The tongue is a fire – v2

the tongue is a fire

a spark to cause a blaze

burning all in its path

no conscience, no stopping

the clouds, the haze

the tongue is a fire

a caustic acid, a burn

bile, verbal abuse,

scalding all in its wake

sometimes a funeral pyre

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edited May 27, 2014

The tongue is a fire – v2

September 17, 2012

The tongue is a fire

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2012/09/the-tongue-is-fire.html

James 3:6

James 3:5-12

Upper Room Disciplines for 2012

http://bookstore.upperroom.org/cart/upperroom/p-17131.htm

September 3, 2012 to September 9, 2012

“Teachings and Teachers”

by Cynthia Hizer

for September 15, 2012,

read September 16, 2012

&

James 3:3-4

Upper Room Disciplines for 2012

http://bookstore.upperroom.org/cart/upperroom/p-17131.htm

September 3, 2012 to September 9, 2012

“Teachings and Teachers”

by Cynthia Hizer

for September 14, 2012,

read September 16, 2012

&

James 3:1-2

Upper Room Disciplines for 2012

http://bookstore.upperroom.org/cart/upperroom/p-17131.htm

September 3, 2012 to September 9, 2012

“Teachings and Teachers”

by Cynthia Hizer

for September 13, 2012,

read September 13, 2012

&

May 27, 2014

hold your tongue

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2014/05/hold-your-tongue.html

May 27, 2014

holding our tongue

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2014/05/holding-our-tongue.html

Galatians 5:17-26

(before reading devotional)

Isaiah 27:6 (NIV)

Upper Room Daily Devotional

“More Fruit”

http://devotional.upperroom.org/devotionals/2014-05-27

by Donna Savage

for May 27, 2014

read May 27, 2014

Upper Room Daily Devotional

for March and April 2014

http://devotional.upperroom.org/issues/may-jun%202014

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