WISDOM.
WISDOM My notes from the Study of James in my Cell Group Some people have a bumper-car mentality in their relationships with others. Using blunt words, they deliberately bump into other feelings, which is anything but harmless. “He who restrains his lips is wise,” says Solomon. But James says, “No man can tame the tongue. It is an unruly evil, full of deadly poison” (James 3:8). James says in Vs. 3:9 that with the tongue we bless our God who created us, but we also curse those whom God created. Both blessing and curse cannot come out of mouth. To tame our tongues, we need God’s help. Paul says in Romans that we need to make a choice-to present our bodies “ as instruments of righteousness to God” not “as instruments of unrighteousness to sin.” Everyday we need to make a choice to present our body including our tongue as a living sacrifice to God to be used by God as an instrument of blessing. James suggests that a person who is wise reflects wisdom in his daily deeds (James3: 13). James...