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I
am a poetry writer, and have written and published a book (that is out of print
at this time) entitled, “To Soar On Wings With Eagles,” which is a book of
poetry and devotionals. I also have
two Bible tracts that I have written, one on women’s role in the church and
the other on the Christian and dancing. I
have lead the singing at Ladies Days, as well as spoke at them and have been
teaching classes of all ages since I was sixteen years old.
This, however, is my first attempt at trying to instruct a class of this
kind, so we will be learning together.
As we begin this course let me first give the items needed.
First, I will be using the King James Version in my study, so all quotes
will come from that version and you will need to have access to the same version
if you are going to be able to fill in the blanks correctly when quoted passages
are used. Second, I am not generally
the kind of instructor that uses tons of research materials or reading materials
for you to have to find and use in order to take this course.
I tend to use the open Bible way of teaching and for the most part your
Bible is all you will need to get through this course.
Thirdly, I want this course to be a joy not a burden.
I want it to be a means of enhancing your Bible study not make you crazy
and anxious! If for some reason you
cannot get your lesson in on time, let me know and we will make arrangements
that work for us both. I realize
that sometimes our plans get changed, I understand it, and will therefore, work
with you on things if you work with me. The
email address I will be using for this course and that you will be sending your
completed lessons to is: RainwaterB3@aol.com
, I will need you to copy and paste each lesson in its entirety and then add
your answers in with a different color type so that I
can quickly find your answers and get your lesson graded and sent back to
you in a timely fashion. Also make
sure to put in the subject line of each lesson the acronym, WFS-Lesson#-your
name, so that I will know who each is coming from at a glance.
This will make a vast difference for me and
will allow me to get back to each and everyone of you in the shortest
amount of time. If you have any
questions or comments please email those to me so that I can share them as part
of a discussion for each lesson. By
sharing our questions and comments we will have the best possible class and
learn the most we can.
When
you receive this introduction please take a few minutes to introduce yourself to
the class by sending your introductions to me at the above address and I will
then send them to each student via their email address.
This
will let each of us feel a little more comfortable in the class and maybe
enhance the feeling that we are a class and allow us to feel comfortable making
comments.
In this study we will be looking into the power of words and how they can
build up or tear down. Hopefully,
through this study we can determine how our words can be for the furtherance of
the gospel of
Jesus
Christ and not a hindrance to it. In
Proverbs 18:21 we are told,
“Death
and life are in the power of the tongue: and they that love it shall eat the
fruit thereof.”
Powerful
words in the scripture here. Our
tongue has the power of death and life! Awe
striking isn’t it? Do we think of
our tongue this way? Are we careful
about what comes out of our mouth so as not to damage the example of Christ that
we are suppose to show? These
questions and more are what this whole course will be about.
We will learn just how crucial it is to have power over our tongue and
just how much not having it can put us in heaven or hell in eternity.
A WORD FITLY SPOKEN
Why
is it so hard to taste our words
Before
we spit them out?
Is it that we do not listen before we spit,
Or
that we think words do not count?
Do
we not know that words fitly spoken
Are
like apples that are made of gold?
Words
can be like a salve to a wound
Or
they can be the knife that strikes!
Would
it not be better to taste our words
Before
we throw them out and about?
The
Bible tells us in its infinite wisdom
That
man can have joy by a word fitly spoken.
To
everything there is a season,
We
need to think and debate before
We
break the silence and speak a word
That
would better be left unspoken!
Children
of God are we and thus
We
need to show our love instead of hate.
Shocked
are we when we are accused
Of
using stinging words of hate!
We
sometimes did not mean them as such
But
did we think to taste and debate,
Before
we rashly spoke those words
That
caused someone to hurt?
How
can we lead others to God
If
we do not first know how,
To
lead our thoughts and our words
So
as not to wound and cut.
Would
it not be just as easy to give
Wonderful
words of Jesus’ love.
@1999,
Beverly Rainwater
Now as a means to get our minds running in the right direction
let us all take some time and run a reference search on the word
“tongue” and see what we can find out about the tongue.
If you have a Strong's Concordance you can do it that way or if not go to
Bible Gateway on your computer and put in the word “tongue” and see what you
can find. Share your findings by
sending in your search on the tongue and how it pertains to the words we speak
and the examples we set.
I
hope that you will enjoy each lesson and that it will help enhance your study
time in God’s Word. May God lift
you up and teach you to fly on wings as eagles.