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 To be human means messing up in one way or another. 

And those failures impact our relationship with God and other people.That’s why forgiveness is an essential and part of the Christian daily walk. Jesus did not come to create perfect people, He came to restore broken people.

I Was Given The Opportunity To Preach At Kids Camp at my Church Christ FellowShip Church Of Dawsonville, GA. It was a great Honor, To Speak On The Power Of The Tongue.The tongue has been a powerful weapon from the being of time, look at the book of Genesis in Chapter 4 when Cain murders Abel. That is his “Own brother.” Cain lies to God about killing his brother! Another example is when, Moses’ mom was dishonest in Exodus Ch. 2 about the new rules about newborn baby boys being born. But if you look at it in a God prospective Moses found the Ten Commandments! If you look and read the Bible there has been lying from the being of time. The heavily father does not cause us to use our tongue this way, it comes from the devil! He is the father of all lies! The tongue can get you into major trouble! Don’t listen to the lies of the devil stand up and say, devil you can’t have my soul I belong to Jesus! Look at Judas when he betrayed Jesus, he felt guilt when he took the silver, in a way, he lied on Jesus and lied to Jesus! You can turn to Matt 26:14 for more of the story.  Another Good example is Peter claiming he didn’t know Who Jesus was! He said this three times!  Three times of denial of Christ? How could you do that? The tongue can either send you two places, and it’s your. decision. Here’s your options, Hell is where people go when they choose the wrong road in life, and they turn away from God or never turned to God in Life. Many people choose this road in life. Or you can choose Heaven and spend the rest of your kingdom life with Jesus, family & friends. You can use your tongue for kingdom work or use your tongue for the wrong work.“The truthful lip shall be established forever, but a lying tongue is but for a moment.”-Proverbs 12:19 Honesty shall always be the key answer. Jesus wants that and we must trust and obey what he wants! The danger of the tongue can of tongue can either put you in two places, it’s your choice!We make our choices in life, where do you want to spend eternity Heaven or Hell?  We must make the right choices! It’s either the narrow path to Paradise! Or the wide path the gates of hades!We must be honest no matter what!  Trust in the savior no matter the consequences.Your tongue is poison- it can bring death or life when you speak! James 3:6 -The tongue also is a fire, a world of evil among the parts of the body. It corrupts the whole body, sets the whole course of one’s life on fire, and is itself set on fire by hell.Ephesians 4:29 Do not let any unwholesome talk come out of your mouths, but only what is helpful for building others up according to their needs, that it may benefit those who listen.Proverbs 12:18 -The words of the reckless pierce like swords,but the tongue of the wise brings healing.

How do we control our tongue?

1.  “If you don't have anything nice to say, don't say anything at all.”

2.  If you can't think of anything positive to say, then just smile politely, nod, and change the subject.

How to discipline a Wild Tongue

3.  Take ten- Pause for 10 seconds before you speak to give yourself time to think about whether what you are going to say is a good idea. If it still seems like a good idea to speak after these 10 seconds, then go ahead.

4.  Consider your consequences- Take a moment to think about the effect your words. What could do on the other person and on the situation.5.  Think it, don’t say it- Everyone, at one time or another, has thought something negative or mean to say about someone or in some situation. It’s normal. You can think whatever you want, problems only start once the thoughts become words that will hurt other people. Control your tongue by thinking what you want but saying only what is appropriate.

6.  Apologize publicly if needed- In situations where your words affect several people or are made known to a lot of people, you may need to offer a public apology. Not only does this make amends to the people your words hurt, it also helps tame your wild tongue by humbling you. One of the ways that the Bible talks about the tongue, or the words that we speak, is by warning us about the sins of the tongue. Two of the Ten Commandments speak specifically about sins committed with the tongue: using the Lord’s name in vain and bearing false witness against someone else (Exodus 20:7, 16.) Also, Jesus Himself warned us about the dangers of using our tongue rashly. Other sins of the tongue include boasting, licentious language, being critical, double-tongued, explosive uncontrolled angry words, hateful speech, or purposefully using obscure words to hide on a significant issue. In Closing I close with this verse But no man can tame the tongue. It is an unruly evil, full of deadly poison. -James 3:8