Thanks for tuning in to today's Daily Drive with Lake Point Church, a daily dose of God's word for your morning drive.

When the word, not the world, becomes the majority of your week, your life will start to change.

For that reason, our prayer is that God will speak to you through today's devotional.

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your faith, visit lakepoint.combe.com slash daily drive. And now let's dive in to today's devotional.

Hey, what is up, everybody? I hope you had an awesome weekend. Shout out to all you prom goers and

students excited about the end of another school year. And to all you graduates so proud of your accomplishments and your character

and I'm praying you will let God lead you to whatever is next for your life. You know the

Bible reminds us that we can make our plans but the Lord determines our steps he wants to lead

you toward the good plans he has for your life.

And if you're around Lake Point Church, that's what we will be talking about the whole month of

June. You can catch us in person or online. I think it's going to be really helpful.

My name is Mike Bro, by the way, and here on the Daily Drive, we're walking through a letter

written to First Century Jesus followers and to us called the book of James.

James was the brother or the half-brother of Jesus. He's the author. He's this guy that goes from

unbelief in his brother to this passionate faith in him after his resurrection from the dead.

James becomes a big-time player in the early church. And this letter is so practical as he encourages you and me to live

an authentic faith. And nowhere in the letter does he get any more practical than where we left

off in chapter three. He talks about a problem we all have with that little muscle that resides

within our mouth, the tongue. He says this in verse 10. And so blessing and cursing

come pouring out of the same mouth? Surely my brothers and sisters, this is not right.

You know, it's been estimated the average person speaks around 16,000 words a day, enough for a

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