1. Ecclesiastes 10:20
Good morning Church!
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2. ***** - Do you know what this is?
- My good friend growing up was Shaun Manning, he had five brothers and I spent a lot of time at his house. One day they got a boomerang. You throw a boomerang like a Frisbee and it goes out and comes back to you. His older brother Shane threw the thing and his mom yelled out of the house to him and it came back and hit him in the head.
- Some things are just funny….
How many of you have said something you wished you could take back?
- All of us right?
-Do you remember how bad you felt?
-Do you remember realizing it was wrong?
-Do you recall realizing there was nothing you could do to take back those words.
We’ve all been there right?
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3. Our Words are Powerful ******* -Our words are powerful
-God wants us to take charge of , he wants us to be in control of the things that come out of our mouths
-Words can be explosive to say the least.
-In James chapter 3 God uses three things to show how something very small can make a big difference.
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Our Words are Powerful

4. ****** -The first big thing is a horse?
-1000lbs animal that has enormous strength
-1 horse power to be exact.
-It can be controlled by something very small? -What?
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5. A bit!
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6. ***** -This is a extremely large ship -Weighing about a million tons
-What small thing could control this?
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7. Your right again a rudder!
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8. -This is a large forest fire.
-Set by?
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9. ***** -Yes a little spark
-Spark is not a friendly word to look up on the internet.
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10. ***** “Set a guard over my mouth, O Lord;
Keep watch over the door of my lips.”
Psalms 141:3
-Its really important to keep a close eye on the things we say. The Psalmist here is very wise to ask God to help guard his mouth.
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11. Godly Speech is: ***** Spiritual Gracious Encourages Helpful Healing
-Spiritual……1 Pet 4:11 speak as of the oracles of God
-Duet 6 Bound so deeply that they flow out.
-That which worships and praises our God
-Gracious……..-Col. 4:6…..Let words be full of grace
-Prov. 22:11 …Have the king as a friend
-Ward says great things of me and I want to become
those things.
-Gentle…..-Prov 15:4 Gentle answer turns away wrath
-Full of Love ….1 Cor. 13
-Helpful……..Prov 10:21 The lips of the righteous nurish
-Encouraging….Eph 4:29 Only what builds up others.
1 Thess. 5:11 Paul says to encourage one another
and build each other up
-Well thought out
-James 1:19…Quick to hear slow to speak and slow to anger
-Get facts and think about words.
-Sometimes Quiet
-Ecc. 3:7 time to speak and time to be quiet
-Job 13:5 Tells his friends there is wisdom in silience
-Better to be thought a fool than open your mouth and
remove all doubt
-Psalms 39:1 says Muzzle your mouth and you take charge
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Spiritual
Gracious
Encourages
Helpful
Healing
Gentle
Well thought out
Full of Love
Sometimes Quiet

12. “Out of the overflow of the heart the mouth speaks” Matthew 12:34
-What the heart is filled with is what comes out!
-The mouth truly is a window to the heart.
*Maybe we should clean our windows.
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13. Ungodly Speech: ***** -Hurtful -Meaningless -Unwholesome
-Isa 6 Man of unclean lips
-Psalms 64:3 wicked sharpen their tongues
-Calculated/ premeditated
-Prov 15:1 Harsh words stirs up anger
-Prov 26:28 Lying tongue hates those it crushes
-1 Pet 3:9 Not to retaliate
-Prov 15:4 crushes the spirit
-Meaningless
-Col 2:8 Vain philosophy of man
-Ecc. 10:13 A fool multiplies words
-Prov 12:23 Fool blurts out folly
-Prov 10:11 With many words sin is unavoidable
-Prov 12:18 Reckless words pierce like a sword
-Unwholesome
-Eph 4:29 No unwholesome talk
-Eph 5:4 No course joking
-Vulgarity
-Self Centered
-Psalms 12:3 the boastful tongue the Lord cuts off
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-Hurtful
-Meaningless
-Unwholesome
-Self Centered

14. “The tongue has the power of life and death….” Proverbs 18:21
-Pro 18:21 The tongue has the power of life or
death.
-Do you think that many times we just speak now and worry latter.
-This should not be Church
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15. ****** Word-O-Rang -We began this lesson talking about Boomerangs
-Lets make an allegory
-How about thinking of our words as
a word-o-rang.
*Our words cast in anger will return in anger
*But if thrown in Love will come back in Love.
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Word-O-Rang

16. Matthew 12:36
“I tell you, on the day of judgment people will give account for every careless word they speak”
*Today my goal really is to get us to think before we speak
-Because God will hold each of us
accountable.
Proverbs 10:11 says the mouth of the righteous
are a fountain of life.
-Has your speech been that of a Christian?
-Has it been building up
-Or Tearing down?
-James says in ch 3:11 Can fresh water and salt water flow from the same spring.