Summary In this sermon on controlling the tongue from James 3, the preacher warns that our words can either bring heavenly life and blessing or hellish destruction and pain, reflecting whose influence—heaven or hell—controls our speech. He calls [...]

Pastor Prince teaches that our true identity is in Christ—the second Adam—who perfectly fulfilled the law at the cross, bore our sins, and rose victorious, positioning believers at God's right hand as new creations in righteousness and [...]

Proverbs chapter 10, verse 19: In the multitude of words, sin is not lacking, but he who restrains his lips is wise. One of the ways in which we make mistakes in life is in what we say, and the passage appropriately states that where there are so [...]

We’ve had a very long two weeks of study around wisdom. We’ve tried to define what it is, and we’ve looked at how it works. We’ve examined different attributes that make us seem wise and attributes that do not make us seem wise. So we are ending our [...]

Psalm 4, verses 4 and 5: Be angry and do not sin. Meditate within your heart on your bed and be still. Selah. Offer the sacrifices of righteousness and put your trust in the Lord. Very interesting two verses. Remember, in verse two, David is asking, [...]

You know, I just got that dad heart now. I just don’t—there’s no other way to describe it, and I just want to see the very best for every single one of you. Lisa and I really believe that God is moving us into that season—we want to cheer you guys [...]

The target is to be so impacted by the heart and mind of Christ that our internal world becomes healthy, and when my internal world becomes healthy, it affects everything about my life—my physical health, mental health, emotional health. It affects [...]

All right, who’s glad to be in church today, anybody, anybody? How about we give Jesus a great hand clap of praise, everybody? It’s good to see you. Oh, what a joy it is to be with you in church. Welcome to week number nine and the conclusion of our [...]

The Bible teaches that anger often stems from hurt, frustration, or fear, and dealing with "crazy makers" who push buttons requires wisdom: overlook offenses, think before reacting, understand the pain behind words, respond gently to [...]

Anger isn't always wrong—it's sometimes an appropriate response to injustice or harm, reflecting God's image in us, but uncontrolled or selfish anger destroys relationships and health. The sermon explains four ways people express [...]

Romans 6:23 says this: "The wages of sin is death, but the free gift of God is eternal life." We need to be thinking about our actions because the Word of God tells us that the fruit of sinning is death, that when we sow into darkness, we [...]

I wonder how many of you have ever watched a movie or a TV series, and then after the whole thing, it ended with no resolution. It didn't make sense. You get to the end of it and you're like, wait, wait, wait, wait, wait, wait, wait, wait, [...]

Psalms 46 is very interesting. Verse 10. Psalms 46. The calmness fostering creativity and productivity. He says here, "Be still". This is the instruction that God would give. He said, "Be still and know. Be still and know that I am [...]

And if you have your Bibles go with into Proverbs chapter 17, verse 22 through 28, Proverbs 17:22 through 28. Now, I'm gonna go ahead and establish what we're gonna talk about. Very unusual subject, but it's something I think we need [...]

This is an excerpt from: Why I Went Off? Things will happen in your life, and you'll come up on situations that will expose something that you would prefer to hide, and what you do next determines whether you get healed. "Naaman went to [...]

One reason people get stuck in life is because they haven't learned to control their mouth. They say hurtful things, they put people down, they argue. They don't realize their mouth is keeping them from rising higher. Your friends may not [...]

About every month or so, I buzz in at the back door of our local jail. I click that little buzzer, I wait for the intercom, I introduce myself, the door clicks, I walk through the sterile hallway, I fish up to the left, I wait for the doors to open. [...]

Pastor Rick warns that the tongue, though small, has immense power to direct life's course, destroy what we have, and reveal our true character, urging believers to seek God's help in filtering words to avoid self-deception and reflect [...]

The Great Emoti Con We want somebody else to be responsible for our state of mind. Here's the announcement: your joy is your job. It's your job to have joy. Jesus said, "If you remain in me…" That's your decision. "…my [...]

When Joshua leads the Israelites across the Jordan at flood stage, God stops the downward-flowing river to grant them passage into the Promised Land, showing that He can break natural laws and deadly trajectories to bring His people from wilderness [...]

John 8:28, "When you lift up the Son of Man, then you will know that I am he, and I do nothing on my own initiative, but I speak these things as the father taught me". What I love about this is that Jesus did not live by his own [...]

We call it "flying off the handle," "freaking out," "going off the deep end," "going nuts," "going ballistic," "going postal". We say someone "flipped," "lost it," [...]

At first blush it almost seems like an excessive thing for God to say. Proverbs 23:2, "Put a knife to your throat if you are a man given to appetite". Seems strong, doesn't it? The thing is we've become so used to Indulgence in [...]

Well, I am glad that you're here. I want to welcome those who are at our Sugarloaf Campus, those at our Mill Creek Campus, those who are watching online, those who are watching by TV. We are thrilled that you're with us today. Two of the [...]

Drawing from Proverbs 25:28, the preacher reveals self-control as the essential secret to success and a blessed new year, warning that without ruling one's spirit—like a city without walls—we invite destruction, while urging surrender to [...]

