I understand how frustrating it can be when people say things that are not true
about you and behind you. It is really bad because you are not given a chance
to contest the accuracy of the story or even offer an explanation for what
could have happened. Even worse is when this story/lie then begins to make the
rounds. It just generally feels better when one has is not allowed to speak or
at least make a case for one's self. Sadly, sometimes the story even travels
further than the originator ever imagined that it would go. Unfortunately,
these lies burn like uncontrolled fire. Liars light such painful fires with
their tongues; so painful even God is hurt because it eventually impacts on
kingdom/body of Christ.
James 3: 6 "And the tongue is a flame of fire. It is a whole world of wickedness, corrupting your entire body. It can set your whole life on fire, for it is set on fire by hell itself."
These things are so painful that one's first reaction may be to justify one's self or confront the storytellers in anyway one deems fit and often in the presence of others so that the liars can be ashamed but those are not always the best responses. If one must go forward in life and attain to the great heights God ordained for His children, there will always be people in the course of their journey who would enjoy spreading lies about them and you can't always stop to respond to them. You don't have the time or energy to expend on such people. Such people hate/dislike you and cannot understand why you should be blessed; meanwhile, they don't know what it cost you to be you and may never know because God may hide it from them. But believers must accept the reality that there will always be people telling stories, lies, hoping to ruin and pull us down and we must never succumb.
Proverbs 26: 28 "A lying tongue hates its victims, and flattering words cause ruin."
Such people will always exist; they are people that have yielded themselves to the devil who is working hard, through them, to cut short our destinies but will not succeed if we refuse to let him. They don't know it but they are murderers and plunderers, attempting to destroy people, carrying on as if it is a normal way of life. Sadly, believers who engage in these activities are increasing daily and if we don't learn to ignore their lies, its negative impact on the body of Christ will become phenomenal. At the end of the day, it is the body of Christ that suffers the most because the gifts, prophets, apostles, pastors, teachers and evangelists, sent for the edification and building of the body, are frustrated out of their call by these liars.
Proverbs 25: 18 "Telling lies about others is as harmful as hitting them with an ax, wounding them with a sword, or shooting them with a sharp arrow."
For everyone who has slowed down because of lies told and hurtful things that have been said about you, it is time to rise up again. These are not things that ought to determine the cause of our lives for we have been exhorted by Paul the Apostle to endure hardship. Remember that satan is the father of all liars so that he is behind it all; if you succumb, his will is being established in your life taking you out of your God ordained path. Since you don't have control over anyone's mouth, you can't control what they say but you can control your own response to what they say and do. God sees what they are doing and will respond to them at the appropriate time and appropriately too so it is best that you focus on Him.
Proverbs 19: 9 "A false witness will not go unpunished, and a liar will be destroyed."
James 3: 6 "And the tongue is a flame of fire. It is a whole world of wickedness, corrupting your entire body. It can set your whole life on fire, for it is set on fire by hell itself."
These things are so painful that one's first reaction may be to justify one's self or confront the storytellers in anyway one deems fit and often in the presence of others so that the liars can be ashamed but those are not always the best responses. If one must go forward in life and attain to the great heights God ordained for His children, there will always be people in the course of their journey who would enjoy spreading lies about them and you can't always stop to respond to them. You don't have the time or energy to expend on such people. Such people hate/dislike you and cannot understand why you should be blessed; meanwhile, they don't know what it cost you to be you and may never know because God may hide it from them. But believers must accept the reality that there will always be people telling stories, lies, hoping to ruin and pull us down and we must never succumb.
Proverbs 26: 28 "A lying tongue hates its victims, and flattering words cause ruin."
Such people will always exist; they are people that have yielded themselves to the devil who is working hard, through them, to cut short our destinies but will not succeed if we refuse to let him. They don't know it but they are murderers and plunderers, attempting to destroy people, carrying on as if it is a normal way of life. Sadly, believers who engage in these activities are increasing daily and if we don't learn to ignore their lies, its negative impact on the body of Christ will become phenomenal. At the end of the day, it is the body of Christ that suffers the most because the gifts, prophets, apostles, pastors, teachers and evangelists, sent for the edification and building of the body, are frustrated out of their call by these liars.
Proverbs 25: 18 "Telling lies about others is as harmful as hitting them with an ax, wounding them with a sword, or shooting them with a sharp arrow."
For everyone who has slowed down because of lies told and hurtful things that have been said about you, it is time to rise up again. These are not things that ought to determine the cause of our lives for we have been exhorted by Paul the Apostle to endure hardship. Remember that satan is the father of all liars so that he is behind it all; if you succumb, his will is being established in your life taking you out of your God ordained path. Since you don't have control over anyone's mouth, you can't control what they say but you can control your own response to what they say and do. God sees what they are doing and will respond to them at the appropriate time and appropriately too so it is best that you focus on Him.
Proverbs 19: 9 "A false witness will not go unpunished, and a liar will be destroyed."
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