The Power Of The Tongue
Posted by: Buffalo Dream Center
Topic: Bible Verses
Verse: The tongue has the power of life and death, and those who love it will eat its fruit. Proverbs 18:21
Props:
Paper with sayings written on them
Instructions:
Discussion:
1. Introduction: Tongue Games
Tongue Twister
2 Truths and 1 lie
Telephone
2. Object Lesson
Have someone come to the front. Pick a saying. They have to say it holding their tongue. The audience has to guess what they are saying
3. Talk
Today all the games we played had to do with the tongue.
The tongue is the most powerful weapon we all have whether we are living for Jesus or not.
4 things the Bible Compares the tongue to:
1. The bit in a Horses mouth – that is how you steer a horse
2. The rudder on a ship or a boat – steers the whole boat
Our tongue determines the direction of our life.
-When does your tongue steer you off coarse?
-How can you use your tongue to go in a good direction
3. The spark that causes a forest fire
-It only takes one little spark to set a fire
-It only takes 1-2 little words to cause a huge problem
-When can your tongue cause a forest fire?
4. Animals (birds, reptiles, fish)
-Men can tame wild animals
-We need to tame our tongues
-When do we need to tame our tongues?
Bible verse: The tongue has the power of life and death and those who love it will eat of its fruit. Proverbs 18:21
How does our tongue have the power of death?
Gossip
Anger
Speaking disrespectful things
Lying
How does our tongue have the power of life?
Saying nice things
Praying for people
How will we eat of our tongues fruit?
Every seed we plant produces a fruit of its likeness
What does an apple seed produce?
What does a carrot seed produce?
What does a watermelon seed produce?
What does a hate seed produce?
What does a lie seed produce?
What does a love seed produce?
What does a respectful seed produce?
Conclusion:
Break into groups and pray for each other that God will help us control our tongues.
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