Truthful lips endure forever…


19 Truthful lips endure forever,
But a lying tongue lasts only a moment.” Proverbs 12:19

Wow, isn’t that powerful?! How many lies have I told over my lifetime? Yes, I know you’re thinking, “well, she’s a Christian and she’s admitting to lying…how terrible of her”.
It’s time to “fess up” as Granny would say. We all have lied, stretched the truth, told a non-truth, white lie, fib, or just a bold face lie at one time or another. Unless you are ready to meet your maker, you had better get a handle on your lying lips because God’s word has just told us that those lying lips last but a moment!

I have a friend who is practicing speaking God’s truths to herself every day…truths about who she is in relationship to Christ, how He loves her, died for her, and is her source of strength and comfort each and every day.
I think that’s a good place for all of us to start practicing telling the truth…to ourselves. Talk to yourself, everyday. Tell yourself God’s truths from His word. As you read the Bible, speak God’s word in the first person. Put your name in the scriptures.

For example…John3:16 “For God so loved Lisa, that he gave His only son, that when Lisa believes in Him she will have eternal life!”
Isn’t that wonderful. Christ died for me, you and everyone…putting your name in the scriptures just makes it a little more real.

Now, go up to the beginning of this blog and put you name in verse 19 of Proverbs 12…Makes you think, doesn’t it.

Dear Heavenly Father,
Please help me to bridle my tongue. Help me to speak the truth at all times so I may live a life that is pleasing to you. Forgive my lies and help me to recognize lies when they are forming in my mind so I won’t allow them to escape from my mouth. Thank you for your Word that teaches me how to live according to your will.

In Jesus Name I Pray,
Amen