HOW TO MANAGE YOUR MOUTH Developing a Faith That Works - Part 8 of 15 James 3:1-12 Rick Warren My idea: "Growing Believers know the power of Words" James 3:1-12 "We all stumble in many ways. If anyone is never at fault in what he says, he is a perfect man, able to keep his whole body in check." (vs.…

Series: Growing In Your Love Walk—8 Love: Where The Rubber Meets The Road—“Controlling Your Tongue” It was his first day on the job. He was just 17 years old and a new clerk in the ‘grocery’ department of a super market. An elderly lady came up to him and said she wanted to buy half of a head of lettuce.…

Matthew 12:33-37 “True Character” Introduction: James Frey was a drug addict, a criminal that had tangled with the police on more than one occasion. He later wrote a run-away best-seller about his life and it quickly became number one on the New York Times Bestseller list. The publisher described the…

INTRODUCTION Messages on the tongue can easily cause every Christian to respond with some sort of uh oh. We all know how readily we sin with the tongue, and if a preacher is aiming for conviction it is fairly easy to hit that target through preaching on “sins of the tongue.” But we all know, whether…

“if” a small word with big implications INTRODUCTION: 1. Read text: 1 Jn. 1:1 – 2:1. 2. Regarding text: (1) Jn. 10:10. (2) Jn. 20:30-31 -John’s gospel was written to produce faith so that we might have life. (3) 1 John opens greater detail of that life (1 Jn. 3:14). A. 1 Jn. 1:4 – “…that your joy may…