Sunday's One
Another Commands
Do not lie to each other
Colossians 3:9
Do not lie to each other, since you have taken off your old self with its practices.
Pondering Point
It seems so simple: Do not lie to each other. Yet how easily it is set aside – not just by a world-at-large -- but by many adherents to the Christian faith. It is as if this command has been taken as a suggestion or situational ethic.
Ponder these four questions with God now (and eventually with a group of others):
- Who encouraged me above themselves this past week? Thank God.
- Who discouraged me this past week? Forgive and pray for them.
- Whom did I fail to encourage this past week? Seek forgiveness.
- Whom did I encourage this past week? Praise God for that.
Prayer
Father God, help us to value Your word and Your perspective and Your will more highly than even our own reputation among others. Help us to "take off the old self with its practices" in practice, not just in theory. Since You have removed that sinful garb in our baptism, help us live in truth and practice truth for Your sake. In Jesus’ name we pray. Amen.
Colossians 3:9
Do not lie to each other, since you have taken off your old self with its practices...