Tag Archive for: Tongue

Godless Chatter

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Avoid godless chatter, because those who indulge in it will become more and more ungodly. (2 Timothy 2:16)

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A big red flag comes up in my mind when I see this word.  In fact, today I was thinking about this verse while I watched someone read a tabloid magazine next to me on the plane.  I wasn’t necessarily thinking that I needed to avoid her or people that read magazines.  In fact, I found out she has served our country in the military for 10 years.  Her husband just returned from Iraq not too long ago.  What reminded me of the verse was how often people get caught up in the godless chatter of this world.  The person next to me was reading stuff that was most likely stretched far from the truth or even if it was true; was it anybody’s right to read about another person’s life in a gossip magazine?

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Tame the Titanic

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When we put bits into the mouths of horses to make them obey us, we can turn the whole animal. Or take ships as an example. Although they are so large and are driven by strong winds, they are steered 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 boasts.  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 person, sets the whole course of his life on fire, and is itself set on fire by hell.  All kinds of animals, birds, reptiles and creatures of the sea are being tamed and have been tamed by man, but no man can tame the tongue. It is a restless evil, full of deadly poison. (James 3:3-8)

Wow!  The tongue carries a lot of power in it.  I’m sure many of you have experienced it’s power, whether you have been built up by it or destroyed by it.  The Truth we are facing is how well are we controlling our tongues.   Read more

Wisdom in Few Words

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When words are many, sin is not absent, but he who holds his tongue is wise. (Proverbs 10:19)

First of all, I have to admit that I’ve read this verse many times before and never been struck so deeply by the meaning of it in my own life!  Words!  We all use them, but there are definitely times we would like to give ownership of some of them to another.  The ones that sneak out at times we act unaware, times when our tongue is slippery and sharp.  It cuts quickly and smooth.

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