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Psalm 120, the lying tongue!

Psa 120:1, IN MY DISTRESS I CRIED TO THE LORD, AND HE HEARD ME. 

Being in distress forces the believer to pray to the FATHER more earnestly! It doesn’t matter where you’re at HE can hear you!

Jon 2:2, And he said: “I cried out to the LORD because of my affliction, And He answered me. “OUT OF THE BELLY OF SHEOL I CRIED, AND YOU HEARD MY VOICE. 

JESUS knowing HIS time had come was in great agony, and sought a place to pray to HIS FATHER!

Luk 22:44, AND BEING IN AGONY, HE PRAYED MORE EARNESTLY. Then His sweat became like great drops of blood falling down to the ground.

Psa 120:2-3, Deliver my soul, O LORD, FROM LYING LIPS AND FROM A DECEITFUL TONGUE. What shall be given to you, Or what shall be done to you, YOU FALSE TONGUE?

The psalmist knows the power of the tongue, how it can destroy, and manipulate a person!

Jas 3:5-6, EVEN SO THE TONGUE IS A LITTLE MEMBER AND BOASTS GREAT THINGS. See how GREAT A FOREST A LITTLE FIRE KINDLES! AND THE TONGUE IS A FIRE, A WORLD OF INIQUITY. THE TONGUE IS SO SET AMONG OUR MEMBERS THAT IT DEFILES THE WHOLE BODY, and SETS ON FIRE THE COURSE OF NATURE; AND IT IS SET ON FIRE BY HELL.

Even the chief priests of Israel sought people who would lie against JESUS our LORD!

Mat 26:59, Now the chief priests, the elders, and all the council SOUGHT FALSE TESTIMONY AGAINST JESUS TO PUT HIM TO DEATH,

The lying tongue is compared to a sharp sword in scripture

Psa 64:3, WHO SHARPEN THEIR TONGUE LIKE A SWORD, And bend their bows to shoot their arrows—BITTER WORDS, 

We must be watchful to what we say FOR IT COMES OUT OF OUR HEARTS!

Mar 7:15, There is nothing that enters a man from outside which can defile him; BUT THE THINGS WHICH COME OUT OF HIM, THOSE ARE THE THINGS THAT DEFILE A MAN. 

Psa 141:3-4 ,SET A GUARD, O LORD, OVER MY MOUTH; KEEP WATCH OVER THE DOOR OF MY LIPS.

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Psalm 12, the tongue!

Psa 12:1, …HELP, LORD, FOR THE GODLY MAN CEASES! FOR THE FAITHFUL DISAPPEAR FROM AMONG THE SONS OF MEN. 

The men around David started to gossip speaking evil of him! SLOWLY BUT SURELY THESE ONCE FAITHFUL MEN NOW COULDN’T BE TRUSTED! BECAUSE OF THEIR TONGUE!

Psa 12:2, THEY SPEAK IDLY EVERYONE WITH HIS NEIGHBOR; WITH FLATTERING LIPS AND A DOUBLE HEART THEY SPEAK.

Psa 5:9, FOR THERE IS NO FAITHFULNESS IN THEIR MOUTH; THEIR INWARD PART IS DESTRUCTION; THEIR THROAT IS AN OPEN TOMB; THEY FLATTER WITH THEIR TONGUE.  

Even though the tongue is encased by strong bars of teeth, being held in place by the strong jaw, YET IT GETS OUT TO DO HARM! THE TONGUE HAS THE POWER TO DO GOOD OR EVIL; IT’S EITHER CONTROLLED BY GOD OR BY SIN!

Pro 15:4, A WHOLESOME TONGUE IS A TREE OF LIFE, BUT PERVERSENESS IN IT BREAKS THE SPIRIT. 

Col 4:6, LET YOUR SPEECH ALWAYS BE WITH GRACE, SEASONED WITH SALT, that you may know how you ought to answer each one. 

Psa 12:3-4, MAY THE LORD CUT OFF ALL FLATTERING LIPS, AND THE TONGUE THAT SPEAKS PROUD THINGS, Who have said, “With our tongue we will prevail; Our lips are our own; WHO IS LORD OVER US?”

THE LORD WILL ONE DAY CUT OFF THE LYING AND PERVERSE TONGUE WHO SPREADS OUT RUMORS AND GOSSIP! THESE PEOPLE ALL HAVE ONE THING IN COMMON, THEY DO NOT KNOW GOD!

Jer 9:3, “AND LIKE THEIR BOW THEY HAVE BENT THEIR TONGUES FOR LIES. They are not valiant for the truth on the earth. For they proceed from evil to evil, AND THEY DO NOT KNOW ME,” SAYS THE LORD. 

YET IN CONTRAST, THE WORDS OF THE LORD!

Psa 12:6-7, THE WORDS OF THE LORD ARE PURE WORDS, LIKE SILVER TRIED IN A FURNACE OF EARTH, PURIFIED SEVEN TIMES. YOU SHALL KEEP THEM, O LORD, YOU SHALL PRESERVE THEM FROM THIS GENERATION FOREVER.

DO YOU KNOW THE LORD? DO YOU SEEK FOR JUICY GOSSIP FROM ONE TO SPREAD TO OTHERS; OR DO YOU SEEK THE LORDS WORDS? IT’S A CHOICE! CHOOSE WISELY!

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Ezra 4, the lies of the enemy!

Ezr 4:1, NOW WHEN THE ADVERSARIES OF JUDAH AND BENJAMIN HEARD THAT THE descendants of the captivity WERE BUILDING THE TEMPLE OF THE LORD GOD OF ISRAEL, 

When there is great work for the LORD, there will always be great opposition to that work!

1Co 16:9, FOR A GREAT AND EFFECTIVE DOOR HAS OPENED TO ME, AND THERE ARE MANY ADVERSARIES. 

Ezr 4:2, they came to Zerubbabel and the heads of the fathers’ houses, and said to them, “LET US BUILD WITH YOU, FOR WE SEEK YOUR GOD AS YOU DO; AND WE HAVE SACRIFICED TO HIM…

2Ti 3:5, having a form of godliness but denying its power. And from such people TURN AWAY! 

They are adversaries, yet want to help build? Be careful who you allow in the ministry!

Tit 1:16, THEY PROFESS TO KNOW GOD, but in works they deny Him, being abominable, disobedient, and disqualified for every good work. 

Ezr 4:3, But Zerubbabel and Jeshua and the rest of the heads of the fathers’ houses of Israel said to them, “YOU MAY DO NOTHING WITH US TO BUILD A HOUSE FOR OUR GOD; BUT WE ALONE WILL BUILD TO THE LORD GOD OF ISRAEL, as King Cyrus the king of Persia has commanded us.”

For years through the reigns of Cyrus, Ahasuerus, Artaxerxes up to Darius, they wrote letters ACCUSING THEM OF SEDITION to their reign! King Artaxerxes finally stopped the work because of their letter against them!

Pro 26:22-26 NLT, Rumors are dainty morsels that sink deep into one’s heart. SMOOTH WORDS MAY HIDE A WICKED HEART, just as a pretty glaze covers a clay pot. People may COVER THEIR HATRED WITH PLEASANT WORDS, BUT THEY’RE DECEIVING YOU. THEY PRETEND TO BE KIND, but don’t believe them. THEIR HEARTS ARE FULL OF MANY EVILS. WHILE THEIR HATRED MAY BE CONCEALED BY TRICKERY, their wrongdoing will be exposed in public.

BE CAUTIOUS WHO YOU ALLOW IN THE MINISTRY FOR EVEN SATAN DRESSES HIMSELF AS AN ANGEL OF LIGHT!