Hollywood Prayer Network On DeceptionExemplo

DON'T DECEIVE YOURSELF 

"Christians don't tell lies, they just go to church and sing them."       A.W. Tozer

"If the whole church goes off into deception, that will in no way excuse us for not following Christ."   Leonard Ravenhill

PRAY:  Oh, dear Father in Heaven, I come humbly before You and ask that You reveal my heart to me. I don't want to think that I am something that I'm not. I don't want to deceive myself into thinking I'm better, smarter, cooler or better looking than others. I don't want to mock You by taking personal credit for anything You've given me. I understand I will reap what I sow, and so I want to sow humility in my own heart but complete confidence in You. I want to celebrate what You've given me and yet, not take credit for it myself. Would You help me find that balance Lord? I pray this in Jesus' Name, Amen!

REFLECT:  How can we look at ourselves in the mirror and really see the truth of who we are? How do we honestly look at how we are deceiving ourselves into believing what we want to believe, versus understanding the truth of our lives? It's only the Holy Spirit who can keep us from deception. We reap what we sow, but the Holy Spirit is our guide, our teacher, our comforter and our mirror. This scripture says that we should not deceive ourselves, but how is that possible without the Holy Spirit? 

ACT:  Take some time to talk to the Holy Spirit about your heart and your understanding of yourself. Ask Him to reveal to you what you are sowing and reaping so that there is no deception in your life. Tell Him that you don't want to puff yourself up, but you don't want to cut yourself down. You want to be pure of heart and free of wrong motives or actions, but you need Him to do that. Ask Him to reveal to you anything that you think about yourself that may not be accurate and then to help you to see yourself through His eyes. What a freeing revelation that could be.