INTRODUCTION

If you have trusted the Lord Jesus Christ as your Saviour, you are no longer appointed to God’s wrath (1 Thessalonians 5:9For God hath not appointed us to wrath, but to obtain salvation by our Lord Jesus Christ,
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DEVOTIONAL THOUGHTS

• (For children): Absalom stole the hearts of the men of Israel by telling them that if he were king, he would help them with their problems. In his heart, Absalom knew he was only trying to win their love so that they would help him steal the throne from David, his father. God stopped him from doing this evil (2 Samuel 18:9And Absalom met the servants of David. And Absalom rode upon a mule, and the mule went under the thick boughs of a great oak, and his head caught hold of the oak, and he was taken up between the heaven and the earth; and the mule that was under him went away.
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• (For everyone):  Why do you suppose that we so often love to do the things that God hates? How can we learn to love what God loves and hate what He hates? Why is this so very important?
• Do you ever find the pride of Psalm 12:4Who have said, With our tongue will we prevail; our lips are our own: who is lord over us?
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PRAYER NEEDS

• Ask God to show you His hatred for flattering tongues.
• Ask the Lord to show you the pride of flattery.

HYMN

STOP, POOR SINNER!  STOP AND THINK

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