Truth.com: Halloween

Today's Halloween. As a Christian, I won't be celebrating.

This gentleman (SetFree21 on YouTube) drops some good research and scripture on why:

No matter what the world is calling today, it is still the day that the Lord has made! Rejoice in it!

Verse of the Day: ...for what fellowship hath righteousness with unrighteousness? and what communion hath light with darkness? 2 Corinthians 6:14b

God of Truth

God is the author of Truth. Every thing He does and every word He speaks reflects the Truth. There is no dishonest element in Him. God has used this Truth to help to free us from the bondage of sin, and has given us His Truth to live a life full of His blessings.

There are some things that God has spoken to you. He's shown you some things about yourself that are awesome, magnificent, and - maybe to you - unbelievable. Your purpose in Him is so great, your future so bright, that you may have a hard time reconciling that wondrous person with yourself.

I know God has imparted some things into my life that are at times hard to fathom. Don't get me wrong, I want to become this person that God has shown me I am. I want to do the awesome things that God has shown me in His plans. But, some of it is so great - I have a hard time wrapping my head around it all.

Yet, it's comforting to know that it is the Truth. God didn't just show me these things to tease me. God didn't give me a destiny for me to never reach it. It's not all just some magnificent dream or hope that I will never realize. It's real. As long as I stay in God's will and keep working His plan for my life, I will reach that place.

Those dreams, destinies, and purposes God has shown to you are the Truth too. He's not playing with your emotions or putting pipe dreams in you path. He has plans to get you there. He wants to get you into that magnificent place that's totally different from where you are right now.

Don't lose heart. Don't give in to unbelief. You can become all that God wants you to be. You can do all the things that He's shown to you. You can be that great person for Him. You can do great things for God's Kingdom.

Keep walking that path God has for you. You will reach your goals in Him. He wouldn't have shown it to you if it wasn't Truth.

Verse of the Day: God is not a man, that he should lie; neither the son of man, that he should repent: hath he said, and shall he not do it? or hath he spoken, and shall he not make it good? Numbers 23:19

Give Me the Truth

One thing I can't stand is a liar. Someone who lies gets no love from me. White lie.. big lie... It's all the same to me. The fact that someone can knowingly tell an untruth is deplorable to me.

I can't tell one for the life of me either. Even when I've tried in the past, my insides get all twisted, my pulse races, and my throat closes up. I have to tell the truth.

Now, I may avoid the truth, or try to lead the conversation away from the truth, but I cannot tell a lie.

God hates lying even more. He is The Truth. (John 14:6) So, anything that is the opposite of that cannot have any place in His presence. He has a place to send all liars - a place no one really wants to go to. (Revelation 21:8) Yet, our world is full of lies.

Lying brings bondage. It brings stress. It breeds distrust. Lying usually leads to other darker sins. The snake lied in order to get Eve to sin. Eve repeated that lie to catch Adam up. And we know where that got everyone.

In truth we find freedom, we find hope, we find security. Truth allows us to trust. It keeps us at peace, and it causes us to be able to connect with others.

Some truths are difficult to swallow. There have been many truths that have caused me a bit of pain. But, I'll take the painful truth over an easy lie any day.

Is honesty your best policy? Do you strive to stay honest and truthful? As God's children, it is our top priority to stay in the Truth.

Verse of the Day: The lip of truth shall be established for ever: but a lying tongue is but for a moment. Proverbs 12:19