The devil is a liar. We know that. But we still let him wiggle into our minds. He does not play fair. Never has, never will.
Haven’t we known people who were convinced they were total failures. No one else saw them as failures. But they were convinced they were, because of wrong choices in their past. It is the great liar of all time who works overtime on the mind to bring disruption. Beat us down and turn victorious lives into defeat.
A big lie is roaming around the country now. Give up Christians. Your government is against you. You cannot trust elected officials to do the will of the people. Praying? That is not working. You waste your time praying while I am winning the battle. Liar, liar, liar!
~Thought For Today~
My slogan is and has been for years, “It all started in the garden.” Anytime, I see disruption in what should be a normal day, it all started with the liar who peered around the tree and began a conversation with Eve. It would be the beginning of the knowledge of evil.
We know who wins. We say it and we see it written and posted on Facebook all the time. But our enemy tries to put doubt in our minds. He wants us to give up. He wants to see shrugs of defeat and downcast eyes.
God will win. Our job? Stand firm and be bold. If we cower back and hide our belief in Christ then we have believed the liar of this world.
Let’s straighten our posture, walk out the doors with confidence as children of the living God. He tried to protect us from the very thing we are witness to today by placing our first parents in paradise. We would still be in paradise had they not believed the lies. That is in our past. What shall we do now?
Recognize evil when it presents itself. Pray for our country and it citizens. Be the light of Christ with our words and our actions, whether in the privacy of our homes or going about the business of our day outside our homes. We are disciples of Christ! It is time to walk, talk and live like we believe that. To believe anything else gives the liar ground to stand on.
~Scripture For Today~
2 Corinthians 11:3-4
3 But I fear that somehow your pure and undivided devotion to Christ will be corrupted, just as Eve was deceived by the cunning ways of the serpent. 4 You happily put up with whatever anyone tells you, even if they preach a different Jesus than the one we preach, or a different kind of Spirit than the one you received, or a different kind of gospel than the one you believed. (NLT)
John 8:42-44
42 Jesus told them, “If God were your Father, you would love me, because I have come to you from God. I am not here on my own, but he sent me. 43 Why can’t you understand what I am saying? It’s because you can’t even hear me! 44 For you are the children of your father the devil, and you love to do the evil things he does. He was a murderer from the beginning. He has always hated the truth, because there is no truth in him. When he lies, it is consistent with his character; for he is a liar and the father of lies.” (NLT)
~Prayer For Today~
Hello Father! We pray for discernment. Give us eyes that see the work of the enemy. We pray that we recognize the untruths that confront us daily. We pray for bold spirits willing to speak the truth. We pray for a hedgerow of protection around our minds and the minds of our children. Forgive us of our sins. In Jesus’ name. Amen.