Sunday Sermon
"The Power of Words"
By:
Pastor Heather Nysewander
Taming the Tongue
3 Not many of you should become teachers, my brothers and sisters,[
a] for you know that we who teach will be judged with greater strictness. 2 For all of us make many mistakes. Anyone who makes no mistakes in speaking is perfect, able to keep the whole body in check with a bridle. 3 If we put bits into the mouths of horses to make them obey us, we guide their whole bodies. 4 Or look at ships: though they are so large that it takes strong winds to drive them, yet they are guided by a very small rudder wherever the will of the pilot directs. 5 So also the tongue is a small member, yet it boasts of great exploits.
How great a forest is set ablaze by a small fire! 6 And the tongue is a fire. The tongue is placed among our members as a world of iniquity; it stains the whole body, sets on fire the cycle of nature,[b] and is itself set on fire by hell.[c] 7 For every species of beast and bird, of reptile and sea creature, can be tamed and has been tamed by the human species, 8 but no one can tame the tongue—a restless evil, full of deadly poison. 9 With it we bless the Lord and Father, and with it we curse those who are made in the likeness of God. 10 From the same mouth come blessing and cursing. My brothers and sisters,[d] this ought not to be so. 11 Does a spring pour forth from the same opening both fresh and brackish water? 12 Can a fig tree, my brothers and sisters,[e] yield olives, or a grapevine figs? No more can salt water yield fresh.
Music by:
Cindy and Steve Story, Steve Burkhalter
How Firm A Foundation (Foundation)
Verse 1
How firm a foundation ye saints of the Lord
Is laid for your faith in His excellent word
What more can He say than to you He hath said
To you who for refuge to Jesus have fled
Verse 2
Fear not I am with thee O be not dismayed
For I am thy God I will still give thee aid
I'll strengthen thee help thee
And cause thee to stand
Upheld by My gracious omnipotent hand
Verse 3
In every condition in sickness in health
In poverty's vale or abounding in wealth
At home and abroad on the land on the sea
As thy days may demand shall thy strength ever be
Verse 4
When through the deep waters He calls thee to go
The rivers of grief shall not thee overflow
For He will be with thee in trouble to bless
And sanctify to thee thy deepest distress
Verse 5
When through fiery trials thy pathway shall lie
My grace all-sufficient shall be thy supply
The flames shall not hurt thee I only design
Thy dross to consume and thy gold to refine
Verse 6
The soul that on Jesus hath leaned for repose
I will not I will not desert to its foes
That soul though all hell should endeavor to shake
I'll never no never no never forsake
Verse
I will call upon the Lord (ECHO)
Who is worthy to be praised (ECHO)
So shall I be saved from my enemies (ECHO)
I will call upon the Lord
Chorus
The Lord liveth
And blessed be my Rock
Let the God of my salvation be exalted
(REPEAT)
The Gift Of Love
Verse 1
Though I may speak with bravest fire
And have the gift to all inspire
And have not love my words are vain
As sounding brass and hopeless gain
Verse 2
Though I may give all I possess
And striving so my love profess
But not be given by love within
The profit soon turns strangely thin
Verse 3
Come Spirit come our hearts control
Our spirits long to be made whole
Let inward love guide every deed
By this we worship and are freed
Verse 1
Praise unbroken, Praise unending
Be Yours be Yours forevermore
Praise untainted, Praise unfading
Be Yours be Yours forevermore
Be Yours be Yours forevermore
Chorus
Unbroken praise be Yours God forever
All my praise be Yours God forever
Lord take this life let it become Your throne
Unbroken praise be Yours
Verse 2
My surrender, My devotion
Be Yours be Yours forevermore
Be Yours be Yours forevermore
Bridge
So let my deeds outrun my words
And let my life outweigh my songs
(Unbroken praise be Yours)
Tag
Unbroken praise be Yours
My unbroken praise be Yours
In The Garden
Chorus
And He walks with me
And He talks with me
And He tells me I am His own
And the joy we share as we tarry there
None other has ever known
Verse 1
I come to the garden alone
While the dew is still on the roses
And the voice I hear falling on my ear
The Son of God discloses
Verse 2
He speaks and the sound of His voice
Is so sweet the birds hush their singing
And the melody that He gave to me
Within my heart is ringing
Verse 3
I'd stay in the garden with Him
Tho' the night around me be falling
But He bids me go thro' the voice of woe
His voice to me is calling
Praise God From Whom All Blessings Flow (Old 100th)
Chorus
Praise God from whom all blessings flow
Praise Him all creatures here below
Praise Him above ye heavenly host
Praise Father Son and Holy Ghost
Amen