TRUTH
REFUTES ACCUSING TONGUES
BREAD
8 Lead
me, O Lord, in your righteousness
because of my enemies-- make straight your way before me. 9 Not a word from their mouth
can be trusted; their heart is filled with destruction. Their throat is an open
grave; with their tongue they speak deceit. 10 Declare them guilty, O God!
Let their intrigues be their downfall. Banish them for their many sins, for they
have rebelled against you. 11 But let all who take refuge in you be glad; let them
ever sing for joy. Spread your protection over them, that those who love your
name may rejoice in you. 12 For
surely, O Lord, you bless the
righteous; you surround them with your favor as with a shield. Psalms 5:8-12 (NIV)
19 How
great is your goodness, which you have stored up for those who fear you, which
you bestow in the sight of men on those who take refuge in you. 20 In the shelter of your
presence you hide them from the intrigues of men; in your dwelling you keep
them safe from accusing tongues. Psalms
31:19-20 (NIV)
17 “No
weapon forged against you will prevail, and you will refute every tongue that
accuses you. This is the heritage of the servants of the Lord, and this is their vindication from
me,” declares the Lord. Isaiah 54:17 (NIV)
11 “All
who rage against you will surely be ashamed and disgraced; those who oppose you
will be as nothing and perish. 12 Though you search for your enemies, you will not find
them. Those who wage war against you will be as nothing at all. 13 For I am the Lord, your God, who takes hold of your
right hand and says to you, Do not fear; I will help you.” Isaiah 41:11-13 (NIV)
2 May my
vindication come from you; may your eyes see what is right. Psalms 17:2 (NIV)
8 Keep
me as the apple of your eye; hide me in the shadow of your wings 9 from the wicked who assail me,
from my mortal enemies who surround me. 10 They close up their callous hearts, and their mouths
speak with arrogance. Psalms 17:8-10
(NIV)
14 O Lord, by your hand save me from such
men, from men of this world whose reward is in this life. You still the hunger
of those you cherish; their sons have plenty, and they store up wealth for
their children. Psalms 17:14 (NIV)
16 There
are six things the Lord hates,
seven that are detestable to him: 17 haughty eyes, a lying tongue, hands that shed innocent
blood, 18 a
heart that devises wicked schemes, feet that are quick to rush into evil, 19 a false witness who pours out
lies and a man who stirs up dissension among brothers. Proverbs 6:16-19 (NIV)
BUTTER
“Just so you know,
the need for repentance, redemption, and forgiveness is universal. I don't care
if you are a liberal or a conservative, a religious fanatic or a militant
atheist, a ‘spiritual’/’religious’ person or someone who runs from all that. It
doesn’t matter to me if you listen to Billy Graham or follow Camus—you are in
need. No one in the human race is exempt.
It’s in our DNA…When we finally acknowledge our need for forgiveness and
come to God in repentance, we find true power; for we now have nothing to hide
or protect, we don't care what people say or think about us, we are willing to
speak truth gently, and we are enabled to speak with tremendous, supernatural
power.”
Steve
Brown
“Deception is clothed
in darkness, truth in light.” BHY
“He that takes truth for his guide, and duty for his end, may safely
trust to God’s providence to lead him aright.”
Blaise Pascal
“If faith never
encounters doubt, if truth never struggles with error, if good never battles
with evil, how can faith know its own power?
In my own pilgrimage, if I have to choose between a faith that has
stared doubt in the eye and made it blink, or a naïve faith that has never
known the firing line of doubt, I will choose the former every time.” Gary
Parker
“Peace
is such a precious jewel that I would give anything for it but truth.” Matthew
Henry
“Truth must enter into the
soul, penetrate and saturate it, or else it is of no value. Doctrines held as a matter of creed are like
bread in the hand, which ministers no nourishment to the frame, but doctrine
accepted by the heart, is as food digested, which, by assimilation, sustains
and builds up the body.” Charles
H. Spurgeon
“Truth demands
confrontation; loving confrontation, but confrontation nonetheless.” Francis Schaeffer
“We are not only
to renounce evil, but to manifest the truth.”
Hudson Taylor
“God is Truth. Who in his right mind would contradict Him?” Anonymous
“Truth
is not always popular, but it is always right.” Anonymous
HEART
SAVOR
- · God hates a lying tongue.
- · Truth will always stand.
- · Truth has nothing to hide in darkness.