Your goal is spiritual maturity, that's what the Book of James is about, growing in your faith and becoming more mature in Christ. That's your goal. A true mark of Christian maturity, life maturity, is how you use your mouth, how you [...]

Do you want to do your best, be your best, and live a life that is fulfilling? Well, you can, but there is a price to pay. But on the other hand, if you don't live that kind of life, there's still a price to pay. You see, the Christian [...]

Ginger Stache : Hi friends. Welcome to Joyce Meyer's Talk it Out podcast. Where Joyce teaches the Word of God in her practical, no-nonsense way. And my friends and I, talk about the real stuff of living it, and we hold nothing back. I'm [...]

Is it possible for a pastor who loves God, loves his wife, loves his family to beat his wife and child because of uncontrollable anger? Could this type of anger be a generational curse? Next on this edition of it's supernatural. Sid Roth : [...]

Sid Roth: Her rage caused her to pick up her son to slam him against the wall. Next on this edition of It's Supernatural! Centuries have come and gone offering wisdom and understanding throughout the ages. Today there should be nothing beyond [...]

Joyce Meyer identifies five common roots of anger: growing up in angry households, repressed pain from abuse or unmet needs, fear (especially of being controlled), and feeling manipulated or undervalued. She shares her own journey from an abusive, [...]

Joyce Meyer uses a funny clip of a man refusing to drop his box while repeatedly banging his head to illustrate how we stubbornly cling to anger and offenses, even when they hurt us. She explains that uncontrolled anger harms our health, prayers, [...]

You know, this whole thing, we can see it get started in the book of Genesis when Cain killed Abel. And matter of fact, I want us to go look at it. It’s in Genesis chapter 4. Abel’s offering was acceptable to God, but Cain’s was not. And I won’t get [...]

Joyce Meyer opens her anger management series by exposing how hidden or misplaced anger fuels problems like substance abuse, mental illness, and ruined relationships—often rooted in past hurts, self-blame, or unmet expectations. Using Cain's [...]

This sermon presents self-control not as a burden but as a divine gift, grounded in 2 Timothy 1:7. The speaker emphasizes that while God gives the spirit of self-control, believers must actively use it to discipline their lives, just as athletes [...]

CRAIG: Hey, welcome to Mission Hills. So glad that you’re here and before we dive into God’s word this morning, I wanna introduce you to a couple. So I’m gonna ask Kip and Pearl Nanninga to come up. Kip was just hired. He just joined our staff here [...]

Good morning. Welcome to Mission Hills. We’re gonna start off a little bit differently this morning. We’re gonna start off with math. All right. Here’s what I want you to do. I want you to imagine that every word that you ever say gets written down, [...]

Hi, I'm Robert Jeffress. Welcome again to Pathway to Victory. Most of us have suffered through awkward moments when we've said something we truly regret. Something slipped past our lips and the damage was done. Nothing could reverse what [...]

Hi, I'm Robert Jeffress and welcome again to "Pathway to Victory". In moments of extreme anger, we are prepared to go to battle against those who've wounded us, backing down doesn't seem to be an option. And the goal was to [...]

Hey, well, what I know about you is chances are pretty good you're hoping that something will be different this year. Am I right? Yes. How many of you would love to see something different in 2021? And I'm not just talking about like the [...]

Joyce Meyer dives into the tough but vital topic of discipline and self-control, one of the fruits of the Spirit we all have in seed form. She stresses that self-control grows through practice, even when it's painful now, because it yields [...]

How many of you are making some decisions or plans on what you wanna achieve for 2017? Amen. Setting some goals, maybe you're gonna break some habits, change a few things around. You know, you're excited, something is stirring in your [...]

Go with me to the book of 3 John, 3 John chapter 2. And tonight, I'm gonna start a pretty lengthy series on, you know, dealing with your emotions. And one of the reasons I thought it was time to do this is because the world going crazy. And [...]

In this sermon on adding self-control to our faith from 2 Peter 1, the preacher uses NBA star Draymond Green's recent transformation—sparked by seeing his toddler mimic his outbursts—to show how even a child can teach maturity, just as Jesus [...]

Joyce Meyer gets real about self-control and discipline, reminding us it's a fruit of the Spirit we already have (2 Timothy 1:7) but often don't use—whether resisting ice cream, controlling anger, taming the tongue, quitting smoking, or [...]

This sermon, based on 2 Peter 1:3-8, focuses on the vital role of discipline and self-control in the Christian life. The preacher teaches that self-control is a fruit of the Spirit that holds all other virtues in place, and that God has already [...]

Let me say it again. It's doing what's right when we don't particularly feel like doing what's right that's gonna produce the best results in our life, or I like to say it like this, choosing to do what's right when the [...]

In this message on self-control, the final fruit of the Spirit, David Jeremiah explains how this essential trait empowers all other Christian virtues like love, generosity, and compassion. Drawing from Galatians and Paul's athletic metaphors, [...]

Is there any area of your life that you would consider as being out of control? What about your finances? Are they out of control? What about your moral life? Would you say that's out of control? What about your relationship with other people? [...]