Our pastor is teaching James 1, and last week’s sermon was about listening and bridling your tongue. Every day I pray for God for the wisdom to “quell my pride and quiet my tongue so that I may walk gently and serve others with love.”
I can do this only by the power of the Holy Spirit because I most certainly cannot do it on my own.
Today’s sermon was about how we define religion. Jesus brings up the importance of controlling your words yet again:
“If anyone thinks himself to be religious, and yet does not bridle his tongue but deceives his own heart, this man’s religion is worthless. Pure and undefiled religion in the sight of our God and Father is this: to visit orphans and widows in their distress, and to keep oneself unstained by the world.”
Our pastor is teaching James 1, and last week’s sermon was about listening and bridling your tongue. Every day I pray for God for the wisdom to “quell my pride and quiet my tongue so that I may walk gently and serve others with love.”
I can do this only by the power of the Holy Spirit because I most certainly cannot do it on my own.
Today’s sermon was about how we define religion. Jesus brings up the importance of controlling your words yet again:
“If anyone thinks himself to be religious, and yet does not bridle his tongue but deceives his own heart, this man’s religion is worthless. Pure and undefiled religion in the sight of our God and Father is this: to visit orphans and widows in their distress, and to keep oneself unstained by the world.”
James 1:26-27
Amen. I think we all struggle w controlling it at times!