If you didn't bring a Bible with you this morning, would you hold up your hand?

The ushers have extra Bibles.

Be glad to let you use one of ours.

And let's turn to two openings, James Chapter 3, Proverbs, Chapter 18.

James Chapter 3, Proverbs chapter 18

James 3

and verse 2

says in many things we offend all

if any man offend not in the word

the same is a perfect man

and able also to bridle the whole body

NIV says if anyone is never at 5 the same is a perfect man and able also to bridle the whole body.

NIV says if anyone is never at fault in what he says, he's a perfect man able to keep his whole body in check.

The rest of this passage describes how that like a bit and bridle in the horse's mouth like a rudder on a ship

so is our tongue in our life if you're writing it today he might have said it's like a steering wheel

in a car it's because you use that bit to steer that horse,

you use that rudder to steer that ship.

Is it true that our tongue, what we say,

is the steering wheel of our life?

Most Christians don't believe this.

Even though it's very plain in the Word of God,

how do you know they don't believe it, Brother Keith?

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