Acts 2 UMC



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This is scary: You can tame a tiger, but you can’t tame a tongue—it’s never been done. The tongue runs wild, a wanton killer. With our tongues we bless God our Father; with the same tongues we curse the very men and women he made in his image. Curses and blessings out of the same mouth!

James 3:7-10

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This is scary: You can tame a tiger, but you can’t tame a tongue—it’s never been done. The tongue runs wild, a wanton killer. With our tongues we bless God our Father; with the same tongues we curse the very men and women he made in his image. Curses and blessings out of the same mouth!

James 3:7-10

“Taming the Tongue”

August 13, 2017

Context: James speaks not to random individuals but to the

C___________ community in 49 A.D.

James believes complete consistency in following Jesus is a slow and often painful process throughout our life.

3:1-2, Our speech r_______ who we really are.

“For _____ of us make m_______ mistakes” (NRSV).

3:3-5, Our thoughts become our ________, become our

actions, become our habits, become our life.

3:5-6, It only takes a s_______ to set off a forest fire.

[pic]Sometimes the ministry of “the closed mouth”

is a victory for the kingdom. – John Ortberg

3:7-10, “No one can tame the __________” Can you?

“I am ________” and “I _________ you” are necessary.

______% of people lie 2-3 times in a 10 min. conversation.

_______ lie to make the person they are talking to feel good.

______ lie to make themselves look better. -Robert Feldman

We are lied to approximately ________ times a day.

3:13-16, When you try to look b______ than others, things

f______ apart.

[pic]Taming the tongue is more than just not saying a bad word when you don’t mean to. @MarkFosterA2

3:17-18, A healthy community happens ______ if you do the

hard work of treating each other with dignity and honor.

Action Steps: 1. Don’t say anything ___________ about

another person or organization for 24 hours.

2. Refrain from saying anything to make us look

____________ than we really are.

“Taming the Tongue”

August 13, 2017

Context: James speaks not to random individuals but to the

C___________ community in 49 A.D.

James believes complete consistency in following Jesus is a slow and often painful process throughout our life.

3:1-2, Our speech r_______ who we really are.

“For _____ of us make m_______ mistakes” (NRSV).

3:3-5, Our thoughts become our ________, become our

actions, become our habits, become our life.

3:5-6, It only takes a s_______ to set off a forest fire.

[pic]Sometimes the ministry of “the closed mouth”

is a victory for the kingdom. – John Ortberg

3:7-10, “No one can tame the __________” Can you?

“I am ________” and “I _________ you” are necessary.

______% of people lie 2-3 times in a 10 min. conversation.

_______ lie to make the person they are talking to feel good.

______ lie to make themselves look better. -Robert Feldman

We are lied to approximately ________ times a day.

3:13-16, When you try to look b______ than others, things

f______ apart.

[pic]Taming the tongue is more than just not saying a bad word when you don’t mean to. @MarkFosterA2

3:17-18, A healthy community happens ______ if you do the

hard work of treating each other with dignity and honor.

Action Steps: 1. Don’t say anything ___________ about

another person or organization for 24 hours.

2. Refrain from saying anything to make us look

____________ than we really are.

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