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Immanuel Church

Watch Your Mouth | James Week 4

Watch Your Mouth | James Week 4

Locations & Times

Immanuel Church

1260 Welsh Rd, Lansdale, PA 19446, USA

Sunday 8:30 AM

Sunday 10:00 AM

Sunday 11:30 AM

Warning: Not for Everyone. Extra Responsibility Required.
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6 Guardrails for Your Mouth

1. PAUSE…think before you speak.

James 1:19 says, “Everyone should be quick to listen, slow to speak and slow to get angry.
6 Guardrails for Your Mouth

2. PAY ATTENTION…listen before you respond.

Proverbs 18:13 says, “He who answers before listening-that is his folly and his shame.”
6 Guardrails for Your Mouth

3. POUR LIFE…using our words to build up and not destroy

Proverbs 18:21 says, “The tongue has the power of life and death, and those who love it will eat its fruit.”
6 Guardrails for Your Mouth

4. PERSONAL RESPONSIBILITY…own what you say.

Matthew 12:36 says, “But I tell you that everyone will have to give account on the day of judgement for every empty word they have spoken.”


6 Guardrails for Your Mouth

5. PRACTICE CONSISTENCY…let your words match your walk.

James 3:9-10 says, “With our tongue we praise our Lord and Father and with it we curse men, who have been made in God’s likeness. Out of the same mouth comes praise and cursing. My brothers, this should not be.”
6 Guardrails for Your Mouth

6. PEOPLE FIRST…speak to people not about people.

Matthew 18:15 says, “If your brother or sister sins, go and point out their fault, just between the two of you.”