TAKING THE TRASH OUT OF THE TALK

2 WE STUBLE IN MANY WAYS. IF ANYONE IS NEVER AT FAULT IN WHAT HE SAYS, HE IS

A PERFECT MAN, ABLE TO KEEP HIS WHOLE BODY AT CHECK.3 WHEN WE PUT BIT INTO THE MOUTH OF HORSES TO MAKE THEM

OBEY US, WE CAN TURN THE WHOLE ANIMAL. 4OR TAKE A LARGE SHIP FOR

EXAMPLE. ALTHOUGH THEY ARE SO LARGE AND DRIVEN BY STRONG WINDS, THEY ARE

STEERED BY A VERY SMALL RUDDER WHEREVER THE PILOTS WANTS TO GO.

5 LIKEWISE THE TONGUE IS ASMALL PART OF THE BODY , BUT IT MAKES A GREAT

BOAST. CONSIDER A GREAT FOREST FIRE IS SET BY A SMALL SPARK. 6 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

ITSELFSET ON FIRE BY HELL.

7 ALL KINDS OF ANIMALS, BIRDS, REPTILES AND CREATURES OF THE SEA ARE BIENG TAMED OR HAVE BEEN TAMED BY MAN,

8BUT NO MAN CAN TAME THE TONGUE. IT IS A RESTLESS EVIL, FULL OF POISON.

9WITH THE TONGUE WE PRAISE OUR LORD AND THE FATHER, AND WITH IT WE CURSE

MEN, WHO HAD BEEN MADE IN GOD’S LIKENESS.

10 OUT OF THE SAME MOUTH COME PRAISE AND CURSING. MY BORTHERS, THIS SHOULD

NOT BE.

JAMES 3:2-10

MAIN AIM:•TO IDENTIFY THE DIFFERENT TRASH IN OUR TALK•TO DTERMINE HOW OUR SPEECH AFFECTS OUR LIFE. THROUGH FAMILY,FRIENDS, AND EVEN US•TO TURN AWAY FORM EVERY EVIL THINGS THAT THE TONGUE BRINGS. AND FIND HELP IN CHRIST

WHEN WORDS ARE MANY SIN IS NOT ABSENT, BUT HE WHO HOLDS HIS TONGUE IS

WISE.PROVERBS 10:20

WHAT ARE THE TRASH WORDS??

FOUL WORDSFILL IN THE BLANKS ANSWER FOR AN EMPTY MIND

GOSSIPSNEWS FORM HELL BROUGHT BY THE

EVIL NEWSCASTERS.

DISCOURAGEMENTSWHISPERING DIVERSION OF SELF

WEAKNESSES

PESSIMISMMENTAL AND SPIRITUAL BLACK OUT

THREE THINGS ABOUT THE TONGUE

1. IT SETS THE DIRECTION OF YOUR

LIFE

THE TONGUE HAS THE POWER OF LIFE AND DEATH, AND THOSE

WHO LOVE IT WILL EATS ITS FRUIT

PROVERBS 18:31

2. IT BRINGS DESTRUCTION

RECKLESS WORDS PIERCE THE HEART LIKE A

SWORD, BUT THE TONGUE OF THE WISE

BRINGS HEALING.PROVERBS 12:18

THE WORDS OF A GOSSIP ARE LIKE A CHOICE

MORSEL. THEY GO DOWN TO A MAN’S INNER MOST

PART.PROVERBS 26:22

THE DOCTOR STORY

3. DEPENDENCE WE HAVE ON GOD

FOR GOOD MAN BRINGS GOOD THINGS OUT OF THE GOOD

STORED UP IN HIS HEART, THE EVIL MAN BRINGS EVIL THINGS OUT OF THE EVIL STORED UP IN

HIS HEART. FOR OUT OF THE OVERFLOW OF HIS HEART THE

MOUTH SPEAKS.

LUKE 6:45

ABOVE ALL ELSE GUARD YOUR HEART

FOR IT IS THE WELLSPRING OF

LIFE.PROVERBS 4:23

POWER OF WORDS STORY

I CANT SEE BUT IM HAPPY

WHAT TO DO?1. SPEAK CAUTIOUSLY2. SPEAK GRACIOUSLY3. SPEAK THE WAY GOD

WANTS YOU TO BE

GLORIFY GOD THROUGH YOUR

WORDS