Telling Yourself the Truth --- The One Year Book of Hope

Psalm 119:28b-29
Strengthen me according to your word.
Remove the false way in me
Graciously grant me Your law.

New King James says, "Remove from me the way of lying!"

There are two types of lies that I need removed from me, lies to myself (or from Satan) and lies to other people.

Lies to Myself (Lies from Satan)
*I'm all alone in the world
*I have no friends
*Everyone hates me
*I'm stupid
*I'm unforgiveable
*I'm a bad wife
*What I'm doing isn't wrong
*Everything would be better if...

Lies to Other people
*A lie about my emotional state of being or an exaggeration of my state
*Life Sucks
*I'm not doing anything wrong

All of these lies are harmful. Aside from being sin, these lies will cause damage to myself or my relationships or other people.

Damage done by lying to myself:
*lowers my self-esteem
*pulls me further into depression
*I start to believe that they're true
*start to lie to others more
*turn and run away from God
*turn to the things of the world for comfort rather than to God

Damage of lying to others:
*Loss of trust
*that's how gossip and rumors start
*others are unable to help me and pray for me
*I lie to myself more

God ~ please remove the lies from me. Remove them from my mind and my mouth and my heart. Keep me honest with myself, my friends, my co-workers, my husband. Please help me to see the Grace and blessings that you have given me. Amen.