Sermons About Words
How To Use Love Words
If a person loves God and loves other people, his words will show it. So, I want to talk about how you can speak love words--words that flow from God's love in your life--words that benefit other people. Here are five ways for you to love other people with your words.
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Bullspit, and other variations thereof (James 3:1-12)
Our words should be ones of beauty, not words of gossip.
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Wanted: Firefighters
Did your mother or grandmother ever say to you, “Use the common sense God gave you!”? That’s an aspect of wisdom. We come to be wise by paying attention to people wiser than we—learning from our experiences, and listening to God in scripture and in our innate common sense. Wisdom is the path we take to live in harmony with God’s will for the world. Wisdom literature in scripture takes note of God’s plan for the world and the order that God’s way of living establishes. It affirms that a wise person discerns that order and then lives accordingly. Most of the biblical wisdom literature is in the Old Testament: Job, Proverbs, Ecclesiastes, Daniel, some of the Psalms. James is the primary example in the New Testament. The apostle James warns us that we can do great harm by what we say and how we say it. Let us confess our sin as we pray together: Jesus, who came to call sinners to repentance, forgives our sins and directs us on a new path of faithfulness. Let us give thanks to God for this mercy!
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Trash Talkin'
What are we doing today to share words that build people up rather than tear people down? James offers wisdom regarding the hurtful power of the tongue. We are encouraged to stop talkin' trash and instead start sharing words that will build the Kingdom of God.
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Famous Last Words (Matthew 28 16-20) 8-30-09
The last words of Jesus reveal his heart to continue his life-giving mission through the disciple-making work of His body, the church.
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