A Return to “Conscienceness” — Awareness of and Faithfulness to the Inner Moral Compass

Daily writing prompt
What are you most excited about for the future?

I believe that the disharmony and chaos in contemporary culture will eventually lead to a return to “conscienceness” — awareness of and faithfulness to the inner moral compass called the conscience. I believe that the human conscience is a supernatural gift from the living God given to us to show us how to live a beautiful life. I’m excited and looking forward to seeing the heroes who will boldly and compassionately obey and speak their conscience in the face of public disapproval. I believe that will lead to a spiritual awakening of the joy of early Christianity.

Let God arise inside of you. Let Him lead you from within and guide you as He speaks in and through your conscience.

Our conscience can be programmed and deceived by our culture and by our own free will. It’s common for us humans to justify disobeying our conscience and to try to make it approve of our feelings and desires.

Our conscience isn’t God, but it is a gift from God to help lead us to the abundant life He wants for all people. All of us humans would be better off if we would cultivate sensitivity to our conscience rather than hardening our heart to it.

When a country continually encourages people to ignore their conscience and embrace corruption, its citizens become captives to controlling desires. We live in a time when society and its seemingly omnipresent media are constantly tempting people to be unfaithful to their conscience–to lie, flatter, and harbor deception, to boast of freedom while they are prisoners of their own desires. As for me, my conscience tells me some things are wrong and I can’t say they are right just to make people happy.

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About Steve Simms

I like to look and think outside the box. In college I encountered Jesus Christ and I have been passionate about trying to get to know Him better ever since. My wife and I long to see the power and passion of the first Christ-followers come to life in our time. I have written a book about our experiences in non-traditional church, called, "Beyond Church: An Invitation To Experience The Lost Word Of The Bible--Ekklesia." If you need encouragement, search for: Elephants Encouraging The Room and/or check out my Amazon author page. Thank you!
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