This week we are going to hit on something that I’m sure you’ve heard your whole lives, and something that I’m sure you’ve heard from everyone from your parents, to random celebrities and actors on after-school specials. The foundation of it all, though, lies in the Bible.
The lesson is about lying. Everyone does it to some extent, and very little mind is paid to it along the way. There are plenty of ways of lying. The biggest obviously is through speech, which is the biggest piece of what the scripture addresses, but there are lies that we tell ourselves and the world everyday. When we walk out of church on Sunday and immediately head on to our regular life without a respect to what we just went through at church that morning, were telling a lie. We are telling a lie to ourselves, by convincing ourselves that we are doing some good for ourselves by going to church. We are telling a lie to those around us by making them think that church is a part of our lives.
The biggest lie, however, is the lie that we are telling to God. In my lessons I have given you tools to live by, philosophies, acronyms, strategies, and quotes of scripture. If you apply these to your lives, you WILL succeed in making yourself a better person, and even go as far as saving the world. No, I’m not being dramatic, or illustrating a point through embellishment. I’m serious, you can absolutely save the world. Think about it. If you apply my lessons from LEAP and Eat That Frog, you can go out, show your friends what it really means to be a Christian, and inspire people to do the same thing. My personal life mantra is based on those two principles. I use it in my career, I use it as I sit down to write these lessons, and I use it with my family and in my every day interactions with people.
People want to know that you care, they want to know that you are genuine. The quote remains “People don’t care how much you know until they know how much you care.” What’s true in the business world to influence consumer decisions on the company they frequent, is also true in the type of people they want to surround themselves with as friends and confidantes. From here lets read the scripture and head to wrap this up. The scripture is from Proverbs 26: 24 – 28.
24A malicious man disguises himself with his lips,
but in his heart he harbors deceit.
25Though his speech is charming, do not believe him,
for seven abominations fill his heart.
26His malice may be concealed by deception,
but his wickedness will be exposed in the assembly.
27If a man digs a pit, he will fall into it;
if a man rolls a stone, it will roll back on him.
28A lying tongue hates those it hurts,
and a flattering mouth works ruin.
Bottom line here? What comes out of your mouth is what WILL be what you are judged on by others. If you choose to lie, you WILL get caught and WHEN you do, that’s a bridge you’ve burned that takes a lot more work to repair than it ever did to build, and in a lot of cases with a lot of people, they don’t want to invest that much in the repair. They will just go out and get a new bridge.
The lesson is about lying. Everyone does it to some extent, and very little mind is paid to it along the way. There are plenty of ways of lying. The biggest obviously is through speech, which is the biggest piece of what the scripture addresses, but there are lies that we tell ourselves and the world everyday. When we walk out of church on Sunday and immediately head on to our regular life without a respect to what we just went through at church that morning, were telling a lie. We are telling a lie to ourselves, by convincing ourselves that we are doing some good for ourselves by going to church. We are telling a lie to those around us by making them think that church is a part of our lives.
The biggest lie, however, is the lie that we are telling to God. In my lessons I have given you tools to live by, philosophies, acronyms, strategies, and quotes of scripture. If you apply these to your lives, you WILL succeed in making yourself a better person, and even go as far as saving the world. No, I’m not being dramatic, or illustrating a point through embellishment. I’m serious, you can absolutely save the world. Think about it. If you apply my lessons from LEAP and Eat That Frog, you can go out, show your friends what it really means to be a Christian, and inspire people to do the same thing. My personal life mantra is based on those two principles. I use it in my career, I use it as I sit down to write these lessons, and I use it with my family and in my every day interactions with people.
People want to know that you care, they want to know that you are genuine. The quote remains “People don’t care how much you know until they know how much you care.” What’s true in the business world to influence consumer decisions on the company they frequent, is also true in the type of people they want to surround themselves with as friends and confidantes. From here lets read the scripture and head to wrap this up. The scripture is from Proverbs 26: 24 – 28.
24A malicious man disguises himself with his lips,
but in his heart he harbors deceit.
25Though his speech is charming, do not believe him,
for seven abominations fill his heart.
26His malice may be concealed by deception,
but his wickedness will be exposed in the assembly.
27If a man digs a pit, he will fall into it;
if a man rolls a stone, it will roll back on him.
28A lying tongue hates those it hurts,
and a flattering mouth works ruin.
Bottom line here? What comes out of your mouth is what WILL be what you are judged on by others. If you choose to lie, you WILL get caught and WHEN you do, that’s a bridge you’ve burned that takes a lot more work to repair than it ever did to build, and in a lot of cases with a lot of people, they don’t want to invest that much in the repair. They will just go out and get a new bridge.
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