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Hello Family,

One of my favorite comedies is the movie Liar Liar. It stars Jim Carey who plays Fletcher Reede who is a fast talking lawyer that consistently tells lies. His job as an attorney is more important than anything in the world which caused Fletcher’s marriage to end in divorce and caused him to break a promise to his son Max and not show up to his birthday party.

Max knows that his father is a habitual liar so when he blows out the candles on his birthday cake, he makes a wish that his father can not lie for 24 hours.

When Max’s wish comes true, Fletcher’s biggest asset, his lying lips, becomes his biggest liability. Instead of confusing people through lying, he is now in a situation where he must be truthful.

He no longer can manipulate the system and take advantage of people in the courtroom where he is a very successful attorney.

Throughout the movie Fletcher comes to a point in a very important court case where he is bewildered because all of his old tactics of lying were not available and he had to tell the truth and right at the very last minute, he found the evidence he needed to win. For the first time he won a court case without lying and manipulating the system.

Not only did he win his case, he managed to make amends with his ex-wife and son and they became a family again.

Is lying a part of your character, your lifestyle? How many times do you lie in order to get what you want?

Proverbs 12:22says Lying lips are an abomination to the Lord, but those who deal truthfully are His delight.

The Lord hates lying lips, point blank! No excuses! He calls it an abomination because He is disgusted by it and He hates it.

Conversely, He loves one who deals truthfully. It delights Him. It is extreme gratification and joy for God when we deal truthfully.

Many times people feel as though they have to lie in order to make things right but that’s not true.  People think that if they don’t lie, they may hurt someone’s feelings. Maybe you don’t need to know how to lie but you need to learn some tact.

If I don’t like what someone is wearing and I think it’s ugly, I don’t have to lie and say it’s nice. I can say it’s just not my style. Did I lie, no. I told the truth and used some tact as to why I didn’t like what you had on.

Fletcher Reede would not have ever had the opportunity to get back with his ex-wife or have a loving relationship with his son if he continued to lie. It was tearing his family apart and it was destroying his character. He was out of control.

But when he decided to be truthful, everything he wanted he got. God blessed him because he saw how he had changed and how he had decided to practice being truthful.

So the next time you think it’s okay to tell a lie, step back and re-evaluate what you’re about to say and speak truthfully because it delights God.

Be Encouraged and Have a Truthful Weekend!

P.S. Leave me a comment and tell me if you liked this post or if you’re struggling with lying or anything else that’s destroying your character or relationships.

Hello Friends,

A few days ago I was watching a YouTube video of an interview with gospel singing artist Tonex (pronounced Toe-nay). In his interview he announced that he is gay. Now this announcement was disturbing but what he was saying in his interview made it even worse.

In his interview he kept trying to justify what he was doing as being okay.

He even made a statement that he would continue to be this way until God took it away from him.

As I watched the interview I had many feelings about what he was saying. I felt angry, frustrated, sorry for him, puzzled and probably a few more things. The reason I think I had all of these feelings is because everything out of his mouth was so disturbing and far from the truth.

All of his reasons for being gay were based on what he wanted and how it was going to make him feel. Although he made it seem as if God was cool with his choice, he didn’t have any biblical references to back it up.

Everything he was saying was a lie!

Throughout the YouTube video there was someone who would interject every time Tonex said something that was against the word of God. He would explain why Tonex’s statements were wrong and then he would back them up with scripture.

Do you make excuses for your sins? Do you try to justify what you’re doing as something that God is okay with until some magical moment when it goes away?

1 John 1:6 says If we say that we have fellowship with Him, and walk in darkness, we lie and do not practice the truth.

We can not call ourselves children of God when we blatantly live in sin. We can’t consider ourselves children of God when we purposefully go against His word.

If we lie to ourselves and others and try to justify our sins, we are living in darkness and have no fellowship with the father.

God is a God of light and of truth and Satan is the prince of darkness so if you’re living in darkness; your fellowship is with him, not with God.

So the next time you want to make excuses for your sins or justify why you’re doing wrong, remember that you are walking in darkness and therefore removing yourself from fellowship with the Almighty.

Be Encouraged and Have a Great Day!