Beware not to take to personally things that are written on Facebook.
Often people say well-meaning things that are not personal and not offensive but those reading will interpret them according to their own mindset.
If someone has guilt in their heart about something they may become hurt or angry thinking you are directing it at them, when all you are doing is writing what the Holy Spirit directed you to write, it might not have been personal to anyone in particular.
One rule of thumb to follow is to take what is said and ask God if it is true about you. If it is then you have an opportunity to confess it to be cleansed and grow in holiness. If what was written does not pertain to you then you can praise God that truth was spoken one more time and that God knows where it must go to help others.
Those who love the Lord take delight in the truth especially if it helps them eradicate any sin from their own hearts.
I have said before that we need to expose the sins more often because they are what need fixing. The good is already where it should be, but those messes are in need of repair.
Remember when we purchased a home we had an inspection to be sure the house was sound? Our lives are the same way, we do not report all the things in the house that are already fixed, we expose the things that are in need of repair.
Ephesians 4:15
"Rather, speaking the truth in love, we are to grow up in every way into him who is the head, into Christ,"
Ephesians 4:25
"Therefore, having put away falsehood, let each one of you speak the truth with his neighbor, for we are members one of another."
We are God's house, and our bodies are His temple. It ought to be common and consistent to evaluate how our house is doing so that we might prevent a problem or fix a problem that has arisen. Keeping our house in order is part of the regular maintenance of our souls.
John 8:32
"And you will know the truth, and the truth will set you free.”
1 John 3:18
"Little children, let us not love in word or talk but in deed and in truth."
John 17:17
"Sanctify them in the truth; your word is truth."
James 1:18
'Of his own will he brought us forth by the word of truth, that we should be a kind of firstfruits of his creatures."
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