★ MY SERMON NOTES
@ NDIC/DMO Fellowship
Central Business District,
Garki - Abuja
16th May, 2016
* Speaker: Pastor 'Lola Owotumi
* Topic: Mischievous Madness (17)
* Text: Proverbs 23:33 →"Thine eyes shall behold strange women, and thine heart shall utter perverse things." (KJV)
* The fact that a person preaches the Gospel does not exclude him or her from speaking perverse things
* Those who misuse the privilege they have as ministers to speak perverse things will be judge
★ James 3:1 →"My brethren, let not many of you become teachers, knowing that we shall receive a stricter judgment." (KJV)
* Your service unto the Lord shall be judged by Him
* NOTE: Anybody can be rejected
★ Matthew 12:35-37 →''A good man out of the good treasure of his heart brings forth good things, and an evil man out of the evil brings forth evil things. But I say to you that for every idle word men may speak, they will give account of it in the day of judgment. For by your words you will be justified, and by your words you will be condemned."
* You must watch your mouth so that you do not speak idle words
* Every word you speak should be for the edification of your hearers
★ Job 42:7-8 → "And so it was, after the Lord had spoken these words to Job, that the Lord said to Eliphaz the Temanite, “My wrath is aroused against you and your two friends, for you have not spoken of Me what is right, as My servant Job has. Now therefore, take for yourselves seven bulls and seven rams, go to My servant Job, and offer up for yourselves a burnt offering; and My servant Job shall pray for you. For I will accept him, lest I deal with you according to your folly; because you have not spoken of Me what is right, as My servant Job has.”
* Do not use your words to discourage others or undermine the service of a minister of the Gospel
* The Minister you are speaking against and undermining is the one praying for you
→ If God is angry, He will turn his blessings for you into curses
* Your negative words have the potential to destroy the faith of others
* There is a command for us that we must not speak evil against another person
★ James 4:11-12 →"Do not speak evil of one another, brethren. He who speaks evil of a brother and judges his brother, speaks evil of the law and judges the law. But if you judge the law, you are not a doer of the law but a judge. There is one Lawgiver, who is able to save and to destroy. Who are you to judge another?" (NKJV)
* Anytime you speak evil against others, you cause people to disrespect them
★ Psalm 141:3 →"Set a guard, O Lord, over my mouth; Keep watch over the door of my lips."
* Fear the anointing of God that is upon the lives of your leaders
☆ Prayer:
"Father, make my tongue wholesome;
May my mouth be a fountain of life and blessing."
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