Daily writing prompt

Do you play in your daily life? What says “playtime” to you?

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We live in a time of much deception. We need a wise and discerning mentality to help us avoid deception reception. Superficial, play religion is leading multitudes astray. God’s chosen way for you to know about what Jesus said and did is the Bible, not a weekly video series.

We are living in the time that Jesus described in the Bible: “Then if anyone says to you, ‘Look, here is the Christ!’ or ‘There!’ do not believe it.” (Matthew 24:23) Today many voices are saying “Look, here is the Christ,” — famous preachers promoting “their ministries,” political parties promoting their agendas, the millions of independent churches and denominations that disagree with each other, social media, The Chosen, Christian radio, famous Christian singers, cults, and on and on.

To avoid deception reception, don’t blindly believe and support those voices and their various claims to point to Christ! Instead read and ponder and talk about the Bible, day and night. (Joshua 1:8) Test the spirits to see whether they are from God. If they twist or distort who the Bible says Jesus is then refuse to believe them. (1 John 4:1)

Store up God’s commandments within you. Train your ear to hear His wisdom. Apply your heart to God’s understanding. Call out to Him for insight. Cry aloud for His understanding. Search for spiritual discernment as for hidden treasure. If you consistently do those things, you will find the experiential and relational knowledge of God. Then supernatural wisdom will enter your heart. Seek discretion, God’s gift of the discernment of spirits, and it will protect you from the massive deceptions of our time. (Proverbs 2:1-11)

“For the Lord gives wisdom, from His mouth come knowledge and understanding.” (Proverbs 2:6) The Lord has revealed Himself through Scripture. He also wants to personally reveal Himself directly to your heart. (John 16:13) Listen to His still small voice. (1Kings 19:11-13)

If you believe in the personal God described in the Bible, don’t just learn some details and facts about Him. Get to know Him personally! Begin to regularly listen to and obey both the Bible and God’s inner voice. Routine religion wants to get you into passive church meetings. New Testament Christianity wants to get the one true living and resurrected Jesus Christ into you (Colossians 1:27) and the fruit of His Spirit into your behaviors. (Galatians 5:22-23)

Warning! “Your minds may be corrupted from the simplicity that is in Christ. For if he who comes preaches another Jesus whom we have not preached, or if you receive a different spirit which you have not received, or a different gospel which you have not accepted—you may well put up with it!” (2 Corinthians 11:3-4) Flee from the fictionalized and the trivialized false Christ’s being promoted today. Be like the Bereans. (Acts 17:11) Search the Scriptures every day and night so that you can discern what is true about Jesus and not be deceived by the many false Christs that are being promoted all around us.