Guest Speaker: Darin Brown

Words are incredibly powerful - God spoke creation into existence, and as His image-bearers, we too can speak life or death. The average person speaks 20,000-30,000 words daily, making it easy to stumble with our speech. James teaches that controlling our tongues is one of the greatest challenges we face as believers. Four keys help us manage our mouths: accepting the difficult challenge of word control, identifying what influences our speech, recognizing the power of our words to heal or harm, and finding consistency between our worship and daily conversation. The real issue isn't just external word management but allowing God to transform our hearts, since Jesus said that out of the heart, the mouth speaks.