LIP SERVICE

Do you remember what you told me? How you confessed your love for me! Do you remember what you said in the middle of your trial? Do you remember how you cried out and said, “If you help me, I will serve you” and like a mighty warrior I stepped in and saved you. You praised me for the valiant act and now I hear only your lips.

You continue to tell me about your love for me and yet you don’t attend my house. You blame others for your attendance and yet my promise was with you and I alone. How come all of a sudden others are involved in our relationship?

You lift up both your hands in surrender and sing “I Surrender All,” but the moment I ask for your service, well maybe next time.

How long shall I receive lip service? How long? When your spouse asks for attention, you say you love them and yet when asked for service, well maybe next time.

How long shall your spouse receive lip service? When the divorce decree is being drawn up by the lawyer? When the home and children are being taken? How long?

Let’s declare today to end lip service. Speak the truth. Your actions will always reveal it. Telling someone you love them and not demonstrating it with actions, is like a glazed Krispy Kreme donut. I see the surrounding goodness, but where is the center where the heart should be.

Post shared via Roger Tharpe

Suicidal or Homicidal

Pain has a way of scaring people into hiding behind their wounds. They either become suicidal or homicidal. The suicidal people tend to believe that every person they encounter will cause them the same pain, using that as an excuse to isolate themselves from the rest of the world. This makes it impossible to get over the initial pain that causes this negative perception in the first place.

The homicidal people will continue to interact with people, but be cold and distant in their delivery, punishing everyone they encounter to assure that this pain will never happen again. They have become so self-centered that they do not realize that they are inflicting the same pain, spreading to same mentality, until it becomes an epidemic.

The only cure to making sure these wounds heal bacteria free is to understand that the damage is inside-out not outside-in. It’s important to understand that though the pain was caused by another person, it’s up to you to nurse it and make sure it doesn’t affect your mobility.

Post courtesy of AmazinglyBrash

Who Am I - Casting Crowns

Teacher punishes student for responding “God bless you” to a friend’s sneeze

 

Pride

Pride will eventually give way to humility. It may not happen overnight. And it may have to follow a painful process, because pride can be very, very stubborn. It provides one a false sense of security, though spiritually-minded people know it is only a matter of time before the fall will catch up with you.

To remove Pride you must begin with submission to Christ.  Acknowledging his Lordship and ownership over your life. When you walk with God you will walk in humility. Pride cannot co-exist in a growing relationship with Jesus Christ. The Holy Spirit's light reveals pride and convicts you during times of prayer and Scripture meditation.

It is also easy to recognize pride in others while it is still looming in your spirit. Humble yourself to others and trust God to humble them.

.....“God resists the proud, But gives grace to the humble." 6 Therefore humble yourselves under the mighty hand of God, that He may exalt you in due time,  7 casting all your care upon Him, for He cares for you. ~ 1 Peter 5:5-7

Merry Christmas & Happy New Year!