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A Lifestyle Of Truth

Monday March 12, 2018

It is God’s plan that we not only know truth but believe truth, speak truth, and reorder our lives so that all our actions reflect truth. 

Truth stands the test of time; lies are soon exposed.   You will know the truth and the truth will set you free.   (Proverbs 12:19, John 8:32 NLT)
Truthful living is a huge turnaround from life in active addiction where deception was the rule of the day.  For many of us, even prior to active addiction, truth was hard to live because it often wasn’t safe to acknowledge the truth.  We believed we had to hide behind a mask and pretend we were someone other than who we were.  We felt we had to say something other than the truth, so we wouldn’t create trouble in our home or bring abusive actions upon ourselves.  Sometimes we were even forced to lie as violent people tried to beat out of us the words they wanted to hear.

To establish a lifestyle of truth, the first action for many of us is to break free from the underlying falsehood that Satan has rooted in our hearts and minds – that truth is not safe, not worth the trouble to tell, and will never get us what we desire.  It’s time to renounce what is false, affirm what is true and accept God’s forgiveness, grace, and healing for the pain these twisted beliefs have brought us.

We will speak the truth in love, growing in every way more and more like Christ.  (Ephesians 4:15 NLT)

In the place where lies functioned, we can now fill our minds and hearts with the truth that, God’s Spirit is active in our lives filling us with comfort and blessing, healing and power, and everything we need for a meaningful purposeful life.  As we daily read the Bible, God will progressively reveal His truth to us and our lives will be transformed.  We will experience the security that only living in the truth of God’s word can bring.

Prayer: Loving God, Lead me by your truth and teach me, for you are the God who saves me. All day long I put my hope in you.  Amen (Psalm 25:5 NLT)


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