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In the name of the Glorious 
Trinity. 

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Father and Son and Holy Spirit 
forever. 

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Amen. 
Glory be to the Everlasting 

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mercies which sent you to us. 
Oh, Christ the light of the 

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world and the life of all give 
us wisdom by a law and Enlighten

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our impulses, by your knowledge 
sanctify, our souls by your 

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truth and Grant that we may be 
obedient to your words and may 

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fulfill your Commandments at 
every hour. 

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O you who enlightens the 
rationale with the knowledge of 

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your greatness? 
He's doin light O My Lord. 

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Our thoughts that we made 
meditate upon your holy and 

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divine scriptures at all times. 
Oh Lord of all Father and Son 

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and Holy Spirit forever. 
Amen. 

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Double-edged sword, a Christian 
podcast Ministry presented by 

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father, jernard Lazar. 
Father, jernard is a parish 

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priest of the mud edit Parish of
the Assyrian Church of the East 

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and Turlock. 
California. 

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Here's father jernard before the
beginning of the presbyters 

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meeting with with the bishop or 
that he's the priest meeting. 

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With the Bishops, I write a part
of Psalm chapter of hundreds and

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hundred and forty-one verse 3. 
O our Lord. 

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God said a guard at my mouth and
a guard for my lips. 

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But it goes on to say that my 
heart would not turn aside to an

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evil word or do evil. 
Works with wicked men. 

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I shall not eat salt with them. 
That's the one way I can tame 

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and control my tongue. 
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1 to 10. 
We read about the threat of an 

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uncontrolled tongue. 
Let me read it and share it with

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you. 
My brethren do not allow 

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doubtful teach teachers among 
you, but know that we are under 

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a great judgment for in many 
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We are stumbled Or in many 
things we all stumble anyone who

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does not offend inward. 
This one is a perfect man and 

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able also to subdue his whole 
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We put bits into the mouths of 
horses that they may obey us and

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we turn about their whole body, 
that means we steer them. 

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Basically, we control them 
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Also, the ship's great as they 
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winds, they are And about with a
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captain of the pilot wishes even
so the tongue is a little member

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and boasts great things. 
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place the large forests. 
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sinful world like a forest that 
very tongue while it is among 

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our members can defile. 
Our whole body and set on fire, 

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the records of our race, which 
have rolled down from the 

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beginning. 
And in the end, it is consumed 

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by fire. 
That is the tongue for James. 

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Chapter 3 verse 77, very 
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beasts and of birds and of 
creatures of the sea and of the 

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land are under the subjugation 
of the will of men, but the 

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tongue, no man can take. 
It is an unruly evil full of 

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deadly poison, verse 9. 
But Buy it. 

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We bless the Lord and the 
father, and by it, we curse men 

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who are made in the image of God
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curses and blessings my 
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These things are not so to be 
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James is putting it not very 
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you know, as we emphasized verse
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and be controlled but the tongue
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No man can tame the tongue so 
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We just let it rip with the 
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There it is. 
There's our justification. 

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The Bible is saying that, you 
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So, do as you please with your 
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Well, no, that's not actually 
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In Matthew chapter 18. 
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or your leg, or your eyes, cause
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it off, and I will dare to 
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should be also listed if your 
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metaphorically, I'm speaking 
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cut the tongue out as well, 
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about the leg and the arm ended 
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Very alarming. 
But there are verses, there are 

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hopeful and definitely hopeful 
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obviously, the uncontrolled 
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raging forest fire or heavy 
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You know, once the tongue pukes 
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its bitterness. 
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as the damage it will cause, you
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social media and everyone has 
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But the Each the message is out 
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cannot control the damage and 
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All you do is, as I say, delete 
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out of our mouth, it will work, 
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The father says, in the Old 
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out of my mouth will fulfill the
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have every word that comes out 
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You cannot stop. 
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it causes or the goodness 
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But there is a hint given by a 
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Same James and this is the hint 
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control, we can use the tongue 
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Is to be swift to hear and slow 
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James 1:19, we spoke about this 
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Be swift to listen, be quick to 
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A verbal reactions should lack 
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A verbal reactions should lack 
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when we are angry. 
Be slow to speak in Anger, you 

