discipline. And as we heard, the tongue takes the heat for what we say, but it's really a heart matter. It reveals our true condition.
The tongue also can speak life to people who are hurting. When we don't use it to spread gossip, tell lies, or slander it can be used for much good to encourage others and refresh others! According to scripture it's impossible to love and praise God and hate and curse our brother!
I love my husband's personal words of being hurt by words and his own conviction. Keeping it real helps others to see that we all struggle and we can all be hurt greatly by the words of others!
I'm loving this walk through James. What a powerful, relevant word to all of us! Let's all take careful note of our words this week. Not only what we say but how we say it and the words we write as well. Invite someone next week, James gets better every week. Don't let that neighbor or coworker, that teammate or classmate miss out!! Invite them, or better yet, bring them with you!!
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