James 3:1-12 - How To Manage Your Mouth

James 3:1-12 - How To Manage Your Mouth

1. If you could hear a recording of everything you said last week, what would you want to edit out?

2. What can you learn about a person by listening to him or her speak?

3. What unique responsibility does a teacher bear? (3:1)

4. If a person were never at fault in what he or she said, what would that show about the person? (3:2)

5. What is the purpose of a bit in the mouth of a horse? (3:3)
What is the purpose of the rudder of a ship? (3:4)
What damage can a small spark cause to a great forest? (3:4)

6. How did James describe the tongue? (3:6-8)

7. What is so difficult about taming the tongue? (3:7-8)

8. What inconsistencies are we capable of? (3:9-10)

9. What can a spring or a fruit tree teach us about speech? (3:11-12)

10.Why will God judge teachers more strictly than other people?

11. Why are sins of speech often overlooked as not serious?

12. What positive words do your family and coworkers need to hear from your mouth this week?