Have you been the victim of insincere flattery? I had a friend in high school that would compliment your outfit only if she thought you looked really bad in it. I believed her so much that I actually wore suspenders for my junior year class picture. I caught on to her as I noticed her doing it to other friends. Flattering them to their face then laughing at them behind their back. Sheesh, with friends like that who needs enemies. Psalm 12 tell us that Gods words are flawless. They are true, perfect, and able to be trusted with complete confidence. Use your own words wisely and trust God for protection against lies.
Psalm 12 Questions -
1. How do you see even the godly and faithful being eroded in the moral downslide of our society?
2. Have you felt the victim of lies? Have you been guilty of the ones spreading them?
3. What is the difference between compliments and flattery? What harm comes from flattery? What does flattery do to society?
4. James 3 talks about taming the tongue. In which ways do you need to more self-control over your tongue.
5. Is it ok to vent to a friend? Or to talk about someone if claim "we'd say it to her face"? Or fill someone in on another persons problem so they can pray for them?
6. Do we trust God to defend lies against us or do we take matters into our own hands?
7. Do we filter or refine our words before we let them go out? Silver is heated until the impurities are evaporated into a poisonous gas melting down to a pure and useable material. God refines 7 times, how often do we let things fly out of our mouths with out even one refinement?
8. Where has our tolerance of vile things given place for them to become honorable? It doesn't take many cable channels, radio stations and youtube videos to realize sin is in. How can we counter this and be loving without being tolerable to sin?
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