“Mind Your Language”
Sunday, March 9, 2025Key Verse
“For in many things we offend all. If any man offend not in word, the same is a perfect man, and able also to bridle the whole body.” James 3:2
Text — James 3:1-6
Message
Some children talk carelessly, not minding what they say. The Bible warns us to be careful about how we use our tongue what we say, because we will give account to God. A boy named Charles was playing with his friends one evening when another boy from the neighbourhood joined them. Charles did not like the look of the boy and he told one of his friends. He did not know that the boy heard the bad thing he said about him. The boy simply left the playground and went back to his house unhappy.
The next day, Charles saw the boy and wanted to give him a tract and talk to him about Jesus. The boy rejected the tract and told Charles he heard the bad things he said about him to the boy in the neighbourhood. He learnt his lesson in an embarrassing way and made up his mind to always mind his language. Words are powerful and capable of building or destroying life. Make up your mind that your speech will always bless others and not make them sad.
Further Reading
Psalm 39:1
Prayer for today
Lord, help me to heed to Your counsel on the use of my tongue.
About Author - Pastor W.F. Kumuyi
Listed among “500 most powerful people on the planet” by the Foreign Policy magazine in 2013, Pastor (Dr.) William F. Kumuyi is the founder and General Superintendent of the Deeper Christian Life Ministry (DCLM) headquartered in Lagos, Nigeria. DCLM started in 1973 as a 15-member Bible study group right in Kumuyi’s apartment at University of Lagos where he was a lecturer. His revolutionary Bible teaching on personal holiness and commitment to evangelism soon gained so much traction and resulted in a widespread revival.
