“We’ll never know all the great deeds that remain undone as a result of the undetected and unchecked lies in our lives.”

A thought by Steven Furtick, (2014-02-11) from his book, Crash the Chatterbox: Hearing God's Voice Above All Others (Kindle Locations 292-293). The Doubleday Religious Publishing Group. Kindle Edition.

It is sometimes so difficult to choose the voice inside that we need to hear and need to experience. Steven said earlier is this book that “God has given us the ability to choose the dialogue we believe and respond to.”

Now if we spend time in His Word, The Bible that will help us in not choosing the unchecked and undetected lies in our lives. He says that, “When our minds and hearts are being assaulted by the suggestions and lies of the Enemy, we often don’t even know what’s causing our funk or what’s behind our frustration. We just know we’re stuck in a cycle of spiritual self-sabotage.”

Do understand what he's talking about? Maybe you are in that cycle right now and if you stay there then the great deeds that God has prepared for you to do will remain undone. And that is such a waste.

I know I keep coming back to this here on this blog but I want to keep the belief voice in me and in you from being drowned out by the Enemy’s lies.

Steven says, “Through Jesus, God has gone to the most extravagant lengths possible so that He might know you and make Himself progressively and vividly known to you. He wants to show you things about who He is and who you are that flesh and blood cannot reveal and that trials and tribulations cannot diminish. He longs to communicate with you in tones, pitches, and frequencies that this world is not wired for, to fill you with affirmation that your soul has been thirsting for.”

Both of those voices are clamoring for attention. Feed the truth and kill the lies. “God has given us the ability to choose the dialogue we believe and respond to.”

So which dialogue are you choosing to believe and respond to?

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