Speaking the truth

Greetings:
It's time to stop dancing around this spiritual battle we fight each day and speak the truth.
Let's get it straight. Satan is a liar, a cheat, a tempter, a deceiver. He is the author of failure, who loves to see people, especially Christians struggle and hurt.
We know that through the power and presence of Jesus Christ in our lives, we as Christians, are truly a blessed group of people of all races, ages and locations around the globe.
The loving hand of God is with us. We can walk in victory, despite the plots, snares and deceitful plans of Satan.
We have the key to victory and that's the shed blood of Jesus D Christine Bullard on the cross.
Because of the cross, God is always near us and prayers are answered.
We have a free will and that is where we sin.
James 4:17 says, “Therefore, to one who knows the right thing to do and does not do it, to him it is sin.”
We have a choice.
Some will continue to waste away their lives chasing the next dollar.
Others will let another year pass by them by failing to humble themselves and be what they know they should be.
Others will choose to drown their sorrows in various passions, coping mechanisms, or pointless addictions.
There is much good that we know in our hearts that we should be doing that we are not doing.
Do we love our wives and treat them properly, or do we yell at them, demean them, and fail to show them proper attention, affection and respect?
Do wives respect their husbands and give them the admiration, trust and respect that they need?
Do we see opportunity to bless someone, but walk past it?
Do we share the gospel with our friends, neighbors and complete strangers?
Do we read our Bibles?
Do we pray, not just when we need something, but when we just want to thank God for who he is and who he has made us?
While things are not always perfect, each of us can say we are blessed in some way – even if it's on a much smaller scale than we had hoped.
Follow the advice given in Hebrews 3:13 (The Amplified Bible), which reads: “But instead warn (admonish, urge, and encourage) one another every day, as long as it is called Today, that none of you may be hardened [into settled rebellion] by the deceitfulness of sin [by the fraudulence, the stratagem, the trickery which the delusive glamour of his sin may play on him].
Today is the day we can change, repent and move forward toward the cross.
Today resolve to love God more.
Let our faith not grow weary or weak. Let us remain strong in our commitment to serve God and let the light of God shine in our words – spoken and written.
Let our faith remain steadfast as we serve others in the name of God – reaching out to the needy in our communities, in our churches and around the world.
Let us never grow content to just go to church. Let us be the mind, hands, arms, body and voice of The Church.
Be blessed.