This Sunday

The Power of Words

The Power of Words

Robby Pollard, Lead Pastor

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All of your words they fall flat

I made something of myself and now you wanna come back

But your love isn’t free, it has to be earned

Back then I didn’t have anything you needed so I was worthless

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Piece by piece he filled the holes

That you burned in me at six years old

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Proverbs 18:21

²¹Death and life are in the power of the tongue,

and those who love it will eat its fruits.

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James 1:19

¹⁹Know this, my beloved brothers: let every person be quick to hear, slow to speak, slow to anger;

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James 1:26

²⁶If anyone thinks he is religious and does not bridle his tongue but deceives his heart, this person’s religion is worthless.

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James 2:12

¹²So speak and so act as those who are to be judged under the law of liberty.

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James 4:11

¹¹Do not speak evil against one another, brothers. The one who speaks against a brother or judges his brother, speaks evil against the law and judges the law. But if you judge the law, you are not a doer of the law but a judge.

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James 3:1

¹Not 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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Matthew 23:6-7

⁶and they love the place of honor at feasts and the best seats in the synagogues ⁷and greetings in the marketplaces and being called rabbi by others.

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James 3:1

¹Not 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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1 Corinthians 4:4-5

⁴For I am not aware of anything against myself, but I am not thereby acquitted. It is the Lord who judges me. ⁵Therefore do not pronounce judgment before the time, before the Lord comes, who will bring to light the things now hidden in darkness and will disclose the purposes of the heart. Then each one will receive his commendation from God.

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James 3:2

²For 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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James 3:3-4

³If we put bits into the mouths of horses so that they obey us, we guide their whole bodies as well. ⁴Look 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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James 3:5a

⁵So also the tongue is a small member, yet it boasts of great things.

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Words direct our lives.

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James 3:5-8

⁵So 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! ⁶And 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. ⁷For every kind of beast and bird, of reptile and sea creature, can be tamed and has been tamed by mankind, ⁸but no human being can tame the tongue. It is a restless evil, full of deadly poison.

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James 3:5-6

⁵So 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! ⁶And 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.

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James 3:6

⁶And 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.

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James 3:8

⁸but no human being can tame the tongue. It is a restless evil, full of deadly poison.

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Words destroy others.

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James 3:9-12

⁹With it we bless our Lord and Father, and with it we curse people who are made in the likeness of God. ¹⁰From the same mouth come blessing and cursing. My brothers, these things ought not to be so. ¹¹Does a spring pour forth from the same opening both fresh and salt water? ¹²Can a fig tree, my brothers, bear olives, or a grapevine produce figs? Neither can a salt pond yield fresh water.

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James 3:9

⁹With it we bless our Lord and Father, and with it we curse people who are made in the likeness of God.

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James 3:10

¹⁰From the same mouth come blessing and cursing. My brothers, these things ought not to be so.

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Luke 6:43-45

⁴³“For no good tree bears bad fruit, nor again does a bad tree bear good fruit, ⁴⁴for each tree is known by its own fruit. For figs are not gathered from thornbushes, nor are grapes picked from a bramble bush. ⁴⁵The 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.

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Words display our hearts.

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James 3:13

¹³Who is wise and understanding among you? By his good conduct let him show his works in the meekness of wisdom.

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Words direct our lives.

Words destroy others.

Words display our hearts.

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