Still camped out in the beginning of James. James 1 & 3 both talk about the power of the tongue and the importance of taming it. Here is the thing I think I often read this and think I shouldn't swear. How can praise for God come out of something made impure by "bad" words? But it is deeper than that. So many other things also flow out of my mouth gossip, talking about about a co-worker, ect. James 1: 26 takes this serious it says those who cannot control their mouth deceives themselves and their religion is worthless. Later in James 3 it says the tongue is restless evil and full of deadly poison.
Words are powerful, they can build up or kill a person, they can bring God praise or hurt someone created in His image. Our words are meaningful as much as we like to think they can have a limited impact words are far reaching they stick in peoples mind. We all have things we wish we didn't say or can't forget someone said to us.
Challenge for life: control your words, let only the productive, uplifting, praise worthy words flow from our mouths
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