Living for God: Better Uses of the Tongue

Tuesday, July 23, 2013

Better Uses of the Tongue

"Is anyone among you in trouble? Let them pray.
Is anyone happy? Let them sing songs of praise.
Is anyone among you sick? Let them call the elders of the church to pray over them and anoint them with oil in the name of the Lord." James 5:13-14

- Better uses of the tongue: pray, sing songs of praise, and call the elders to pray over sick people.
- Focus on God whether you're in trouble, or happy, or sick.
- Oil is used perhaps because of its therapeutic value. Lots of essential oils have been recognized for their medical treatment.

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Insightful Quotes

"If we can trust God for our eternal salvation, how can we not trust Him to provide for the "little" things of life?" ~M.E.Howard
"It is impossible for that man to despair who remembers that his Helper is omnipotent." ~Jeremy Taylor
"It is not the ship in the water but the water in the ship that sinks it. So it is not the Christian in the world but the world in the Christian that constitutes the danger. Anything that dims my vision of Christ, or takes away my taste for Bible study, or cramps my prayer life, or makes Christian work difficult, is wrong for me, and I must, as a Christian, turn away from it." ~J. Wilbur Chapman
"It is unjust to share the Gospel of Jesus repeatedly to people who have already heard when there are those who have not heard the Gospel of Jesus even once." ~Eric (my husband)
"Live in such a way that those who know you but don't know God, will come to know God because they know you." ~Anonymous
"We cannot choose whom we will love if we claim to be Christians." ~Anonymous