More about lying? Proverbs 26:28

Good morning everyone!!! Well, it is Friday....if you don't believe the dead come back to life just be here at quitting time!!!! What a great day to be alive in Jesus. Yes, more about lying.....what is going on here??? Have you been lying and feeling guilty Johnny? No, but in conversations with others a lot of hurt was handed out. The ones lying survived just fine and moved on to new grounds, the ones lied to remain and are injured.
Proverbs 26:28 "A LYING TONGUE HATES ITS VICTIMS, AND FLATTERY CAUSES RUIN."
WOW!!! Does this say it all. You are so nice, so very attractive, fun to be around, so intelligent, so..........on and on. Yes, we like to hear these things.....and we do need this for encouragement....but we need to be in tune with God and pray for discernment. Are this empty words designed to manipulate...OR...are they true words from the heart?
Satan comes as a beautiful, tempting object of some sort.....he will come in the form of your weakness. Proverbs 29:5 "TO FLATTER PEOPLE IS TO LAY A TRAP FOR THEIR FEET." We may fall weak to flatter because we would be the object of attention.
Flattery is a lie that leads into sin. Last bit of info: Proverbs 7:21-23 "SHE SEDUCED HIM WITH HER PRETTY SPEECH. WITH HER FLATTERY SHE ENTICED HIM. HE FOLLOWED HER AT ONCE....HE WAS LIKE A BIRD FLYING INTO A SNARE, LITTLE KNOWING IT WOULD COST HIM HIS LIFE."
Beware, accept flattery in the way it is meant. Know if it is true from the heart....callled praise....or false and meant to manipulate.
Lord, we just pray you lead us, guide us, and give us the spirit of discernment so we will be able to tell the difference between true praise and manipulative flattery. Help us to pray for others, friends, family, community that our lives will be Christlike and be a witness for you.
Thank you for reading and have a blessed and wonderful weekend. Love you all.
In Christ's Love and Grace
Johnny