Wednesday 4/10/2019

Spiritual Maturity Mark #6 Mark 6: Controlled tongue James 3:1-3 Our words reveal our hearts and direct our lives. James 3:4-7 We have the option of yielding our members to unrighteousness or to righteousness. Romans 6:13-14 Rom. 7:24-25 Discretion is vital and points to maturity. Prov. 2:10-12 Prov. 19:11 (NASB) James 3:9-12 The closer we grow to Christ-likeness the less our speech (both in substance and tone) is: Condescending Corrupt Catty Cross Damaging Destructive Demeaning Divisive Fleshly Spiteful Smart aleck Slanderous (gossip) 1 Cor. 13:11 Eph. 4:15 (ESV) Eph. 4:29-32 (ESV) 1 Peter 2:21-23 (ESV) Is. 53:7 Sometimes, one of the most Christlike things we can do concerning is our speech is say nothing. Prov. 29:11 (ESV) Col. 4:6 Eccl. 10:12-13