"call the plumber to sanctify your speech"

M E S S E N G E R: A L I S O N V E L E Z L A N E

“CALL THE PLUMBER”James 3; James 3: 1-12

JAMES 3

http://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=James+3&version=NIV

• 9 With the tongue we praise our Lord and Father, and with it we curse human beings, who have been made in God’s likeness. 10 Out of the same mouth come praise and cursing. My brothers and sisters, this should not be. 11 Can both fresh water and salt water flow from the same spring? 12 My brothers and sisters, can a fig tree bear olives, or a grapevine bear figs? Neither can a salt spring produce fresh water.

GRANDMA’S SHOWER

• HOT Balmy Bermuda Day• Needed a COLD shower

• Turned the “C” knob and HOT scalding water caused me to scream.

GRANNY’S WISDOM

• How do you know Granny?• I just know.• Revelation 3:16:

New International Version (©2011)“So, because you are lukewarm--neither hot nor cold--I am about to spit you out of my mouth.”

http://niv.scripturetext.com/revelation/3.htm• Learn• Listen• Live

H IS FOR HOLY

http://bible.cc/1_peter/2-5.htm

New Living Translation (©2007)And you are living stones that God is building into his spiritual temple. What's more, you are his holy priests. Through the mediation of Jesus Christ, you offer spiritual sacrifices that please God.

I Peter 2: 5

C IS FOR CARNAL

• Conversation with my cousin prior to our Seven Last Word sermons.

• Cursing• Complaining• Condemning• Criticizing• Confusion

C IS FOR CORRUPT : EPHESIANS 4 :29

King James Bible (Cambridge Ed.) Let no corrupt communication proceed out of

your mouth, but that which is good to the use of edifying, that it may minister grace unto the hearers. http://bible.cc/ephesians/4-29.htm

New Living Translation (©2007)Don't use foul or abusive language. Let everything you say be good and helpful, so that your words will be an encouragement to those who hear them.

CORRECTING OUR TONGUE: CALL THE PLUMBER “THE HOLY SPIRIT”

• The “Holy Spirit will teach you all that you need to know.”

• Correction requires intention, instruction and implementation.

• I came home from college cursing like a sailor…like a sinner.

• Not “Lady Like”• More and more importantly, cursing, swearing,

profanity and negativity is not CHRIST-LIKE. ( “Be ye not conformed to this world. Be ye transformed by the renewing of your mind.”) (“Let this mind be in you that was also in Christ Jesus.”)

FRUITY FLAVORED WORDS: GALATIANS 5: 22-23; JAMES 3:11-12

• Galatians 5: 22-23: The Fruits of the Spirit (CALL THE PLUMBER!):

New International Version (©2011)But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, forbearance, kindness, goodness, faithfulness,

http://bible.cc/galatians/5-22.htm

• James 3:11-12 New International Version (NIV)11 Can both fresh water and salt water flow from the same

spring? 12 My brothers and sisters, can a fig tree bear olives, or a grapevine bear figs? Neither can a salt spring produce fresh water.

http://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=James+3%3A11-12&version=NIV

WISDOM

• http://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=James%203:%2013-17&version=NIV

• James 3:13-17 New International Version (NIV)• Two Kinds of Wisdom13 Who is wise and understanding among you? Let them show it

by their good life, by deeds done in the humility that comes from wisdom. 14 But if you harbor bitter envy and selfish ambition in your hearts, do not boast about it or deny the truth. 15 Such “wisdom” does not come down from heaven but is earthly, unspiritual, demonic. 16 For where you have envy and selfish ambition, there you find disorder and every evil practice.

17 But the wisdom that comes from heaven is first of all pure; then peace-loving, considerate, submissive, full of mercy and good fruit, impartial and sincere.

WORD

• New International Version (©2011) Psalm 19:14May these words of my mouth and this meditation of my heart be pleasing in your sight, LORD, my Rock and my Redeemer. http://bible.cc/psalms/19-14.htm

• New International Version (©2011) Psalm 119:11I have hidden your word in my heart that I might not sin against you. http://bible.cc/psalms/119-11.htm

WORSHIP: SANCTITY

John 4:24 King James Version (KJV)24 God is a Spirit: and they that worship him must worship him in

spirit and in truth.http://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=John+4:24&version=KJV

Psalm 96:9 New Living Translation (©2007)

9 Worship the LORD in all his holy splendor. Let all the earth tremble before him.

http://bible.cc/psalms/96-9.htm

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WORK

• New International Version (©2011)Jesus replied, "No one who puts a hand to the plow and looks back is fit for service in the kingdom of God."http://bible.cc/luke/9-62.htm

• King James 2000 Bible (©2003)For as the body without the spirit is dead, so faith without works is dead also. http://bible.cc/james/2-26.htm

WORSHIP: ROMANS 12:1

New International Version (©2011)Therefore, I urge you, brothers and sisters, in view of God's mercy, to offer your bodies as a living sacrifice, holy and pleasing to God--this is your true and proper worship.

http://bible.cc/romans/12-1.htm

ALISON VELEZ LANE

In the Body of Christ, Alison is a gifted orator, vocalist, writer, organizer, and Bible Study instructor.

As an active member of New Psalmist Baptist Church, she serves as a Member of the Communications Ministry and Public Relations Team for the Women's Ministry known as Destiny Women.

During a leadership-instructing and life-impacting Empowerment Temple A.M.E. Church membership, Alison served on the Trustee Board and Media Ministry. As a young member of the Bethel A.M.E. Church in Baltimore, Lane discovered her talents, developed her skills, and dreamed a future that God has allowed her to explored experience and expand.

As the Founder and CEO of Campaign Train Group, Alison provides advice, coaching, and training to

leaders throughout the world. In this capacity, she ably uses her legal, foreign language, political science, and leadership skills. Lane speaks, reads, and writes Spanish fluently and French competently.

Alison Velez Lane, Esquire is a Private Attorney, Political Campaign Adviser, and Leadership Consultant. Earning a Juris Doctor from the University of Pennsylvania Law School and a Bachelor’s Degree from Bryn Mawr College, Alison also studied at the Centro de Estudios Hispanicos in Madrid, Spain, and achieved distinction in Bryn Mawr College’s International Relations Program.