A BROKEN PROMISE OR CHANGING YOUR MIND CAN BE LETHAL!

A BROKEN PROMISE OR CHANGING YOUR MIND CAN BE LETHAL!

It's starts out so innocent, "daddy will take you fishing Saturday" or "mommy will take you shopping tomorrow". But the Saturday's and tomorrow's come and go  until "Hope  is deferred so many times, it makes the heart sick." Proverbs 13:12 AMP Sick of being lied to, sick of being disappointed, and eventually sick of mom and dad! The sickness is called resentment. It only takes a few weeks of resentment to turn to bitterness. Bitterness soon turns to hate and revenge. The broken promise has then become lethal!

If you say it, do it. "Let your Yes be simply Yes, and your No be simply No; anything more than that comes from the evil one." Matthew 5:37 AMP My word contains thousands of promises and all "the promises My Father has made, they all find a Yes answer in Me. For this reason you also should utter the Amen (so be it) first to My Father through Me, and also to everyone you commit too, this brings glory to My Father." 2 Corinthians 1:20 AMP 

If you have lied to your child a hundred times, then try to tell him that his Heavenly Father loves him, why should he believe you. As far as he is concerned you are a liar. You would be amazed what one missing fishing trip does to a five year old heart. His little heart immediately starts to get sick. Repentance is not enough, to heal it! Try two fishing trips in a row, right after the repentance. Break the second one and you have put a major roadblock in your child's future. 

Rebellion quickly sets in because respect is gone. The bigger problem, unless you repent, is you will justify your lying with excuses and make a habit of not keeping promises. A very common way of saving face and continue breaking promises, is to say, "I changed my mind". The truth is you lied, by changing you yea to a nay. If you make a promise or a commitment, and change your mind, face it, you have lied to those you committed to. "The man who swears to his own hurt and does not change; [5]  ... shall never be moved" Psalm 15:4-5 AMP and he will be a pillar people can lean on.

Dad, mom, if you want your children's trust, don't lie to them. Pastors, if you want the confidence of my sheep don't lie to them! Employer, if you want dedicated employees don't change your mind after making a commitment. The greatest witness is a believer that will swear to his own hurt. You can twist it which ever way you want, saying, "I just changed my mind", to ease your conscience, but your broken promise remains lethal and in both directions because you killed someone's hopes and ... "all liars, shall have their part in the lake which burneth with fire and brimstone: which is the second death." Revelation 21:8 KJV

What do these two phrases have in common?

1- "you can't believe him, he lies all the time."

2- "you can't believe him, he's always changing his mind"

Answer: You cannot believe either one, but one sounds better! Kingdom rule: It is far better to swear to your own hurt, that to suffer the consequences of a liar!