blog

  OASIS FAMILY CHURCH
  • New Here
  • About Jesus
  • About Us
    • Vision & Beliefs
    • Our Staff
    • Partnerships
    • Life Groups
    • Children and Youth
    • Serving
  • Giving
  • Oasis Calendar
  • Media
    • Oasis Online >
      • Sermons
    • Blog
  • Contact Us
    • Contact Us
    • Connect Card

One small spark

3/9/2018

0 Comments

 
Picture
James 3:1-12
One small spark is all it takes in the right conditions to set alight tinder. soon enough it can engulf branches and leaf litter. Before long you can have a full on forest fire where mature trees ignite into tongues of insatiable fire. All just from one tiny spark.

​James was a younger brother of Jesus. James found himself transition from unbelief to believing that his older brother was the long awaited Jewish Messiah after seeing him die on a Roman cross and then meeting Jesus alive, just days later a risen Saviour (1 Corinthians 15:7).

James became the leader of the followers Jesus had in Jerusalem. This was a tough gig, but he did it well, and became well known. He was known as James the Just.

James in his letter to believers warned of another type of forest fire. This one though could be just as dangerous as the first could also cause widespread damage, though this is far harder to put out. In James 3:9 using the comparison of a forest fire, James alluded to our use of one of the most potent part of our body, the tongue.

How many times have we debased ourselves when we have said something out loud that we wish we could hit the rewind button on?

How many relationships have we all seen or experienced that has had to have some form of damage control all because of our or someone else's big mouth?

James warns us of how we can praise God with our mouth one minute, and destroy someone else who is made in God’s image the next with it.

What often comes out of peoples mouths is really a reflection on what is going on inside of their hearts. Does what come out of your mouth give life and encouragement to those around you? or is it a rotting rubbish bag of death and discouragement to those around you?

The words Jesus spoke to those around him gave life. To the poor he spoke of hope, to the sick he spoke of refreshment and healing, to the downtrodden he spoke life. To women he spoke words of elevation, to sinners he spoke of rescue and restoration. To the faithful he spoke words of encouragement, to the unfaithful he spoke words of encouragement also (John 21:17).

What comes out of your heart? Are you building those around you up or pulling down the framework of their lives?

Following Jesus requires us to be diligent in the way we use our tongue. Diligent that we use it to be life giving not life destroying.


Dave Maharey

0 Comments



Leave a Reply.

    Authors
    Picture
    Dave Maharey

    Archives

    September 2022
    August 2022
    July 2022
    May 2022
    March 2022
    February 2022
    January 2022
    December 2021
    October 2021
    September 2021
    August 2021
    July 2021
    June 2021
    May 2021
    April 2021
    March 2021
    February 2021
    September 2020
    August 2020
    July 2020
    June 2020
    May 2020
    April 2020
    March 2020
    November 2019
    October 2019
    September 2019
    April 2019
    February 2019
    December 2018
    October 2018
    September 2018

    Categories

    All
    Blessed Are...
    Challenges
    Christianity For Grown Ups
    Christmas
    Comparing Ourselves
    Control C
    Ctrl C
    Dave Maharey
    Discipleship
    Easter
    Faith
    Fear
    God And Sexuality
    Handling Emotions
    Holy Spirit
    Identity
    In The Flow Of The Spirit
    In The Training Ground
    James
    Jesus
    Jesus Teaching
    Listening To God
    Love
    Overcoming Challenges
    Pentecost
    Persecution
    Philip Manson
    Racism
    Renew
    Renewing The Mind
    Salvation
    Sex And Sexuality
    Tools Of The Trade
    White Knuckle Christianity

Leading people into a growing relationship with Jesus Christ

JOIN uS THIS SUNDAY
OASIS FAMILY CHURCH
Picture
03 578 0407
Picture
office@oasisfamilychurch.org.nz
Picture
3 Henry Street Blenheim
7201
Picture
@oasisfamilychurchblenheim
PRIVACY
Copyright © 2019
  • New Here
  • About Jesus
  • About Us
    • Vision & Beliefs
    • Our Staff
    • Partnerships
    • Life Groups
    • Children and Youth
    • Serving
  • Giving
  • Oasis Calendar
  • Media
    • Oasis Online >
      • Sermons
    • Blog
  • Contact Us
    • Contact Us
    • Connect Card