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The Kindler

(The Tongue)

Hey guys and girls. Sorry it has been so long since I have written on this blog, I have been so busy with school and church that I haven’t had much time, but mainly I was just lazy and put other things before it. I would like to thank Revelation91 for helping persuade me to write once again. Long story short, I am back and better than ever. I now have Microsoft Word, so the misspelled words will probably go down, but the abstract thought will not. I would also like to thank a friend of mine encouraging me in a way that no other person can. She is helping me to be a better person an also helping me to bee the Man that I need to be.

I will apologize for the fact that some of the scripture will be messed up since my internet is not working and I am going to have to type all of it. Ok, down to the thought that I wanted to share. I will be starting out in James (of course) Chapter 3. In the NKJV version of the bible it says: “My brethren, let not many of you become teachers, knowing that we shall receive a stricter judgment.” That is very clear, cut, and dry. If you plan on being a leader, get ready to do a lot of sacrificing. This goes double for someone my age. It is very, very, VERY hard for someone to walk through a high school and be holy. It is hard to not laugh at your worldly friends jokes, even if they are a little perverted. It is hard, Guys, to not stare at some of the, Ahhh, Jezebels that walk around in our schools. And Girls, I know that it is hard for you not to flirt back to the Pimps, Players, and Desecraters, but if you plan on being in leadership you have got to make sacrifices and you should make them willingly.

I almost shouted for joy when I read this in James 3:2. “For we all stumble in many things. If anyone does not stumble in word, he is a perfect man, able to also bridle the whole body.” I can’t tell you how many times I have used the excuse of not being a good talker, and I continue to here it from other people, but when you get down to it, if you do not stumble when you talk you, my friend, are perfect and I would like to meet you. I would like you to think about something. If you say someone was about to get hit with a train, and you are running toward him to save him. All of the sudden you stumble a little, are you going to stop, look around you and say “I just look like a idiot” and turn around? I don’t think so, if you knew that persons life was in you hands you probably wouldn’t even of noticed the fact that you just about fell, you would of kept running and try you best to save them. It works the same way when you are singing, testifying, preaching, or teaching. You never know how much of an impact your words can have on a person. You may have saved a person from being hit with a Spiritual Semi.

Another problem that the tongue causes is that besides the mind, it is the hardest thing to control. For such a small thing, it can cause so much destruction and trouble. And the funny thing is that when you are trying to help someone, you usually stumble and studdar, but when you are saying something that is going to have a negative effect, you can just spit it out with ease. Even the bible says the same. “See how Great a forest a small fire kindles! And the tongue is a fire, a world if iniquity. The tongue is so set among our members that it defiles the whole body, and set on fire the course of nature; and it is set on fire by hell……. But no man can tame the tongue. It is an unruly evil, full of deadly poison.” (James 3:3-9).

I used to have a problem of judging people and just saying and talking about things that I knew that I shouldn’t have been. Then I would walk around my Pentecostal friends and be talking about church and praying. I knew I always felt guilty when I did these things. Let’s read what James had to say about this: “Out of the same mouth proceed blessing and cursing. My brethren, these things ought not to be so. Does a spring send forth fresh water and bitter from the same opening? Can a fig tree, my brethren, bear olives, or grapevine bear figs? Thus no spring yields both salt water and fresh.

One of our main problems with what comes out of our mouth is the things that we are putting into out heart. The bible says that what is in the heart will show through you life and you words ((Mathew 12:34) “Brood of Vipers! How can you being evil speak good things? For out of the abundance of the heart the mouth speaks.) Think about how much bible you read, listen to, or study, then compare that to the amount of T.V., News Paper, Magazines, and Video Games that you Play and Watch. Scary isn’t it. IF those are the things that we are putting into out heart and mind, how can we ever expect to be good? Then we wonder why we continue to do and say things that we shouldn’t. Let go once again to the bible. “A good man, out of the good treasures of his heart brings forth good things, and an evil man, out of the evil treasures of his heart brings forth evil things. But I say to you that for every idle word men may speak, they will give account of it in the Day of Judgment. For by you words will you be justified, and by your words you will be condemned.” (Mathew 12:36-37). So if that is true, and what we put into our heart effects what we say, I would say that we need to watch what we put into our heart.

So in conclusion, let’s review how the things that we say affect us:

• Words Transmit Power (Mathew 12 :33-37)
• Words Reveal our character (Mathew 12 :33-35)
• Words Reveal Our Judgment and Reward (Mathew 12 :36,37)
• Words Produce Fruit (Mathew 12 :33,35,36)
• Words Shape Our Destiny (Mathew 12 :37)

Leaders must never forget the power of there words. God shaped the universe with his. He sustains his creations with his Word. He even performs miracles through the use of words. What’s more, God designed us to accomplish things by the wise use of our words.

posted by Shadrach Stand @ 2:34 PM