Sermons about Power In The Tonuge (2024)

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What are the three powers of the tongue? ›

PROP SENT: The Bible teaches us that our tongue has great power ... to heal or to destroy, to bless or to curse ... we are to be wise in the use of this member of our body ... it can bring pain or pleasure ... it's all in how it is used!

Words are powerful and we must remember that “the tongue has the power of life and death” (Proverbs 18:21, emphasis added). James is saying whoever teaches the word of God will be held to a higher standard of judgement. Teachers, rabbis, religious leaders, pastors are often looked up to because of their position.

Consider what a great forest is set on fire by a small spark. The tongue also is a fire, a world of evil among the parts of the body. It corrupts the whole person, sets the whole course of his life on fire, and is itself set on fire by hell. but no man can tame the tongue.

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.” In verses 1-6, James points out the two powers that lie in the tongue: the power to direct and the power to destroy.

A tongue under control is evidence of spiritual maturity, and if a believer's tongue is controlled by the Holy Spirit then every other aspect of his life will be under the Spirit's control (v. 2). The tongue is a comparatively small part of the human body but it has great power.

“If you don't have any disorders, the answer is probably never.” Stone says the tongue's tenacity springs from the way it is built—with lots of similar bits of muscle that can each perform the same task. “It doesn't fatigue,” she says, “because there's a lot of redundancy in the muscle architecture.

Proverbs 18:21 King James Version (KJV)

Death and life are in the power of the tongue: And they that love it shall eat the fruit thereof.

Proverbs 18:21 Death and life are in the power of the tongue, And those who love it will eat its fruit.

Through speaking in tongues, you can pray out the plan of God for your life by the power of the Holy Spirit. Tongues are also used as a means of spiritual edification. The Bible says, “He that speaketh in an unknown tongue edifteth himself . . .” (1 Cor. 14:4).

Proverbs 18:20-21

21 The tongue has the power of life and death, and those who love it will eat its fruit.

What is the positive power of the tongue? ›

But Proverbs 18:21 tells us, “Death and life are in the power of the tongue, and those who love it will eat its fruits.” There is tremendous, life-altering power in one statement of specific encouragement, blessing, or affirmation spoken into a hurting soul.

CSB The one who guards his mouth protects his life; the one who opens his lips invites his own ruin. NLT Those who control their tongue will have a long life; opening your mouth can ruin everything.

Taming the Tongue: Avoiding Double Speak

James 3:9-12 (NIV) offers a convicting lesson for us all: "With the tongue we praise our Lord and Father, and with it we curse human beings, who have been made in God's likeness. Out of the same mouth come praise and cursing. My brothers and sisters, this should not be.

Paul is explicit in 1 Corinthians 14 that tongues are not helpful unless they are interpreted. The idea, then, is that someone would be led by the Spirit to speak praise to God in a language that they were never taught.

The Bible says, "No rotten talk should come from your mouth, but only what is good for the building up of someone in need, in order to give grace to those who hear." Eph 4:29 (HCSB) The Bible challenges us to use our words to help people, to build others up, not to tear them down.

Your tongue is a muscular organ in your mouth that aids in chewing, speaking and breathing.

I think he would have liked the Arab proverb that everything we say should pass three gatekeepers: “Is it true? Is it kind? Is it necessary?”

The personal tongue is understood by no one but God (1 Corinthians 14:2). The prophetic tongue is understood by the Church with the aid of an interpreter (1 Corinthians 14:27). The proof tongue is supernaturally understood by the unbeliever (Acts 2:8). One gift, three expressions.