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make a lot of mistakes. 
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a crime, the justification 
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mind, I didn't know what I was 
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I was drunk. 
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I was psychologically not fully 
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murder murder is murder, right. 
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sometimes, Times. 
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that does not make it right, we 
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If we say things in anger and it
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Well, we must be very careful 
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angry when we are angry, when we
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The best thing to do is to pray.
Lord, God said a guard at my 

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mouth and a God for my lips. 
When we are angry and we are 

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quick to listen and slow to 
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We should choose our words. 
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occasion. 
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continue to use your tongue and 
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The scripture is saying is it's 
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good rather than for evil. 
You see, we need to tame our 

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thoughts. 
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Our mind in order to tame our 
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quality words that are in 
Proverbs 1624 a honeycomb of 

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honey sweet to the soul and a 
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That's how our words should be. 
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of our words. 
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are bitter as vinegar, then what
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will reflect what is in our 
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hearts, Saint James writes in 
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That salt water cannot flow out 
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a fig tree cannot bear, olives 
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So when we want to speak when we
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be aware of the source of our 
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What is it going to be is It 
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Or is it going to be sweet? 
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Is it going to be soothing or 
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This is how we can control and 
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tongue. 
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the center of all of our speech.
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Writes the heart of the wise, 
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learning to his lips, our Lord 
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I believe that for the abundance
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of the heart, the mouth speaks, 
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consequently Whoever would 
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amend his heart. 
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soothing to be as sweet as honey
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and be a sweet as honey comb. 
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very important thing that God 
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God sees and God hears 
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Psalm 24:1 the Earth is the 
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God is everywhere. 
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God is within you. 1 Corinthians
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the Holy Spirit. 
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verse seven and eight. 
Where shall I go from your 

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Where shall I hide from before? 

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If I shall Ascend to Heaven, 
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And if I would descend to show 
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and I love this verse and if 
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Carmela from there, I shall 
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And if they will hide from, 
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the sea there, I shall command 
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them. 
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Up the presence of God. 
This is one of the greatest Keys

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is one of the greatest tools of 
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to know that each time, we say 
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presence of the Lord, because 
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God is within you to God, the 
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So when I am cussing, I'm 
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Would you walk into a church and
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I've known of people of or I've 
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have filthy mouths. 
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is either, either the F-bomb or 
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It amazes me how when that 
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with me a servant of God that 
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that word. 
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I'm in the presence of a basa, 
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church and they are conversing 
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Even with friends, they have 
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saying. 
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But then again, beloved they 
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in the presence of God and in 
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which is within us, you know, I 
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The ladies, let it rip, as they 
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respect for themselves, I'm 
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But this is what I will break it
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mouth for evil, not only 
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But remember, each time we do 
that, we are doing it in the 

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presence of God. 
Jesus says in Matthew chapter 

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12, verse 37. 
Here is another deterrent for by

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your words, you will be 
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Hey, justification by words, do 
not only by faith for by your 

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words. 
You will be justified and by 

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your words you will be 
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Meaning judged too. 
Ternal. 

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Condemnation, pain, Agony 
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If this is not deterring us. 
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going to overcome the timing of 
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Matthew 12:36 for, I say to you.
Jesus says that Every Idle Word 

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that people will speak, they 
will give an answer for it on 

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the day of judgment. 
So we will be judged. 

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According to every word that 
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Well Every Idle every useless, 
every evil word that comes out 

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of our mouths, we will be 
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So again, beloved one of many 
ways in the most significant way

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of having control of your tongue
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Is with us. 
Everywhere we go. 

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And the result is that our 
speech becomes worthy of being 

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in the almighty's presence. 
And again, pray, if this is your

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weakness, I'll go one step 
further to say if this is your 

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demon. 
AKA addiction. 

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If this is your demon, this is 
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Pray constantly. 
Oh Lord God said a guard at my 

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mouth prayed with me. 
Now. 

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Stop your vacuuming, stop your 
dishwashing, pull over to one 

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side, stop typing on the on the 
on the keyboard stop watching, 

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you know, looking at social 
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you know, multitasking don't do 
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Stop just pray with me now. 
Oh Lord God, Sarah guard at my 

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mouth and a God for my lips. 
That my heart would not turn 

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aside to an evil word or do 
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Works with wicked men. 
I shall not eat salt with them. 

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Praise and glory be to God the 
Father and Son and Holy Spirit. 

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