Lip Service with No Action

Wisdom for Today

Wherefore the Lord said, Forasmuch as this people draw near me with their mouth, and with their lips do honor me, but have removed their heart far from me and their fear toward me is taught by the precept of men. Isaiah 29:13


You say with your lips, Lord, I love you. But what do your actions say. God understands and He is a forgiving God. Yes, He is but He doesn’t like sin. You say I will keep all the commands, but which ones have you recently broken? We say a lot of things to God, but do we really mean them or is it just lip service. What’s so important that you can’t give God all of you? Many people today are indecisive about living for God and serving Him. Which do you prefer, a life of pleasure or a life that’s pleasing to the Father? Why would you want to gain the whole world and then lose your soul?


There’s a knock at the door (knock, knock). Who is it? Jesus. Jesus?! Jesus, I’ll be right there. Oh my goodness hid the porn tapes and books. Put the big bible on the coffee table. Turn off Lil’ Wayne and put on some praise and worship music. Turn the TV off. Coming Jesus! I didn’t know you were stopping by today, come on in. Hello, my child. Hi Jesus, I wish I would have known you were stopping by, I would have prepared for your visit. Child, I wanted to personally stop by to say, it’s time to change. Change from your wicked ways. Jesus, I am not wicked. Child, anything that’s not like Me is wicked. Change the way you talk because your lip service doesn’t line up with My Word. You say you love Me, but your heart is far from me. You say you honor Me, but your life tells a different story. You say, you’ll serve me, but you rather serve and fulfill the desires of your own heart. Jesus, I am sorry. Child I know you are, but I had to make a special visit before it is too late. Too late, what do you mean? Today is the day to make a change because I never promised you tomorrow.


Wow, what if Jesus really came by to pay you a visit? What would He find in your heart? Would you be on your best behavior? Would you say all the right things? Would you make sure everything is right? This really makes you think. Well guess what, Jesus never has to stop by, because he’s always with you. Right there in your heart to remind you to live according to His Word. Jesus already knows if His children are portraying his love and peace to the world. The question is, will Jesus be pleased and honored with everything He finds in your heart?


Have a Beautiful Day

That Your Prayers May Not Be Hindered

Kenneth Copeland

But if we [really] are living and walking in the Light as He [Himself] is in the Light, we have [true, unbroken] fellowship with one another.
1 John 1:7


One area of our lives we believers need to particularly guard is the area of our relationships. We simply have to heed the Word of God where they're concerned. Let's not fuss with one another and criticize one another so much that we hinder the forces that God has given us to make us successful in this world.


Strife also causes trouble in the spirit realm. It opens the door to the devil. It keeps our prayers from being answered. It even keeps our angels from moving on our behalf!


Peter wrote to husbands in 1 Peter 3:7 to live considerately with their wives. He said, "...bestowing honor on the woman as the weaker sex, since you are joint-heirs of the grace of life, in order that your prayers may not be hindered." Husbands and wives. Parents and children. Co-workers. Fellow church members. All of us need to wake up to the danger of strife and start walking in love.


Shed the light of God's Word on your relationships. Dig into and get a revelation of the fact that we are all part of each other. Recognize that, as Ephesians tells us, we are one Body and one Spirit, and be eager and strive earnestly to guard and keep the harmony and oneness of that Spirit (Eph. 4:3-4).


Let the power of God flow in all of your relationships. Learn to walk in the light!


Scripture Reading: Romans 15:1-7