daily prayer

        Good morning! How are we faithing? We as believers have to be very careful of heresy and false teachers. Now remember that the teachers of the Word can make mistakes that those mistakes may not malicious or intended to mislead for sordid gain but are just mistakes. We are human and our background can lend itself to word  miss use so be careful to look at the Word you read every day and to reference the words used so you are not sent off in the wrong direction simply because of an incorrect word meaning. That being said, there three ways to examine teachings you hear. One is that you must become familiar with biblical truth. Any verse can be manipulated to say what the teacher may want if an alternative agenda is at hand. I advise my congregation to write down my references and look them up after they leave church. Get alone and re read the scriptures referenced and take in the whole council of God. Second, be aware of anyone who dismisses any scripture or tells you to ignore certain verses or books of the Bible. I had one fella who asked my why a certain church would tell him not to read "Song of Solomon" and "Leviticus". I told him I don't know why but I wouldn't go back there. Also the people who pick and choose verses to help their opinion when the subject is explained differently when the entire chapter or book is explored. We may not fathom how or why something happened in scripture but that does not justify writing it off.  Third, sensuality comes in to play and by that I mean interpretations that rationalize lewd behavior as natural or ok. Greed plays into these types of teachings as well as good speakers who can whip up a crowd to believe a twisted view of how we are to act or think. The only way you or I can ever hope to walk that narrow path and not get led off into beliefs that are wrong or  led to the kool-aid is to be in the Word daily. Without that sound teaching from God daily you open yourself up to heresy and lies can be cloaked in "feel good" doctrine that can end up killing us. Jonestown ring a bell?

Heb 4:12
 For the word of God is quick, and powerful, and sharper than any twoedged sword, piercing even to the dividing asunder of soul and spirit, and of the joints and marrow, and is a discerner of the thoughts and intents of the heart.



Act 17:11
These were more noble than those in Thessalonica, in that they received the word with all readiness of mind, and searched the scriptures daily, whether those things were so.

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Heavenly Father,
  Thank you for your Word that sustains us. Lord we lift our leaders up to you. Show them your wisdom and love. Open their minds to real truth and not the twisted lies that abound. We ask for comfort for those hurting this day. Mend hearts and minds. Heal bodies, in Jesus name, amen