Young Life Campaigners 11-21-02 PERSONAL APPLICATION: Think about times in your life where your tongue The Power of the Tongue has led you where “you didn’t want to go.” Pray to God about fixing your personal  What is worse – to be hurt by someone’s fists or hurt by someone’s words? struggles with “the tongue.” (Think about what has affected you more in life – what has made you cry, Young Life Campaigners 11-21-02 what has made you angry, etc.) The Power of the Tongue  What is worse – to be hurt by someone’s fists or hurt by someone’s words? James 3: 3-12 (Think about what has affected you more in life – what has made you cry, what has made you angry, etc.)  Do you understand what verses 3-4 are saying? James 3: 3-12  The tongue can take us ______

______. IT CONTROLS US!!  Do you understand what verses 3-4 are saying?  The tongue can take us ______ Verse 6 is a figurative way of saying the source of the tongue’s evil is the ______. ______. IT CONTROLS US!!

 Does verse 7 mean we should give up?  Verse 6 is a figurative way of saying the source of the tongue’s evil is the ______.  Verses 9-12 convict me. Do they convict you?  Does verse 7 mean we should give up? o The Bible is saying what comes out of our mouths actually flows from our hearts/what is inside.  Verses 9-12 convict me. Do they convict you? Do we believe this? What do you usually say after you say o o The Bible is saying what comes out of our mouths actually flows something hurtful/mean to someone? from our hearts/what is inside. TONGUE = WORDS = THOUGHTS o Do we believe this? What do you usually say after you say OTHER SCRIPTURE something hurtful/mean to someone? Proverbs 4:24 TONGUE = WORDS = THOUGHTS “Put away perversity from your mouth; keep corrupt talk far from your lips.” OTHER SCRIPTURE Ephesians 4: 29 Proverbs 4:24 “Do not let any unwholesome talk come out of your mouths, but only what is “Put away perversity from your mouth; keep corrupt talk far from your lips.” helpful for building others up according to their needs, that it may benefit those who listen.” Ephesians 4: 29  This sounds like a tall order – “any unwholesome talk.” What kinds of “Do not let any unwholesome talk come out of your mouths, but only what is things do you think this includes? helpful for building others up according to their needs, that it may benefit those who listen.” Colossians 4:6  This sounds like a tall order – “any unwholesome talk.” What kinds of “Let your conversation be always full of grace, seasoned with salt, so that you may things do you think this includes? know how to answer everyone.  What do you think “full of grace” means? Colossians 4:6 “Let your conversation be always full of grace, seasoned with salt, so that you may know how to answer everyone.  What do you think “full of grace” means? PERSONAL APPLICATION: Think about times in your life where your tongue has led you where “you didn’t want to go.” Pray to God about fixing your personal struggles with “the tongue.” where we don’t want to go devil