http://epiclifeonline.org/2009/10/15/rescued-from-what/ church for the rest of us Fri, 12 Mar 2010 03:50:23 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 http://epiclifeonline.org/2009/10/15/rescued-from-what/comment-page-1/#comment-6 Lois Cichocki Fri, 16 Oct 2009 05:42:44 +0000 http://epiclifeonline.org/?p=176#comment-6 What I need to be rescued from is my tongue We all stumble in many ways. If we are never at fault in what we say, we are able to keep our whole body in check. When we put bits into the mouths of horses to make them obey us, we can turn the whole animal. Or take ships as an example. Although they are large and are driven by strong winds, they are steered by a very small rudder wherever the captain wants to go. Likewise the tongue is a small part of the body, but it makes great boasts. Consider when a great forest is set on fire by a small spark. 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 her life on fire, and is itself set on fire by hell. All kinds of animals, birds, reptiles and creatures of the sea are being tamed and have been tamed by man, but no man can tame the tongue. It is a restless evil, full of deadly poison. With the tongue we praise our Lord and Father, and with it we curse men, who have been made in God's likeness. Out of the same mouth come praise and cursing. This should not be. Can both fresh water and salt water flow from the same spring? Can a fig tree bear olives, or a grapevine bear figs? Neither can a salt spring produce fresh water. (James 3:2-12) Our tongue speaks what is in our heart. The LORD, knows and see's our hearts. I need to be rescued, do you? What I need to be rescued from is my tongue
We all stumble in many ways. If we are never at fault in what we say, we are able to keep our whole body in check. When we put bits into the mouths of horses to make them obey us, we can turn the whole animal. Or take ships as an example. Although they are large and are driven by strong winds, they are steered by a very small rudder wherever the captain wants to go. Likewise the tongue is a small part of the body, but it makes great boasts. Consider when a great forest is set on fire by a small spark. 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 her life on fire, and is itself set on fire by hell. All kinds of animals, birds, reptiles and creatures of the sea are being tamed and have been tamed by man, but no man can tame the tongue. It is a restless evil, full of deadly poison. With the tongue we praise our Lord and Father, and with it we curse men, who have been made in God’s likeness. Out of the same mouth come praise and cursing. This should not be. Can both fresh water and salt water flow from the same spring? Can a fig tree bear olives, or a grapevine bear figs? Neither can a salt spring produce fresh water. (James 3:2-12) Our tongue speaks what is in our heart. The LORD, knows and see’s our hearts. I need to be rescued, do you?

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