Some people are lying when they say they want the truth. Because
you can tell someone the truth. And you can show someone that the truth you
tell them is believable. But that doesn’t mean they will believe that truth.
Because if they believe that truth, it means they’ll have to change something
in their life. And they don’t want to pay that price. The cost of believing the
truth is too high for them to believe it. So, they don’t believe it’s true. Or
they don’t believe the consequences of not believing that truth is real. And they
will defend their disobedience to the truth through cognitive dissonance. And try
and rationalize it with any number of questions they use as a shield in their
continued war against the truth. And that’s the truth.
Friday, February 06, 2026
The Cost of Truth
Friday, January 30, 2026
Sin and Self-Hatred
Do you feel a distance between you and God? King David felt
it. And he asked God to lead him back to worship. Psalm 43:3 says – Send out
your light and your truth; let them lead me; let them bring me to your holy
hill and to your dwelling! Amen.
1 John 1:9 says – If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just to forgive us our sins and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness. God has forgiven Christians because of Jesus. But they still confess the sins they commit as a matter of cleansing.
But maybe you hate yourself because you keep doing the same sins. So, you stop coming to God with it. And what’s keeping God from you is you’re keeping yourself from God. Your desire to cleanse yourself won’t work. Because sins you refuse to bring to Jesus are sins that continue to control you. Let Jesus do his job. When Jesus told Peter seventy times seven, he wasn’t just talking about you forgiving others. But Jesus forgiving you.
Friday, January 23, 2026
Focus Your Hope
When you feel bad, when it looks bad, when it IS bad, what can you do? Here is what the Bible says. This is King David preaching to King David. Psalm 42:5 says – Why are you cast down, O my soul, and why are you in turmoil within me? Hope in God; for I shall again praise him, my salvation. David was in a bad place. So, he focused his hope. And your hope is not in your situations. Your real, true, greatest and ultimate hope is in God, who is orchestrating your situations for your good and his glory. So, you lift up your soul, by proclaiming your hope, and praising God. Don’t let your situations preach to you about God. Preach to your situations about God. He will save you.