2013-03-01T09:53:33-05:00 GCI info@gospel.com /feeds/topics/deceit/ http://hutchcraft.com/a-word-with-you/your-most-important-relationship/lance-lies-and-a-look-in-the-mirror-6820 2013-03-01T09:53:33-05:00 We may think lying is no big deal. It is to God, and we're going to answer to Him some day. On the Bible list of "six things the Lord hates," lying is the only one that appears twice in Proverbs 6:16-19. And in our word today from the Word of God in Psalm 101:7, He bluntly declares that "no one who practices deceit will dwell in My house." God is a God of truth. Lying sets God against me. Dishonesty is a very big deal. http://hutchcraft.com/a-word-with-you/your-hard-times/how-good-soldiers-go-down-6192 2010-10-05T09:13:14-05:00 Putting on your armor means consciously choosing the spiritual resources of Jesus as the ways you will respond to every attack. Don't concentrate on the attack that's coming your way. Concentrate instead on the things that make you strong - the full armor of God that makes Satan retreat! http://biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Psalm%20119:118&version=KJV 2009-10-02T14:10:00-05:00 The Bible states repeatedly that God values truth and honesty. Those who disobey Him and who engage in deceit and falsehood will be cast away by God. http://biblegateway.com/passage/?search=John%201:47&version=KJV 2009-09-25T11:47:05-05:00 Nathanael receives high praise from Jesus in the passage. Jesus says that there's no guile--deceit--in his heart. Is that something that could be said of you? http://biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Psalm%205:8-10&version=NIV 2009-08-07T09:19:38-05:00 God has no tolerance for lies and deceit. Here, the psalmist begs God to punish the slanderers and liars he sees all around him. http://hutchcraft.com/A-Life-That-Matters/Radio-Program/Levees-the-Flood-Can-t-Break-8078 2008-09-05T13:31:43-05:00 When you know a flood is possible, you do need to build your levees high around a town, or even around your marriage. Marriages have got a flood of pressures on them, problems, and demands, and temptations. It’s really challenging to make a marriage work these days. http://hutchcraft.com/A-Word-With-You/Your-Hindrances/The-Gilligan-Zone-5598 2008-07-21T12:56:28-05:00 With one short-sighted decision, Esau entered what I call the Gilligan Zone. You decide to do something that will feel good for a while, thinking it will only be a three-hour tour. But you end up in the Gilligan Zone, farther than you ever wanted to go, staying longer than you ever wanted to stay. And for you, that may be no TV plot, it has happened to you. It all starts when we do an Esau. We do something because it will get us through right now, it will meet a need for us, only to hurt from it for years to come.