 We're talking about small but very dangerous. Your tongue is very small but very dangerous. So you're going to read that from the Book of Gems, chapter 3 verse 4 to 12. You know today because of the time you're up in the canary and be your kibisa. Forgive me for that. Anyway, we go ahead and read our tech ships. That is for our tech ships as an example. Although they are so large and are driven by strong winds, they are steered by a very small rudder. Wherever the pilot wants to go likewise, the tongue is a small part of the body but it makes great boasts. Consider what a great forest is set on fire by a small spark. The tongue also is a fire world of evil among the parts of the body. It corrupts the whole person, sets the whole course of his life on fire and it itself set on fire by hell. All kinds of animals, birds, reptiles. Let me just skip that and go to verse 9, which says, with the tongue we praise our Lord and Father and with it we cast men. We have been made in God's likeness. Out of the same mouth come praise and cursing. My brother, these should not be. Can both fresh water and salt water flow from the same spring? My brother, can a fig tree bear olives or a grapevine bear figs? Neither can a salt spring produce fresh water. You know the Bible tells us how the tongue is very small. Sometimes you cannot even see the tongue. Let's me try to engage. You cannot actually see it, but it's very dangerous. You know the tongue is compared to, like in verse 4, it is compared to a very large ship being controlled by a very small rider. You know a ship, kukenda ukule mo basani, actually you can see those ships, the way they're so big, they're carrying a lot of weight but guess what controls that ship? Rada, rada inakwa kwa kule chini, where's the yarn actually? Iko kule chinia ship, it's something that rotates like this. So kuna plat kwa yo ship, the pilot just I think controls it and it's just I inakontrol the way the ship, if it's turning left or it's turning right. That's actually how your tongue operates. The tongue will actually determine the direction of your life. So if you speak positive things, your life will turn the positive way. If you speak negative things, your life will turn the negative way. So your tongue controls the direction of your life. Verse 5, a grape forest being set on fire, the tongue is being compared by a very grape forest being set on fire by a small spark. Kido goto it just need a small spark and the entire forest is being brought down by just kaleka small spark inashika the entire forest na inaitoma and brings it down. That's how your tongue is. Let me just bring it down to close to you know, what actually a forest you know sometimes that has yoda forest kuna wenguetot yuna forest our forest is like if you're most of our viewers I know when they come from those your shengishu and transoya you know the gais who plant maize those during rainy season the plantation is green but during harvest season the plantation in meanzakuta and the leaves are so brownish brownish it's so dried up. So what you need just one small matchbox una lightu tukam moja tukale una lightu tukimuna una chisha kua live moja it burns down the entire the entire plantation yes and that is how disastrous your tongue is. So speak words speak positive words towards your life. So is your tongue small but very dangerous. Our body has different parts you know performing different roles but the tongue is a very small part of it you cannot even see it but very disastrous it actually ruin your life so learn to tame your tongue okay in verse 6 the tongue is small but it but is compared to fire motu alafu sii motu ya kawa ida bibu ena se manile motu ya kutuka hell I don't know why the bibu I don't know why why James would say this he has in mo on dogo but motu oile motu ya hell kwanza it adds evil because it corrupts the whole body small but sets the whole body on fire ilesa ila unatamkama nenomba yambo wukabisa that's the direction your body will take your life in general it will take that direction the one you keep on speaking about yourself wuki anza kusema tumimimim jingaswezi perform poa shule will actually believe it will actually believe it and become that person so there are reasons why the bibu says the power of the life life and death lies in the tongue you can find that in proverb chapter 18 verse 21 okay and in verse 9 the tongue is seen as double standards you know mares junas you know gaye positive things one moment it's praised in God the other moment is cursing men it is not supposed to be like that because in verse 10 in atwame it should not be like that okay there is no way good and bad will flow from the same stream from the same tongue there's no way choose one and run with it but this morning I'm trying to tell you choose the positive one they want that praise the Lord they want that praise men don't curse men these men were created in God's likeness so why are you cursing them so praise the Lord with that tongue praise men if I this morning I just start telling DJ Nix hey you're the best DJ in Central Africa you know his life will take that direction you'll start believing it but it will actually take even long to heal from that that word that negative word that I've spoken against his life also consider what comes out of your mouth words are very powerful here words can crash can destroy someone so if you can control the tongue you can control your life so yes your tongue just picks what is in the heart okay so the tongue controls the direction of your heart so if you start saying positive things they will flow downside to your heart in your life will take that direction so if you was a build if you if you use your words to build others up God will begin to change your heart so that you want to build others up okay okay so today what I'm leaving you with is is this engage your mind before you engage your tongue think before you speak watch your tongue and God bless you so much yes