DCLM Higher Everyday 6 November 2025 — Bridle Your Tongue

Topic: Bridle Your Tongue

Text: James 1:25-27

25But whoso looketh into the perfect law of liberty, and continueth therein, he being not a forgetful hearer, but a doer of the work, this man shall be blessed in his deed.

26If any man among you seem to be religious, and bridleth not his tongue, but deceiveth his own heart, this man’s religion is vain.

27Pure religion and undefiled before God and the Father is this, To visit the fatherless and widows in their affliction, and to keep himself unspotted from the world.

Key Verse: “If any man among you seem to be religious, and bridleth not his tongue, but deceiveth his own heart, this man’s religion is vain” (James1:26).

Message

C. T. Studd said, “Whatever moves the heart wags the tongue.” The tongue is a sensitive part of the mouth that a believer must watch over. Are you wondering why you have two eyes, two ears, two nostrils, but one tongue? This is because our Creator knows the sensitivity of the tongue and its possible unruly behaviour (James 3: 5-8). Many youths today misuse their tongues in speaking lies, saying abusive words, speaking evil of dignitaries, teachers and lecturers, without considering the possible outcome of their speeches.

Also Read: DCLM Higher Everyday 5 November 2025 – Murmuring Multitudes

The tongue reflects our thoughts. What is spoken comes from the heart. This is why your heart must be cleansed from sin and its defilement by the blood of Jesus. Our text expresses the blessedness of looking into the perfect law of liberty (the Bible), continuing in it, and doing what is read. A believing youth should guard his heart with all diligence, read the word of God daily and spend quality time in prayers to God so that the heart can be renewed. However, being born is a necessary requirement for fellowship with the Lord.

Quote: The heart can be renewed

Challenge: Be swift to hear and slow to speak.

Prayer for today: Oh God, help me to bridle my tongue, in Jesus’ name.

GOSPEL REALM: STEPS TO SALVATION
1. Admit that you are a sinner. "For all [humans] have sinned, and comes short of the glory of God....[and] the wages of sin is death; but the gift of God is eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord" (Romans 3:23)
2. Repent now. "Repent ye therefore, and be converted, that your sins may be blotted out ...[for] if we confess our sins, he is faithful and just to forgive us our sins, and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness " (Acts 3:19, 1 John 1:9)
3. Believe that God loves you and Jesus died for you. "God commendeth his love toward us, in that, while we were yet Sinners, Christ died for us" (Romans 5:8)
4. Invite Jesus into your life through prayer of faith. Jesus says, "Behold, I stand at the door, and knock: if any man hear my voice, and open the door, I will come in to him, and will sup with him, and he with me" (Revelation 3:20)