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W O W - T H E B I G P I C T U R E
by Thomas Nelson Publishers
The Incredible Power of the Tongue
-- James 3:1-4:3,13-17; 5:7-20; Psalm 118:15-17; Proverbs 20:29
My brethren, let not many of you become teachers, knowing that we shall
receive a stricter judgment. For we all stumble in many things. If
anyone does not stumble in word, he is a perfect man, able also to
bridle the whole body. Indeed, we put bits in horses' mouths that they
may obey us, and we turn their whole body. Look also at ships: although
they are so large and are driven by fierce winds, they are turned by a
very small rudder wherever the pilot desires. Even so the tongue is a
little member and boasts great things.
See how great a forest a little fire kindles! And the tongue is a fire,
a world of iniquity. The tongue is so set among our members that it
defiles the whole body, and sets on fire the course of nature; and it
is set on fire by hell. For every kind of beast and bird, of reptile
and creature of the sea, is tamed and has been tamed by mankind. But no
man can tame the tongue. It is an unruly evil, full of deadly poison.
With it we bless our God and Father, and with it we curse men, who have
been made in the similitude of God. 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 a grapevine bear figs?
Thus no spring yields both salt water and fresh.
Who is wise and understanding among you? Let him show by good conduct
that his works are done in the meekness of wisdom. But if you have
bitter envy and self-seeking in your hearts, do not boast and lie
against the truth. This wisdom does not descend from above, but is
earthly, sensual, demonic. For where envy and self-seeking exist,
confusion and every evil thing are there. But the wisdom that is from
above is first pure, then peaceable, gentle, willing to yield, full of
mercy and good fruits, without partiality and without hypocrisy. Now
the fruit of righteousness is sown in peace by those who make peace.
Where do wars and fights come from among you? Do they not come from
your desires for pleasure that war in your members? You lust and do not
have. You murder and covet and cannot obtain. You fight and war. Yet
you do not have because you do not ask. You ask and do not receive,
because you ask amiss, that you may spend it on your pleasures.
Come now, you who say, "Today or tomorrow we will go to such and such a
city, spend a year there, buy and sell, and make a profit"; whereas you
do not know what will happen tomorrow. For what is your life? It is
even a vapor that appears for a little time and then vanishes away.
Instead you ought to say, "If the Lord wills, we shall live and do this
or that." But now you boast in your arrogance. All such boasting is
evil.
Therefore, to him who knows to do good and does not do it, to him it is
sin.
Therefore be patient, brethren, until the coming of the Lord. See how
the farmer waits for the precious fruit of the earth, waiting patiently
for it until it receives the early and latter rain. You also be
patient. Establish your hearts, for the coming of the Lord is at hand.
Do not grumble against one another, brethren, lest you be condemned.
Behold, the Judge is standing at the door! My brethren, take the
prophets, who spoke in the name of the Lord, as an example of suffering
and patience. Indeed we count them blessed who endure. You have heard
of the perseverance of Job and seen the end intended by the Lord-that
the Lord is very compassionate and merciful.
But above all, my brethren, do not swear, either by heaven or by earth
or with any other oath. But let your "Yes," be "Yes," and your "No,"
"No," lest you fall into judgment.
Is anyone among you suffering? Let him pray. Is anyone cheerful? Let
him sing psalms. Is anyone among you sick? Let him call for the elders
of the church, and let them pray over him, anointing him with oil in
the name of the Lord. And the prayer of faith will save the sick, and
the Lord will raise him up. And if he has committed sins, he will be
forgiven. Confess your trespasses to one another, and pray for one
another, that you may be healed. The effective, fervent prayer of a
righteous man avails much. Elijah was a man with a nature like ours,
and he prayed earnestly that it would not rain; and it did not rain on
the land for three years and six months. And he prayed again, and the
heaven gave rain, and the earth produced its fruit.
Brethren, if anyone among you wanders from the truth, and someone turns
him back, let him know that he who turns a sinner from the error of his
way will save a soul from death and cover a multitude of sins.
James 3:1-4:3, 13-17; 5:7-20
WORSHIP:
The voice of rejoicing and salvation
Is in the tents of the righteous;
The right hand of the LORD does valiantly.
The right hand of the LORD is exalted;
The right hand of the LORD does valiantly.
I shall not die, but live,
And declare the works of the LORD.
Psalm 118:15-17
WISDOM:
The glory of young men is their strength,
And the splendor of old men is their gray head.
Proverbs 20:29
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