Topic: GOD WANTS YOU TO BE SINCERE AND TRUTHFUL [Church of God Mission International] Above Only Daily Devotional 21 November 2021
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ABOVE ONLY DEVOTIONAL
BY: ARCHBISHOP M. E. BENSON IDAHOSA
*SUNDAY NOVEMBER, 21, 2021
GOD WANTS YOU TO BE SINCERE AND TRUTHFUL
Psalm 51:6 (KJV, GNB, TPT& LB) Behold, thou desirest truth in the inward parts: and in the hidden part thou shalt make me to know wisdom. *Sincerity and truth are what you require; fill my mind with your wisdom. *I know that you delight to set your truth deep in my spirit. So come into the hidden places of my heart and teach me wisdom. *You deserve honesty from the heart; yes, utter sincerity and truthfulness. Oh, give me this wisdom.
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By your faith in Christ, God has made you righteous and now you must allow that righteous nature of God in you, influence the way you live. Allow the life of God influence your thoughts, words and actions. There is a wonderful kind of boldness you experience when you are always sincere and truthful. In Proverbs 28:1, the Bible says a thief runs when no man pursues him but the righteous is as bold as a lion. There is no peace for the wicked, (Isa.48:22). You free yourself from a lot of unnecessary fear and pressure when you do everything you do with sincerity and truth fulness from your heart. God wants you to be a person of integrity. A person of integrity does not say one thing and do another thing. Just like God, their words and their actions are one and the same.
Jesus said hypocrisy makes people like beautiful graves. They are beautiful on the outside but dirty and filled with dead men’s bones on the inside, (Matt.23:27). Do not be like Ananias and Sapphira, who were willing to lie just to look good before men, not knowing that they would eventually be found out. Keep your focus on being right in the eyes of God and not just in the eyes of men. God hates a false balance, (Prov.11:1). A false balance refers to all forms of dishonesty in your dealings and all forms of double standards. There is nothing secret that shall not be made known, (Luke 8:17).
By the wisdom of God, do not engage in any form of deception. Be straight forward. Worship God and live your life with all sincerity and truthfulness. Do not bring shame to God’s Name by living a life that is contrary to the message you are preaching. Maintain a good conscience and it will preserve your faith, (1Tim.1:19). Be loyal to the truth at all times no matter the situation.
Prayer:
Heavenly Father, please fill my heart to overflow with your great and amazing love for me. Help me to be conscious of the day of accountability.
BIBLE IN ONE YEAR READING PLAN
Ezekiel 42:1-43:27, James 5:1-20, Psalm 119:1-16, Proverbs 28:6-7