“All sin in our lives can be traced back to deception or in other words.... a lie!”  When I first heard that sentence I rejected it, but after thinking about it for a while, I knew it was true.  Sin entered the world because of a lie. If we think about the sin that we struggle with in our own lives we soon realize we can trace its origination back to an incident of deception or lies also.

Armed with this information lets explore just how it all begins.  What is the starting point for lies and deceptions?  Let’s take a moment and think about our lives. 

How do we treat our husbands, children, others?  What about our language, the places we go, and the things we do?  What about the way we dress?  If any of the above is in contradiction to God’s Word then how did it get to the point of being that way? 

It had to start somewhere. Did it really all began with a lie? Lies and deceptions come into our lives in many forms:

·        TV

·        Magazines

·        Movies

·        Music

·        Books

·        People

·        Sometime even well meaning people such as counselors and ministers 

    We are influenced by what we allow ourselves to be exposed to.  Listening, reading, and partaking in/of anything that is in contradiction to God’s Word is the first step in introducing deception/lies into our lives. Studying God’s word on a regular basis will enable us to recognize these deceptions/lies. 

     After we have taken the first step of continually exposing ourselves to that which is in “contradiction to God’s word”, it rapidly becomes easier and easier to justify the sin.  Before long we find ourselves believing the deception/lies and unfortunately once we believe the lie it doesn’t take long until we are in bondage to it. It all begins with deception or in other words a lie.

 Blessed is that man who makes the Lord his trust, and does not respect the proud, nor such as turn aside to lies.  (Psalm 40:4)  

ISBS Ladies Daily Devotional
01/24/05 

Patsy Taylor Norwood, daughter of the late Gordon and Eva Taylor of Dover , Tennessee , has been married 24 years to her best friend, Philip who is a full time minister for the Whiteville Church of Christ in Whiteville , North Carolina .  Together they have 3 children and one son-in-law. 

 

Patsy enjoys quilting, scrapbooking, and gardening in the spare time she wishes she had. She also enjoys writing

and has had articles published in several different Christian women magazines.  In addition to writing for Christian publications she also writes Bible studies under the title of Bible Studies by Patsy and an online newsletter for

Christian women titled As For Me and My House,  http://groups.yahoo.com/group/asformeandmyhouse.  Patsy

also speaks on Christian topics for various ladies functions and has taught Bible classes for those ranging in age

from toddlers to women here in the United States and in the country of Panama . 

 

Although Patsy writes and speaks on various Christian topics one of her most requested topics is Internet safety.  Several years ago one of her children was lured to a foreign country by an online predator.  This event devastated Patsy and her family and she speaks on this subject in an attempt to warn others about this crime and about how online predators operate, but most importantly she speaks on this subject so she can tell others about the God she serves, who not only brought her child but her family as well through this devastating event. Patsy loves the Lord with all her heart and though, she knows she can never repay Him for what He has done she intends to spend the rest of her life trying.

 

To contact Patsy e-mail her at patnorwood@earthlink.net or by postal mail at P. O. Box 314 , Evergreen , NC   28438 .

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