FRIDAY 4TH JULY 2020 MORNING
James 3:1-12 New International Version (NIV)
1 Not many of you should become teachers, my fellow believers, because you know that we who teach will be judged more strictly. 2 We all stumble in many ways. Anyone who is never at fault in what they say is perfect, able to keep their whole body in check.
3 When we put bits into the mouths of horses to make them obey us, we can turn the whole animal. 4 Or take 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. 5 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. 6 The tongue also is a fire, a world of evil among the parts of the body. It corrupts the whole body, sets the whole course of one’s life on fire, and is itself set on fire by hell.
7 All kinds of animals, birds, reptiles and sea creatures are being tamed and have been tamed by mankind, 8 but no human being can tame the tongue. It is a restless evil, full of deadly poison.
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.
If we want to truly honor God, we need to love His people with our speech. Let it be our prayer that God would help us honor Him in our speech.
IJUMAA TAREHE 4TH SEPTEMBER 2020 ASUBUHI
YAKOBO 3:1-12
1 Ndugu zangu, msiwe waalimu wengi, mkijua ya kuwa mtapata hukumu kubwa zaidi.
2 Maana twajikwaa sisi sote pia katika mambo mengi. Mtu asiyejikwaa katika kunena, huyo ni mtu mkamilifu, awezaye kuuzuia na mwili wake wote kama kwa lijamu.
3 Angalieni, twatia lijamu katika vinywa vya farasi, ili wamtii, hivi twageuza mwili wao wote.
4 Tena angalieni merikebu; ingawa ni kubwa kama nini, na kuchukuliwa na pepo kali, zageuzwa na usukani mdogo sana, ko kote anakoazimia kwenda nahodha.
5 Vivyo hivyo ulimi nao ni kiungo kidogo, nao hujivuna majivuno makuu. Angalieni jinsi moto mdogo uwashavyo msitu mkubwa sana.
6 Nao ulimi ni moto; ule ulimwengu wa uovu, ule ulimi, umewekwa katika viungo vyetu, nao ndio uutiao mwili wote unajisi, huuwasha moto mfulizo wa maumbile, nao huwashwa moto na jehanum.
7 Maana kila aina ya wanyama, na ya ndege, na ya vitambaavyo, na ya vitu vilivyomo baharini, vinafugika, navyo vimekwisha kufugwa na wanadamu.
8 Bali ulimi hakuna awezaye kuufuga; ni uovu usiotulia, umejaa sumu iletayo mauti.
9 Kwa huo twamhimidi Mungu Baba yetu, na kwa huo twawalaani wanadamu waliofanywa kwa mfano wa Mungu.
10 Katika kinywa kile kile hutoka baraka na laana. Ndugu zangu, haifai mambo hayo kuwa hivyo.
11 Je! Chemchemi katika jicho moja hutoa maji matamu na maji machungu?
12 Ndugu zangu, Je! Mtini waweza kuzaa zeituni, au mzabibu kuzaa tini? Kadhalika chemchemi haiwezi kutoa maji ya chumvi na maji matamu.
Ikiwa tunataka kweli kumheshimu Mungu, tunahitaji kuwapenda watu wake kwa maneno yetu. Hili ndilo ombi letu kwamba Mungu atusaidie ili tumheshimu katika kunena kwetu.
