Wednesday, May 12, 2010
Amazing video from a woman of faith
This is amazing. This woman's husband was murdered by four people who answered an ad posted on Criagslist. The people showed up under the pretense of buying a ring. They tied up the family and ended up killing her husband.
Watch the video, what happens next is absolutely incredible.
Tuesday, May 11, 2010
Taming your tongue
James 3:1-12
1 Let not many of you become teachers, my brethren, knowing that as such we will incur a stricter judgment.
2 For we all stumble in many ways If anyone does not stumble in what he says, he is a perfect man, able to bridle the whole body as well.
3 Now if we put the bits into the horses' mouths so that they will obey us, we direct their entire body as well.
4 Look at the ships also, though they are so great and are driven by strong winds, are still directed by a very small rudder wherever the inclination of the pilot desires.
5 So also the tongue is a small part of the body, and yet it boasts of great things See how great a forest is set aflame by such a small fire!
6 And the tongue is a fire, the very world of iniquity; the tongue is set among our members as that which defiles the entire body, and sets on fire the course of our life, and is set on fire by hell.
7 For every species of beasts and birds, of reptiles and creatures of the sea, is tamed and has been tamed by the human race.
8 But no one can tame the tongue; it is a restless evil and full of deadly poison.
9 With it we bless our Lord and Father, and with it we curse men, who have been made in the likeness of God;
10 from the same mouth come both blessing and cursing. My brethren, these things ought not to be this way.
11 Does a fountain send out from the same opening both fresh and bitter water?
12 Can a fig tree, my brethren, produce olives, or a vine produce figs? Nor can salt water produce fresh.
So quickly we will say a harsh word or participate in gossip without ever thinking about the consequences. It never ceases to amaze me how someone who will gossip about everyone will suddenly become indignant when they find out they are the subject of the latest gossip.
In this book, James, the half brother of Jesus, goes to great lengths to warn us of the damage that can be caused by the tongue. Although being small it can cause great damage like a small fire can burn down an entire forest, or can be used to define who we are like a small rudder can direct an entire ship.
As you go about your day, before engaging in conversation, ask yourself if this is a conversation you should be in. Is what I'm saying going to build up or tear down? Am I going to use my words as a blessing or a curse?
1 Let not many of you become teachers, my brethren, knowing that as such we will incur a stricter judgment.
2 For we all stumble in many ways If anyone does not stumble in what he says, he is a perfect man, able to bridle the whole body as well.
3 Now if we put the bits into the horses' mouths so that they will obey us, we direct their entire body as well.
4 Look at the ships also, though they are so great and are driven by strong winds, are still directed by a very small rudder wherever the inclination of the pilot desires.
5 So also the tongue is a small part of the body, and yet it boasts of great things See how great a forest is set aflame by such a small fire!
6 And the tongue is a fire, the very world of iniquity; the tongue is set among our members as that which defiles the entire body, and sets on fire the course of our life, and is set on fire by hell.
7 For every species of beasts and birds, of reptiles and creatures of the sea, is tamed and has been tamed by the human race.
8 But no one can tame the tongue; it is a restless evil and full of deadly poison.
9 With it we bless our Lord and Father, and with it we curse men, who have been made in the likeness of God;
10 from the same mouth come both blessing and cursing. My brethren, these things ought not to be this way.
11 Does a fountain send out from the same opening both fresh and bitter water?
12 Can a fig tree, my brethren, produce olives, or a vine produce figs? Nor can salt water produce fresh.
So quickly we will say a harsh word or participate in gossip without ever thinking about the consequences. It never ceases to amaze me how someone who will gossip about everyone will suddenly become indignant when they find out they are the subject of the latest gossip.
In this book, James, the half brother of Jesus, goes to great lengths to warn us of the damage that can be caused by the tongue. Although being small it can cause great damage like a small fire can burn down an entire forest, or can be used to define who we are like a small rudder can direct an entire ship.
As you go about your day, before engaging in conversation, ask yourself if this is a conversation you should be in. Is what I'm saying going to build up or tear down? Am I going to use my words as a blessing or a curse?
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