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JAMES Push the Limits Live What You Believe

JAMES Push the Limits Live What You Believe. Controlling the Tongue James 3:2b-6. Never in the field of human conflict was so much owed by so many to so few. (Winston Churchill) And so even though we face the difficulties of today and

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JAMES Push the Limits Live What You Believe

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  1. JAMES Push the Limits Live What You Believe Controlling the Tongue James 3:2b-6

  2. Never in the field of human conflict was so much owed by so many to so few. (Winston Churchill) And so even though we face the difficulties of today and tomorrow, I still have a dream. It is a dream deeply rooted in the American dream. (Martin Luther King) You always make each day a special day. By just you're being you. There's only one person exactly like you in the whole world. And that's you yourself, and I like you. (Fred Rogers)

  3. Four score and seven years ago our fathers brought forth on this continent a new nation, conceived in liberty and dedicated to the proposition that all men are created equal. (Abraham Lincoln) And so, my fellow Americans: ask not what your country can do for you — ask what you can do for your country. (John F. Kennedy) I’m going to ask you to get up out of your seat wherever you are and come down and stand before this platform. If you are with friends or relatives, they will wait. If you’ve come in a bus, they will wait. (Billy Graham)

  4. Discussion Guide 1. What can be said about a person who is never at fault in what he says? (James 3:2) A person who is never at fault in what he says is perfect and is able to keep his whole body in check.

  5. Discussion Guide 2. What are two analogies that James gives regarding a person who can control his tongue? (James 3:3-4) a. A bit for the horse’s mouth b. The rudder of a ship

  6. Discussion Guide 3. What is the purpose of the bit and the rudder? (James 3:3-4) The bit puts the horse under the control of the rider and the rudder puts the ship under the control of the pilot.

  7. Discussion Guide 4. In these analogies who is represented by the rider and the pilot? What assumption is made about the rider and pilot?

  8. Discussion Guide 5. What are two analogies that James gives regarding the uncontrolled tongue? (James 3:5- 8) The uncontrolled tongue is like a fire and like poison.

  9. Discussion Guide 6. What kinds of damage can be caused by a spark or poison?

  10. Discussion Guide 7. James says that the tongue is “a restless evil.” What do you think he meant by that? How is the tongue “restless?”

  11. Discussion Guide 8. As James talks to his Christian brothers, what evidence does he give that the tongue cannot be tamed? (James 3:9-10) James says that sometimes believers praise God and other times they curse men.

  12. Discussion Guide 9. What are two analogies that James gives that show the inconsistent ways in which people use their tongues? (James 3:11-12) a. A spring that gives both fresh and salt water b. A fig tree that bears olives or a grapevine that bears figs

  13. Discussion Guide 10. What are some ways that we sin with our speech? Why do some people consider sins of speech unimportant?

  14. Discussion Guide 11. Is James saying “Don’t say anything” or “God wants you to be an introvert?”

  15. Discussion Guide 12. What advice would you give to a person who wants to do a better job of controlling his/her tongue?

  16. Pilgrim’s Progress

  17. Paul Harvey

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