Lying

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faithandlove

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I have been doing a lot of lying lately. I don't even know why? It's not like I have to lie. Why can't I just tell the truth??? I hate it and even though these lies no one will ever find out about, I am being tortured by my thoughts because of them. I feel guilty and ashamed. It's been hard for me to sleep. I sit and think about all the lies and wonder why am I doing it?

Please pray for me that I will find it within me not to lie. Thank you.
 
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Duckies

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Praying for your friend :) After you have prayed for his forgiveness and truly repented, turn away and do not let guilt overwhelm your mind so that you can free your self sooner from this.

I found out from me personally, that sometimes our stress and overwhelming feeling in life triggers actions that we do not intend, and they just come out... if you feel like these lies are still hunting you down, confess them to God! and if that doesn't let you feel free, then take another step and talk to those who you feel you have mislead. Just a thought of course, and know that the best part of all this is God knows that you are aware and that you are trying to take a step forward in Good Faith ! :) He LOVES a heart that turns away from wrong and begins to walk right for him and because we truly want to serve him!

God Bless!! i hope i didn't over write stuff on this post, i sometimes just let my mind fly... it has backfired a few times :p
 
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faithandlove

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Duckies said:
Praying for your friend :) After you have prayed for his forgiveness and truly repented, turn away and do not let guilt overwhelm your mind so that you can free your self sooner from this.

I found out from me personally, that sometimes our stress and overwhelming feeling in life triggers actions that we do not intend, and they just come out... if you feel like these lies are still hunting you down, confess them to God! and if that doesn't let you feel free, then take another step and talk to those who you feel you have mislead. Just a thought of course, and know that the best part of all this is God knows that you are aware and that you are trying to take a step forward in Good Faith ! :) He LOVES a heart that turns away from wrong and begins to walk right for him and because we truly want to serve him!

God Bless!! i hope i didn't over write stuff on this post, i sometimes just let my mind fly... it has backfired a few times :p
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Thank you, Brother Duckies! :cool:
 
Jesusprincess

Jesusprincess

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I think you are right but the best thing to do is to pray for your friend or the person your have mislead and leave it to God because the other person is not going to understand words he or she will only understand actions. God will provide the right actions to turn him or her to the right path , one have to trust God and know that once one ask for forgiveness , what ever it was bothering oneself is gone. if we do not believe the guilt will always hunts us for the rest of our life and we are not going to understand why we live in the life that we live. God is good and all he wants from us is to praise and trust him. Trusting him and putting him first will let the guilty disappear because your concentration will be on the almighty instead of other things.
God bless:)
 
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hattiebod

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The Lord is convicting you, drawing you close...illuminating an issue to you. Isn't it wonderful you hear Him? Satan hates that! Do not be cast down! This is such a blessing from God that you recognize this is not pleasing to Him and want to stop. He will give you the strength to resist, you have repented, now He will strengthen you as you deliberately and prayerfull stand against this. Know you are forgiven, no less loved or precious. No less worthy to be His daughter. We all stumble:) ' Be strong and courageous. Do not be terrified; Do not be discouraged, for the Lord your God will be with you wherever you go.' Joshua 1:9. God Bless you. <><
 
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dyingeveryday

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I think that what Duckies and Jesusprincess are saying are both correct. I say pray and take it to God and also confess and talk to the person you may be misleading. After all, if you don't confess how will you ask for forgiveness? I think that confessing to those we have wronged is a crucial point. And guilt and doubt are just tools of the devil to keep you down. So stop beating yourself up and bring what is in the darkness into the light. I will pray for you as I think we have all been in this situation before and can understand what you are going through. You haven't done anything that any of us hasn't done in our lives I'm sure.
 
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faithandlove

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My Sisters, God bless you! Hattiebod, yes! It is wonderful that I hear Him!!!

I wonder how others deal with lying? I feel with every lie, that I let God down even further and the thought makes me sick.
 
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faithandlove

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Dying, my Brother, I don't think it would be a good idea to confess this one lie....

This is what happened: Yesterday, I was supposed to go and pick up a couple of packages from another work site. Something I always do. Well, yesterday, someone else was going to pick them up for me as a favor, but our boss doesn't want her doing that. It has been a lot of issues with this person picking up the packages. So to keep her from picking them up and dropping them off at other sites, I told her that I would be there in less than a minute, when in fact I was about 20mins away! That's the lie. All I had to do was to tell her that I will get them when I get there, but instead I felt the need to lie! And I don't know why?
 
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MidniteWelder

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faithandlove said:
I have been doing a lot of lying lately. I don't even know why? It's not like I have to lie. Why can't I just tell the truth??? I hate it and even though these lies no one will ever find out about, I am being tortured by my thoughts because of them. I feel guilty and ashamed. It's been hard for me to sleep. I sit and think about all the lies and wonder why am I doing it?

Please pray for me that I will find it within me not to lie. Thank you.
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I happily recommend watching this one movie called "Liar Liar"
the message is...don't lie
 
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FAITHFULGILLIAN

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faithandlove said:
Dying, my Brother, I don't think it would be a good idea to confess this one lie....

This is what happened: Yesterday, I was supposed to go and pick up a couple of packages from another work site. Something I always do. Well, yesterday, someone else was going to pick them up for me as a favor, but our boss doesn't want her doing that. It has been a lot of issues with this person picking up the packages. So to keep her from picking them up and dropping them off at other sites, I told her that I would be there in less than a minute, when in fact I was about 20mins away! That's the lie. All I had to do was to tell her that I will get them when I get there, but instead I felt the need to lie! And I don't know why?
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That seems to me to have been a white lie on a trivial matter intended to spare the feelings of your co- worker and motivated by kindness. I think lies designed to hurt others or to cover up wrongdoing or otherwise gain a personal advantage are in an entirely different category and are culpable. I have been guilty of these in the past but my parents' vigorous response has ensured that I outgrew the tendency pretty rapidly.
 
pickles

pickles

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Hugs daith and love, praying for you in Jesus, to overcome. :)

God bless
:)
pickles
 
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kittycat7

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Many are the woes of the wicked, but the LORD's unfailing love surrounds the man who trusts in him.
Psalm 32:10​
 
Angela53510

Angela53510

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Praying for your walk with God. I think going through phases like this allow us to really examine our hearts and to cry out to God for HIM to be the one to put us to right!

"Whoever gives an honest answer kisses the lips." Proverbs 24:26
 
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simplyme_bekah

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You know I try so hard to tell the truth but when I do tell a lie I feel like the biggest piece of crap alive. I think that is the Holy Spirit convicting us. I think the devil tricks us a lot but the good thing about that is we got God :D and we got the whole armor of God to put on ourselves daily. Below are a few really good sermons by Joyce Meyer about putting on the whole armor of God. I strongly suggest you watch it.
Most important question I have for you is have you asked Jesus to come into your heart as your personal savior? When you ask Him to come into your heart you become His child. That is the most important next step for you to take if you haven't asked Him into your heart yet.

Enjoying Everyday Life – Television Show | Joyce Meyer Ministries

Enjoying Everyday Life – Television Show | Joyce Meyer Ministries
 
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