Aug 17 2026 … Speaking The Truth

Aug 17 2026 … Speaking The Truth

Devotional Song: ... GO TO THIS LINK  …      and PLEASE take the time to listen to music and lyrics from Megan Woods singing … The Truth … calling on Christians to seek and seek and speak from God’s Spirit within calling them (us) to speak the truth..

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Highlight Passage: … Colossians 3:9 [NLT]

…  9 Don’t lie to each other, for you have stripped off your old sinful nature and all its wicked deeds.    

… Paul exhorts fellow Christians to avoid lying, having stripped away the clothing of sinfulness.      

Reference Passage: …  Colossians 3: 9-15  [NLT] … USE THIS LINK … 

…  The Apostle Paul calls fellow Christians to put on off the old ways of Satan and sin and to put on the clothing of Christlikeness. 

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Reference Passage: …  Proverbs 12:22  [NLT] … USE THIS LINK … 

…  Solomon declares that God detests lying but delights in those who tell the truth.  

Reference Passage: Zechariah 8:16 [NLT] … USE THIS LINK …   

… God, thru the Prophet Zechariah calls on believers to tell the truth and promote God’s justice in the courts of His people.

Reference Passage: …  John 8:32 [NLT] … USE THIS LINK …           

… The Apostle John shows that fellow Christians must seek the Truth, Who is Christ in them (us).

Reference Passage: … John 17:17 [NLT] … USE THIS LINK … 

Jesus prayed that His faithful followers would use God’s word to seek after the truth.

Reference Passage: …  Ephesians 4:15, 25, 29 [NLT] … USE THIS LINK …    

… The Apostle Paul calls on fellow Christians to speak ONLY God’s truth from the Christlikeness within.  

Reference Passage:… 1John 3:18 [NLT] … USE THIS LINK …      

…  The Apostle John calls on fellow Christians show God’s truth by the way they (we) love one another.

My Devotional Journal: Today’s Our Daily Bread from Monica La Rose  …  USE THIS LINK   quoted from the poet, Daniel Ladinsky, who was inspired by a German monk and theologian, writing, … “Havoc is created in the mind that can no longer trust someone once loved . . . . a plague is spread by one who cannot tell the truth.” 

And I think we’ve all experienced the “havoc” and damage that comes from those who spread lies.   So, as we all take in the linked song and the truth of God’s word above, calling us to let God’s Spirit within the hearts of all Christians to put on Christlikeness and seek and speak The Truth.  That is why I’m here again today, delighting in God’s word, which inspires me to loudly (as in the photo) speak the truth again today.   Are you with me?  

My Thanksgiving: … Oh, King Jesus, thank You … for giving me Your truth which gives me Your megaphone of Christlikeness.  

My Prayer Today: Oh Abba Father, ... King Jesus, … thank You, Lord, … for providing us with Your truth through Your word to be able to speak loudly of Your love and grace to others.  … Amen

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