February 16, 2005

Famous Lies

Have you ever heard this one before?

 

·        The check is in the mail.

·        One size fits all.

·        Offer limited to the first fifty callers.

·        I only need ten minutes of your time.

 

Everyone knows the line is an untruth, even the fibber. But the falsehoods are so common they have become part of the fabric of everyday conversation.

 

Have you ever considerd that Christians are often guilty of "false speak" as well?  Consider these "fibs of the faith":

 

·        I'll be praying for you. (Then we don't.)

·        God told me. (Right! How often do we blame God for our harebrained ideas?)

·        After much prayer and Bible study…(Give me a break!!!!)

 

The Bible tells us we will be held accountable for every idle word. Maybe that's why the psalmist prayed, "Let the words of my mouth and the meditations of my heart be acceptable in your sight, Oh Lord, my strength and my redeemer." (Psalm 19:14 NKJV) Perhaps before we glibly toss off one of those "famous Christian fibs" we need to pause and think about what we are saying.
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1 - Prayer: Oh Father, you have given us so much! EVEN as you allow us to grow closer to you, we still find a way to take the credit. Forgive us.

TO THINE BE THE GLORY, GREAT THINGS YE HATH DONE!

Oh Father find our walk worthy of you, being fruitful in every good deed as we increase in YOUR KNOWLEDGE.

Lord draw near to us so we may radiate YOUR glory to others not ours. In JESUS‘ holy and precious name, AMEN and AMEN


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Written by: Karen Ackerly at 2005/02/20 - 00:33:10
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