10:14 The wise lay up knowledge, but the mouth of a fool brings ruin near. … 12:18 There is one whose rash words are like sword thrusts, but the tongue of the wise brings healing. … 22 Lying lips are an abomination to the LORD, but those who act faithfully are his delight. … 14:16 One who is wise is cautious and turns away from evil, but a fool is reckless and careless. 17 A man of quick temper acts foolishly, and a man of evil devices is hated. … 25 A truthful witness saves lives, but one who breathes out lies is deceitful. … 15:1 A soft answer turns away wrath, but a harsh word stirs up anger. 2 The tongue of the wise commends knowledge, but the mouths of fools pour out folly. … 4 A gentle tongue is a tree of life, but perverseness in it breaks the spirit. … 16:24 Gracious words are like a honeycomb, sweetness to the soul and health to the body. … 18:8 The words of a whisperer are like delicious morsels; they go down into the inner parts of the body. … 21a Death and life are in the power of the tongue.
Death and Life Are in the Power of the Tongue
July 29, 2018 • Josh Floyd
Life in a Spiritual War Zone
January 16, 2022 • Tim Rice
3 For though we walk in the flesh, we are not waging war according to the flesh. 4 For the weapons of our warfare are not of the flesh but have divine power to destroy strongholds. 5 We destroy arguments and every lofty opinion raised against the knowledge of God, and take every thought captive to obey Christ.
Engaged In God's Mission
January 9, 2022 • Tim Rice
7 But grace was given to each one of us according to the measure of Christ’s gift. ... 11 And he gave the apostles, the prophets, the evangelists, the shepherds and teachers, 12 to equip the saints for the work of ministry, for building up the body of Christ, 13 until we all attain to the unity of the faith and of the knowledge of the Son of God, to mature manhood, to the measure of the stature of the fullness of Christ, 14 so that we may no longer be children, tossed to and fro by the waves and carried about by every wind of doctrine, by human cunning, by craftiness in deceitful schemes. 15 Rather, speaking the truth in love, we are to grow up in every way into him who is the head, into Christ, 16 from whom the whole body, joined and held together by every joint with which it is equipped, when each part is working properly, makes the body grow so that it builds itself up in love.
Trinity's 25th Anniversary
January 2, 2022 • Tim Rice
1 It is good to give thanks to the LORD, to sing praises to your name, O Most High; 2 to declare your steadfast love in the morning, and your faithfulness by night, … 4 For you, O LORD, have made me glad by your work; at the works of your hands I sing for joy.