092823 The Concealed Weapon in Your Mouth…

The Concealed Weapon in Your Mouth…

Andrew Ray

 

Inside of your mouth lies one of the most dangerous

Weapons ever used by mankind.

 

It has destroyed friends, families, churches and peoples.

It is such a little member, but it packs a wicked punch.

 

That member is your tongue.

 

It ought to be used to praise the Lord and spread His word,

But is most often used to devour others and spread gossip.

 

This member of yours is so dangerous that the Bible likens

It to a sharp sword or razor…

 

Psa. 52:2

“Your tongue makes plans to destroy

Like a sharp knife, you who lie.”

 

Psa. 57:4

“My soul is among lions.

I must lie among the sons of men who

Breathe fire, whose teeth are spears and

Arrows, and whose tongues are a sharp sword.”

 

Psa. 59:7

“See, they spit with their mouth.

Swords are in their lips. And they say,

“Who can hear us?”

 

Psa. 64:3

“They have made their tongues sharp like a sword.

They use poison words like arrows.”

 

To a serpent…

 

Psa. 140:3

“They make their tongues sharp like a snake’s.

And the poison of a snake is under their lips.”

And to a fire

 

 

Jas. 3:5-6

“The tongue is also a small part of the body,

But it can speak big things.

See how a very small fire can set many trees on fire.

The tongue is a fire. It is full of wrong.

It poisons the whole body.

The tongue sets our whole lives on fire with

A fire that comes from hell.

 

 

Perhaps we ought to pray like David when he said,

 

Psa. 141:3

“O Lord, put a watch over my mouth.

Keep watch over the door of my lips.”

 

Edited by H.C.

 

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Whatever is begun in anger ends in shame. 

- Benjamin Franklin

 

 

A lady once came to Billy Sunday and tried to

Rationalize her angry outbursts.

"There's nothing wrong with losing my temper,"

She said. "I blow up, and then it's all over." 

"So does a shotgun," Sunday replied,

"And look at the damage it leaves behind!"

- Billy Sunday.

 

 

In the spring of 1894, the Baltimore Orioles

Came to Boston to play a routine baseball game.

But what happened that day was anything but routine.

The Orioles' John McGraw got into a fight with the

Boston third baseman.

Within minutes all the players from both teams had

Joined in the brawl.

The warfare quickly spread to the grandstands.

Among the fans the conflict went from bad to worse.

Someone set fire to the stands and the entire

Ballpark burned to the ground.

Not only that, but the fire spread to 107 other

Boston buildings as well. 

 

- Daily Bread, August 13, 1992.

 

 For further information about the fire

https://sabr.org/gamesproj/game/may-15-1894-it-was-a-hot-game-sure-enough/