Falsehoods of the tongue can be confessed and repented of. Forgiveness can be received and amends can be made. However, when the lies go unconfessed, unrepented, and unconfronted, they become a falsehood of the heart that “in time depraves all its good dispositions.”
Jesus explained that fasting should be done without fanfare; and not “of a sad countenance” so as to “appear unto men to fast …...
As each has received a gift, use it to serve one another, as good stewards of God's varied grace:
Let not mercy and truth forsake you. Bind them around your neck. Write them on the tablet of your heart and so find favor...
