TODAY’S “GOOD NEWS” – October 17, 2004

MESSAGE:  “TEAMING UP TO WIN:

…Training Our Tongue For Victory!”

SCRIPTURE:  James 3:1-12

KEY VERSE:  v. 2  “If anyone does not stumble in what he says, he is a perfect man, able to bridle the whole body as well.”

FOCUS:  Taming the tongue ushers in a disciplined life.

THINK ON THIS:  “You can’t cover up your heart.  If there’s bitterness in our hearts, it will come out through what we say and how we say it.  If there’s hatred, hatred will come.  If there is anger, anger will come.  No wonder James says the tongue can’t be controlled.  The heart is engineering all that the tongue is going to say.”                                                                                                       ~ Leonard Ravenhill (The Taming Of The Tongue)

I.         THE TONGUE HAS AMAZING POTENTIAL

II.       THE TONGUE REFLECTS THE HEART

III.     THE TONGUE CAN BRING GREAT BLESSING

CONCLUSION:  “Religion must reach one’s tongue.  This can be done only by transforming the soul first.”   ~ Randal Denny, The Ten Commandments

PREACHING:  Pastor Holland Lewis