Good morning! How are we faithing? Truth is being pulled from black and white in today's society. White lies to protect are deemed acceptable. Giving into the desires by way of lying or deceit to achieve those desires is flat out lying. The talking heads on the news wont call it what it is either. The say things like, "misrepresented his actions" or "didn't reveal the details" or even better they outright lie about what they said or do. Are we or have we fallen so far from the truth and we accept those kinds of explanations and even start to believe it wasn't a lie? Even honest mistakes become lies when we try to cover them up. Guys and gals, face it. Stand up and admit it. There's wisdom in the Word that tells us,"let you yes be yes and your no be no." Think deeper here too. Rationalizing something we want to do even when we know it's wrong is lying to oneself. How insane is it to deceive oneself? You lie on yourself to get yourself what you want. What?! Who is in control of yourself? Your bodies desires? Your lusts? Or are you in control with wisdom and honesty. Look at this and ponder it today. Pay attention to what you say and how you react today. See if you already have set in play a lying heart and mind...
Jas 4:1 From whence come wars and fightings among you? come they not hence, even of your lusts that war in your members?
Jas 4:2 Ye lust, and have not: ye kill, and desire to have, and cannot obtain: ye fight and war, yet ye have not, because ye ask not.
Jas 4:3 Ye ask, and receive not, because ye ask amiss, that ye may consume it upon your lusts.
Jas 4:4 Ye adulterers and adulteresses, know ye not that the friendship of the world is enmity with God? whosoever therefore will be a friend of the world is the enemy of God.
Jas 4:5 Do ye think that the scripture saith in vain, The spirit that dwelleth in us lusteth to envy?
Jas 4:6 But he giveth more grace. Wherefore he saith, God resisteth the proud, but giveth grace unto the humble.
Jas 4:7 Submit yourselves therefore to God. Resist the devil, and he will flee from you.
Jas 4:1 From whence come wars and fightings among you? come they not hence, even of your lusts that war in your members?
Jas 4:2 Ye lust, and have not: ye kill, and desire to have, and cannot obtain: ye fight and war, yet ye have not, because ye ask not.
Jas 4:3 Ye ask, and receive not, because ye ask amiss, that ye may consume it upon your lusts.
Jas 4:4 Ye adulterers and adulteresses, know ye not that the friendship of the world is enmity with God? whosoever therefore will be a friend of the world is the enemy of God.
Jas 4:5 Do ye think that the scripture saith in vain, The spirit that dwelleth in us lusteth to envy?
Jas 4:6 But he giveth more grace. Wherefore he saith, God resisteth the proud, but giveth grace unto the humble.
Jas 4:7 Submit yourselves therefore to God. Resist the devil, and he will flee from you.
Heavenly Father,
Help us face truth. Help us see where we fall down and help us change our behavior from the enemies field to a holy ground walk so we never grieve your Holy Spirit. Teach us and humble us so we can see where our life may have strayed off that holy path. We thank you for what you show us every day, in Jesus name, amen
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