James 3

How important is proving to everyone else that you are right? Just because you are right doesn't make you right -- how we deal with others is crucial in being right!

It's really hard to do, isn't it! Alan Smith talks about how hard it is to keep our mouth shut using a humorous story about a police trooper and an English professor.

"Dear Beloved, Learn to wait and think before you speak. Give the Holy Spirit an opportunity to guide your conversation instead of being thrust into....."

What do you do when you are emotionally on fire? A recovery saying, HALT, reminds us to be careful when we are hungry, angry, lonely, and tired because then we are vulernable to temptation, sin, and weakness as well as addictions.

"Dear Disciple, When James wrote about wisdom and peace, he used terms whose meanings were rooted in what you call the Old Testament — The Law,...."

Aren't we way past too far? Shock jocks have tried to out do each other in shocking, crude, and obscene remarks on radio, TV, and interviews and they have crossed the line and we are the only ones who can do something about it.

"Out of the same mouth come praise and cursing. My brothers, this should not be. Can both fresh water and salt water flow from the same spring?"

"The wisdom that comes from heaven is first of all pure; then peace-loving, considerate, submissive, full of mercy and good fruit, impartial and sincere...."

Inspirational illustration of James 3:17-18 -- 17   But the wisdom that comes from heaven is first of all pure; then peace-loving, considerate, submissive, full of mercy and good fruit, impartial and sincere.

"Who is wise and understanding among you? Let him show it by his good life, by deeds done in the humility that comes from wisdom."

"Who is wise and understanding among you? Let him show it by his good life, by deeds done in the humility that comes from wisdom."

"For where you have envy and selfish ambition, there you find disorder and every evil practice."

Inspirational illustration of James 3:13 -- Who is wise and understanding among you? Let him show it by his good life, by deeds done in the humility that comes from wisdom.

Inspirational illustration of James 3:16 -- For where you have envy and selfish ambition, there you find disorder and every evil practice.

Inspirational illustration of James 3:16 -- For where you have envy and selfish ambition, there you find disorder and every evil practice.

How is your speech like a lighted cigarette? Heartlight's first article was about how we use our speech.

Because God’s promises are unbreakable, our hope is unshakable. Max Lucado reminds us that we are made to resemble God and we must believe and Lauren Daigle reminds us we must listen to what God says about us and believe.

So is our human nature really all that bad? Russ Lawson reminds us that our human nature was created by God and that we can use it to choose wisely, to choose God.

Why do we fool ourselves into thinking our actions and choices don't matter that much? Our descisions have consequences and these choices are not inconsequential to our children and grandchildren.

Can you keep it in check? We must watch our language for others and for God.

What do these words mean and whose words do we trust? Phil Ware weaves in the 7 sayings of Jesus on the cross with the sense of forgiveness and mission that should be ours in the cross and resurrection of Jesus.

What could make Halloween any more horrifying than it already is? An awful Halloween ten years ago reminds us how important it is to value children for who they are!

Let's cut through the fluff and deal with the real issue here! Selfishness is what really lies behind all of marriage problems and the devil wants to use selfish people and marriage problems to render the church ineffective.