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Q&A: Can anyone truly subdue the tongue??

“So too the tongue is a small part of the body, yet it has great pretensions. Think how small a flame sets a huge forest ablaze.”
James 3:5 NET
http://bible.com/107/jas.3.5.net 
We need to be careful with our tongues as believers. Our tongues, as James says, are weapons of destructions and harmfulness. Until you can tame it. James describes how we have been able to put every animal and loving thing under control, apart from the tongue. “For every kind of animal, bird, reptile, and sea creature is subdued and has been subdued by humankind. But no human being can subdue the tongue; it is a restless evil, full of deadly poison.”
James 3:7-8 NET
http://bible.com/107/jas.3.7-8.net

But we can tame the tongue, as we are not ordinary human beings anymore. We are living as sons of the Most High God! We can subdue and put under control the tongue, by the Word. Everything we say should be based off the Word, and we should not curse or swear using it. Can a spring come out with clean and bitter water? Then our mouths cannot be used for bitter and nice words. Pick one!

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