Why do you boast of evil, you mighty man? Why do you boast all day long, you who are a disgrace in the eyes of God? Your tongue plots destruction; it is like a sharpened razor, you who practice deceit. You love evil rather than good, falsehood rather than speaking the truth. You love every harmful word. O you deceitful tongue. (Psalm 52:1-4). God does not want us to be deceitful. He does not want us to plot evil against others. Each time we love evil rather than good, we GRIEVE the Holy Spirit. God does not want us to have a deceitful tongue. He doesn't want us to speak harmful words. What do we speak then as Christians? We speak words which heal, build, edify, encourage, strengthen, comfort; words which are full of faith; words which gives grace to those who hear them. God is very concerned about the words that the we speak: The Bible says this in Mathew 12:36-37: But I tell you that men will have to give an account on the day of judgement for every CARELESS word they have spoken. For by your words you will be acquitted, & by your words you will be condemned. Here you are. Watch what you say & the words that you use. You may miss Heaven through speaking carelessly. Prayer: Father, faith must be confessed. Our faith can only go as HIGH as the level of our confession. Help us to speak the truth in love & in humility. Help us to speak faith filled words. To have them, give us the grace to have a Bible reading & meditation of the Word culture. Help us to apply the meditated portion of the Word to our lives daily. Thank you for hearing & answering my prayer. As we have prayed, put your angels to action. Let them minister to our needs. In Jesus mighty name we pray & believe, Amen. Jesus, you are Lord of life & Lord of all. Immanuel: God with us.
This is the covenant I will make with the house of Israel after that time, declares the Lord. I will put My laws in their minds & write them on their hearts. I will be their God, & they will be My people. No longer will a man teach his neighbor, or a man his brother, saying: Know the Lord, because they will all know Me, from the least of them to the greatest. (Hebrews 8:10-11). If our hearts are not changed, following God's rules will be unpleasant & difficult. We will rebel against being told how to live the Christian way. The Holy Spirit, however, gives us new desires, helping us wanting to obey God. With new hearts, hearts of flesh & not hearts of stone, we will find that serving God is our greatest joy. Under God's new covenant, God's law is inside us & not outside, ie, on a tablet of stone. No, it's written in our hearts. It is no longer an external set of rules & principles. The Holy Spirit reminds us of Christ's words, activates our ...
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