A Truthful Friend
December 27 & 28, 2025
KEY FROM GOD’S WORD:
Proverbs 27:5-6
Open rebuke is better than secret love. Faithful are the wounds of a friend; but the kisses of an enemy are deceitful.
THOUGHTS ON GOD’S WORD:
There is nothing worse for a person’s emotions than to find out someone who they thought of as a friend, co-laborer, and helper has turned on them, and is telling others damaging things about them. God sometimes refers to them as gossips, backbiters, or slanderers.
It is one thing to hear from your so-called friends that they believe you are making a mistake and to have them try to help you. It is quite another to have them say one thing to your face with a smile, then run off in the corner and badmouth you or your decisions to others.
Open rebuke or faithful wounds given in love toward someone should be taken in love. If someone comes to help you by sharing an area they may see as harmful to your testimony or walk with God, and they do it in a loving manner, we ought to accept it and see what God’s Word says about the matter.
On the other hand, if a person comes and tells you how much they love you, but will not tell you if they see trouble in your life, can they truly say they love you? The answer is NO! Even worse, if they tell you they love you and then gossip about your faults behind your back, can they say they love you, NO!
God’s Word never hides the truth. It is there for us to read and understand. God never talks behind our backs or lets us think it is ok to sin. However, He always says so in the context of love. Always wanting the best for us, He tries to warn us of the cost of sin. Can He say He really loves us, YES!
CARRYING THAT THOUGHT THROUGH THE DAY:
Avoid false love, as you do not need the aggravation in your life. Draw close to true love. God’s best love was displayed by sending His Son Jesus to live and die for us. The truth might hurt at times, but the truth wrapped in love will be the best thing you can find. Jesus is the Way, the TRUTH, and Life.
Can you find a truth in God’s Word that you will rely upon?
IF YOU ARE JOURNALING:
Ask yourself what MY THOUGHTS are concerning this Passage and today’s Devotion?
Do I find within this reading a CHALLENGE for my life?
What are one or two things I WILL DO today or this week to accept that CHALLENGE?
GOD TALKING TO ME: December 27, 2025
THROUGH THE BIBLE ACCELERATED READING
(OT-1,/NT & PS-2,/Prov-Monthly)
Nehemiah 11-13 / Psalm 146
Proverbs 27-28 / Revelations 18-19
THROUGH THE BIBLE OLD & NEW TESTAMENT DAILY
Zechariah 7-9 / Revelation 19
WHAT TO DO ON SUNDAY:
There will not be a Daily Devotion sent out on Sundays. Instead, we encourage you to attend your church and listen intently to what God has prepared in the heart of your Pastor. Write down all the scriptures he uses in that message, then, when you get home, re-read those passages for today’s reading. God has given your Pastor exactly what He desires for you on that day.
GOD TALKING TO ME: December 29, 2025
THROUGH THE BIBLE ACCELERATED READING
(OT-1,/NT & PS-2,/Prov-Monthly)
NO READINGS ON SUNDAY
THROUGH THE BIBLE OLD & NEW TESTAMENT DAILY
NO READINGS ON SUNDAY
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