2. 5 Weeks Say

5. Your Words Are more powerful Than you imagine

6. What have you heard That kept you back? Hindered you and became A restraint to your soul?

7. He can't sing

8. Who has spoken life into you And caused you to believe That you were made For so much more?

9. You're a great salesman!

10. "You're a great salesman… Wish I could get a sale today"

11. Before we even get To the scripture Would you agree That our words can be powerful?

12. With your words, you can: - build up and impart grace - Eph. 4:29 - keep from sin's deceitfulness- Heb. 3:13

13. - Bring sweetness to the soul And health to the bones - Prov. 16:24 - Turn away anger - Prov. 15:1

14. - Cast Vision - Matthew 16 - Introduce Jesus and Change eternities - 2 Cor. 5.

15. When we realize the power Of our words and Walk with Jesus Lives change all around us

16. What you say Comes out of who you are

17. What you say Comes out of who you are That's why: Humility, Faith, Renewed Mind, Gratitude

18. What you say Comes out of who you are That's why: Authentic and known, Free, Changed, Loving

19. If the cross isn't central None of this happens Buried with Christ… raised to walk in newness of life - Romans 6

20. What you say Comes out of who you are

21. Communication is more than Just the words we speak It extends to social media

22. Reveals: - Work to be done/current walk

23. Reveals: - Heart in need of change

24. Reveals: - Glory of God in you

25. When you know this It sets you free to pray for Rather than be hurt by

26. When we realize the power Of our words and Walk with Jesus Lives change all around us

28. Your disciples aren't following Our traditions, Jesus What kind of Rabbi are you?

29. Corban? Really? Corban?!? Hypocrites! Isaiah was right: These people honor me with their lips, but their hearts are far from me…

30. And he called the people to him and said to them, “Hear and understand: it is not what goes into the mouth that defiles a person, but what comes out of the mouth; this defiles a person.”

31. Defile= Koinoi- to take that which is clean, holy, sanctified and make it unclean…common

32. Proviso

33. A glass of wine with a side of…

34. A glass of wine with a side of Judgmental Deacon

35. Which made someone unclean? - A glass of wine? - Judgmental and gossipy words?

36. …it is not what goes into the mouth that defiles a person, but what comes out of the mouth; this defiles a person - Jesus

37. The words people use Have the power to defile To make them unclean

38. Then the disciples came and said to him, “Do you know that the Pharisees were offended when they heard this saying?

39. He answered, “Every plant that my heavenly Father has not planted will be rooted up. Let them alone; they are blind guides…

40. And if the blind lead the blind, both will fall into a pit” A blind guide is still blind Be careful who you let lead you And if the blind lead the blind, both will fall into a pit” A blind guide is still blind Be careful who you let lead you

41. But Peter said to him, “Explain the parable to us.” And he said, “Are you also still without understanding?

42. Do you not see that whatever goes into the mouth passes into the stomach and is expelled?

43. But what comes out of the mouth proceeds from the heart, and this defiles a person

44. What you say Comes out of who you are

45. So to permanently change The way I communicate I first have to have to…?

46. So to permanently change The way I communicate I first have to have to Have a change of heart

47. Put-on Flattery Hypocrisy

48. Put-on Flattery Hypocrisy vs. Real, Honest Speech Reflecting Truth

49. Continual change, by Jesus Not just maturity But walking in the Spirit

50. When we realize the power Of our words and Walk with Jesus Lives change all around us

51. When we realize the power Of our words and Walk with Jesus Lives change all around us And that's why you're here

52. For out of the heart come evil thoughts, murder, adultery, sexual immorality, theft, false witness, slander

53. These are what defile a person. But to eat with unwashed hands does not defile anyone” - Matthew 15

54. Traditions for the sake of Tradition becomes imprisoning Rather than freeing Jesus sets us free

55. Our words should do the same Anyone can criticize, condemn and complain Jesus wants to set people free Through us

56. Ambassadors… Christ making his appeal through us, "Be reconciled to God!" 2 Cor. 5

57. Howdy, Rabbi Satan!

58. “Either make the tree good and its fruit good, or make the tree bad and its fruit bad, for the tree is known by its fruit (Words)

59. You brood of vipers! How can you speak good, when you are evil? For out of the abundance of the heart the mouth speaks

60. The good person out of his good treasure brings forth good, and the evil person out of his evil treasure brings forth evil

61. I tell you, on the day of judgment people will give account for every careless word they speak…

62. …for by your words you will be justified, and by your words you will be condemned” - Matthew 12

63. When we realize the power Of our words and Walk with Jesus Lives change all around us

64. Our words can ignite Vision and Faith

65. "What's the word on the street?"

66. Simon Peter replied, “You are the Christ, the Son of the living God”

67. And Jesus answered him, “Blessed are you, Simon Bar- Jonah! For flesh and blood has not revealed this to you, but my Father who is in heaven…

68. And I tell you, you are Peter, and on this rock I will build my church, and the gates of hell shall not prevail against it - Matthew 16

69. Not yet, but…! "Stumbling block…"

70. Because only truth Can change lives So we can't just be "be nice" If it means whitewashing truth

71. You're a good Christian

72. You're a good Christian "You only tell me What I want to hear"

73. Great- I am liked! (And you don't have a reason to be changed)

74. Truth changes Grace gives hope for real and lasting change

75. Jesus-centered (focus) Biblically-based (authority) Community-oriented (growth)

76. And he gave the apostles, the prophets, the evangelists, the shepherds and teachers, to equip the saints for the work of ministry, for building up the body of Christ

77. …until we all attain to the unity of the faith and of the knowledge of the Son of God, to mature manhood, to the measure of the stature of the fullness of Christ,

78. …so that we may no longer be children, tossed to and fro by the waves and carried about by every wind of doctrine, by human cunning, by craftiness in deceitful schemes.

79. Rather, speaking the truth in love, we are to grow up in every way into him who is the head, into Christ…

80. …from whom the whole body, joined and held together by every joint with which it is equipped…

81. …when each part is working properly, makes the body grow so that it builds itself up in love (By how we speak…)

82. …Therefore, having put away falsehood, let each one of you speak the truth with his neighbor, for we are members one of another…

83. …Let no corrupting talk come out of your mouths, but only such as is good for building up, as fits the occasion, that it may give grace to those who hear - Eph. 4 …Let no corrupting talk come out of your mouths, but only such as is good for building up, as fits the occasion, that it may give grace to those who hear - Eph. 4

84. Grace is not making people Feel good Grace is pointing people to Jesus As we speak truth in love

85. When we realize the power Of our words and Walk with Jesus Lives change all around us

86. What you say Comes out of who you are

87. So… …encourage one another and build one another up, just as you are doing - 1 Thess. 5

88. So… Speak truth - Because you care more about them than about yourself

89. So… Speak faith - Because we all need to be reminded how great our God is

90. So… Speak Praise - Because it glorifies God and is part of being in the Community of Faith

91. So… Speak Jesus - Because you are an ambassador for Christ wherever he has placed you

92. Take the Journey This Week

93. What do my words Say about my heart?

94. God, guide me Change me Make me conscious Of the power of my words

96. Youth!

97. Chili Cook-off May 18 Benefits Youth Trip

98. Community Group Training