Lord, please help me to change - Judith Couchman

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LORD, PLEASE HELP ME TO CHANGEike many of us, Aimee fell into a pit before recognizing he rneed t o change. Landin g wit h nothing t o soften the blow ,she face d th e enormit y o f her self-lies . On th e surface , they ha dlooked harmless , inconsequential . Bu t peering a t them face-to -face below, she couldn't deny their repugnance ."Denial run s deep. W e tel l ourselves lies, " wrote Melod yBeattie, who practiced denia l fo r years. "Whe n som e awareness ,some reality , threatens t o hurt us , we trick ourselve s into believ -ing 'i t ain't so.' . . . People den y just about anythin g tha t ca n b edenied—but wha t w e usuall y den y i s what w e hav e lost , are losing ,or suspect we're losing—something importan t t o us." 5Aimee denie d th e trut h fo r fear she'd los e th e persona limage sh e longe d t o project. Sh e wante d t o be a woman wh o"had i t all," including th e admiratio n o f others and respec t fo rherself. Ironically , thos e self-lie s garnered th e opposit e o f he rdreams.As the father of lies, that's exactly what Satan wants: to mak ethe trut h soun d a s lies—and lie s to ring a s the truth . He'l l mir eus in hi s pit a s long a s we allow it , but there' s reall y no nee d t owallow there. W e can reac h up , grasp th e Shepherd's hand , an dtogether begi n th e journey towar d change .He only requires that we tell the truth .1. Wha t lie s do you tel l yourself? Why?2. I f you face the truth, what are you afraid of losing ?John write s about th e nature o f truth :Here is the message we have heard from Christ and now announce to you:God is light, and in him there is no darkness at all. So if we say we havefellowship with God, but we continue living in darkness, we are liars anddo not follow the truth. But if we live in the light, as God is in the light,6
STARTLING INT O THe TRUT Hwe can share felloiuship with each other. Then the blood of Jesus, God'sSon, cleanses us from every sin.If we say we have no sin, we are fooling ourselves, and the truth isnot in us. But if we confess our sins, he will forgive our sins, because wecan trust God to do what is right. He will cleanse us from all the urrongswe have done. If we say we have not sinned, we make God a liar, and wedo not accept God's teaching.My dear children, I write this letter to you so you will not sin. But ifanyone does sin, we have a helper in the presence of the Father—-JesusChrist, the One who does what is right. He is the way our sins are takenaway, and not only our sins but the sins of all people.We can be sure that we know God if we obey his commands. Anyonewho says, "I know God," but does not obey God's commands is a liar, andthe truth is not in that person. But if someone obeys God's teaching, thenin that person God's love has truly reached its goal. This is how we can besure we are living in God: Whoever says that he lives in God must live asJesus lived.—1 John 1:5—2:61. Ho w can yo u infuse God's truth int o your life?2. Ho w can thi s truth hel p you t o change ?7
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