Sharp Tongue

Let not your tongue cut your throat. -- An Arabic Saying

Anyone who says he is a Christian but doesn’t control his sharp tongue is just fooling himself, and his religion isn’t worth much.
-- James 1:26 (TLB)

The tongue is a small thing, but what enormous damage it can do.
-- James 3:5 (TLB)

IF MY PEOPLE... WILL? I WILL! God's Promise in 2 Chron. 7:14.
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"SIX MINDS" For 2010 & Beyond

I received a mind-provoking e-mail this week from a lady in our local church named Ramona. The content of the e-mail is titled "SIX MINDS." It seems to be especially appropriate material for us to "MIND" at the beginning of a New Year (and beyond), for sure:

SIX MINDS:
1. Mind your TONGUE! Don’t let it speak hasty, cruel, unkind, or wicked words.
2. Mind your EYES! Don’t permit them to look on wicked books, pictures or objects.
3. Mind your EARS! Don’t suffer them to listen to wicked speeches, songs or words.
4. Mind your LIPS! Don’t let tobacco foul them. Don’t let strong drinks pass them. Don’t let the food of the glutton enter between them. Don’t let foul words proceed from them.
5. Mind your FEET! Don’t let them walk in the steps of the wicked.
6. Mind your HEART! Don’t let the love of sin dwell in it. Don’t give it to Satan but ask Jesus to make it His throne.

1 Corinthians 2:16 (NLT) -- But we can understand these things, for we have the MIND of Christ.

"IF MY PEOPLE... WILL? I WILL!" -- God's Promise in 2 Chron. 7:14.
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The Name of Jesus

From a prison cell the Apostle Paul penned these words in his "Book of Joy" -- Phillipians 2:10-11 (NIV): ...that at the name of Jesus every knee should bow, in Heaven and on earth and under the earth, and every tongue confess that Jesus Christ is Lord, to the glory of God the Father.

And in Romans 14:11, these words are given to us from the same Apostles pen: "'As I live and breathe,’ God says, every knee will bow before me; Every tongue will tell the honest truth that I and only I am God.’" (The Message)

Yes, one day every knee will bow and every tongue will confess that Jesus Christ is Lord. I choose to kneel and confess this day and everyday day-after-day until That Day.

The Name of Jesus has taken on a whole new power in my life this week. The lyrics of this old hymn make great poetry to pray. I invite you to join me in praying in Jesus' name:

Take the Name of Jesus with you, Child of sorrow and of woe,
It will joy and comfort give you; Take it then, wherever you go.

Precious Name, O how sweet! Hope of earth and joy of heaven.
Precious Name, O how sweet! Hope of earth and joy of heaven.

Take the Name of Jesus ever, As a shield from every snare;
If temptations round you gather, Breathe that Holy Name in prayer.

O the precious Name of Jesus! How it thrills our souls with joy,
When His loving arms receive us, And His songs our tongues employ!

At the Name of Jesus bowing, Falling prostrate at His feet,
King of kings in Heaven we'll crown Him, When our journey is complete.

ALL... JOY TO YOUR WORLD!
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