Daily Verse “speaking lies in hypocrisy, having their own conscience seared with a hot iron,” – 1 TIMOTHY 4:2 Devotion A hypocrite is a perpetual liar (Ps 120:2), so avoid hypocrisy at all costs! At the start, your conscience may intervene and raise a red flag before you. Yet should you ignore your conscience, that […]
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Daily Verse “Therefore, putting away lying, “Let each one of you speak truth with his neighbor,” for we are members of one another.” – EPHESIANS 4:25 Devotion Lying is the offspring of hypocrisy (1 Tim 4:2). If we embrace Christ and truly fear Him, we must show forth his character and attributes. Jesus said that […]
Daily Verse “Do all things without complaining and disputing, that you may become blameless and harmless, children of God without fault in the midst of a crooked and perverse generation, among whom you shine as lights in the world,” – PHILIPPIANS 2:14-15 Devotion Amongst other things, murmuring is a clear example of what the fear […]
Daily Verse “Death and life are in the power of the tongue, And those who love it will eat its fruit.” – PROVERBS 18:21 Devotion Though small and inconspicuous, the tongue possesses the power to alter your destiny as well as the fate of the world. Your words locate and define you! Words unveil your […]
Daily Verse “He who goes about as a talebearer reveals secrets; Therefore do not associate with one who flatters with his lips.” – PROVERBS 20:19 Devotion Flattery is a subtle form of lying. It inflates the ego of whom it targets. Those who flatter hope to curry favour with the hearer. The flatterer thinks that […]
Daily Verse “Do not speak evil of one another, brethren. He who speaks evil of a brother and judges his brother, speaks evil of the law and judges the law. But if you judge the law, you are not a doer of the law but a judge. There is one Lawgiver, who is able to […]
Daily Verse “Be of the same mind toward one another. Do not set your mind on high things, but associate with the humble. Do not be wise in your own opinion.” – ROMANS 12:16 Devotion Humility is Christlikeness (Phil 2:8; Mark 10: 43-45). It is a mantle of servanthood (1 Pet 5:5). Jesus displayed the […]
Daily Verse “What then? Shall we sin because we are not under law but under grace? Certainly not!” – ROMANS 6:15 Devotion The greatest freedom in Moses’ days was the liberation from the tyranny of Egypt. The greatest freedom of our days is the liberation from the law. We are now free from the bondage […]
Daily Verse “For I determined not to know anything among you except Jesus Christ and Him crucified. I was with you in weakness, in fear, and in much trembling. And my speech and my preaching were not with persuasive words of human wisdom, but in demonstration of the Spirit and of power, that your faith […]
Daily Verse “Now we have received, not the spirit of the world, but the Spirit who is from God, that we might know the things that have been freely given to us by God.” – 1 CORINTHIANS 2:12 Devotion The Holy Spirit will empower us to know the things of the spirit. When the Holy […]