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EPISODE · Mar 22, 2026 · 30 MIN

Words That Build: Guarding Your Mouth for Life

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Join us for a life-changing message on the power of the tongue and practical ways to guard your mouth. Using Proverbs 18:21 and 21:23, Matthew 15:10–11 & 15–20, Romans 10:8–10, Matthew 9:18–25, Psalm 90, 91, 92, and James 3:1–6, this sermon explores how our words shape relationships, reflect the heart, and activate faith. Expect clear biblical teaching, real-life application, and a call to respond. What you’ll learn Why words carry life and death (Proverbs 18:21) How hidden words reveal the heart (Matthew 15:10–20) The responsibility and consequences of speech (James 3:1–6) Speaking faith that moves God (Romans 10:8–10; Matthew 9:18–25) Worshipful framing: praying and praising under God’s shelter (Psalms 90, 91, 92) Practical, everyday habits to guard your mouth and encourage others Practical takeaways Pause before speaking: pray a short breath prayer. Replace criticism with affirmation: offer truthful positives alongside correction. Confess quickly when words harm; seek reconciliation proactively. Develop a daily habit of spoken gratitude and Scripture declarations.

Join us for a life-changing message on the power of the tongue and practical ways to guard your mouth. Using Proverbs 18:21 and 21:23, Matthew 15:10–11 & 15–20, Romans 10:8–10, Matthew 9:18–25, Psalm 90, 91, 92, and James 3:1–6, this sermon explores how our words shape relationships, reflect the heart, and activate faith. Expect clear biblical teaching, real-life application, and a call to respond. What you’ll learn Why words carry life and death (Proverbs 18:21) How hidden words reveal the heart (Matthew 15:10–20) The responsibility and consequences of speech (James 3:1–6) Speaking faith that moves God (Romans 10:8–10; Matthew 9:18–25) Worshipful framing: praying and praising under God’s shelter (Psalms 90, 91, 92) Practical, everyday habits to guard your mouth and encourage others Practical takeaways Pause before speaking: pray a short breath prayer. Replace criticism with affirmation: offer truthful positives alongside correction. Confess quickly when words harm; seek reconciliation proactively. Develop a daily habit of spoken gratitude and Scripture declarations.

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HOMELAND HOMELAND The Church is a body not a building. It's the bride of Jesus Christ! Jesus is coming back for a mature bride. That means it's time for the church of Jesus Christ to move from milk to meat. This is the hour of maturity!HOMELAND is an announcement that the church is being set free. Only the church has the ability to transform the world. The kingdom's of this world will become the kingdoms of our Lord and Savior!All of creation has been waiting for this moment! Sons and daughters of God are rising up and taking their seat! The Field Priest Methodius Chwastek The Field is a place of cultivation and of battle. In the Church, we learn to cultivate a life pleasing to God. This life is shaped in the spiritual battle. This series examines, chapter by chapter, the Christian classic The Field, by Saint Ignatius Brianchaninov. Please join me as I explain this great work in terms the modern Orthodox Christian can understand.  Sermons | Countryside Bible Church Countryside Bible Church At Countryside Bible Church, we equip believers to joyfully live holy lives, to serve one another, and to share the gospel of Jesus Christ, all to the glory of God. We are committed to a high view of God, and a high view of Scripture. Tao Te Ching by Laozi (Author), Stephen Mitchell (Full Audiobook) Laozi Lao-tzu's Tao Te Ching, or Book of the Way, is the classic manual on the art of living, and one of the wonders of the world. In eighty-one brief chapters, the Tao Te Ching looks at the basic predicament of being alive and gives advice that imparts balance and perspective, a serene and generous spirit. This book is about wisdom in action. It teaches how to work for the good with the effortless skill that comes from being in accord with the Tao (the basic principle of the universe) and applies equally to good government and sexual love; to child rearing, business, and ecology.Stephen Mitchell's bestselling version has been widely acclaimed as a gift to contemporary culture.

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