Above Only Daily Devotional http://cgmglobal.org/aboveonly Tuesday, JUNE 19 Guard and Preserve your Good Conscience 1Timothy 1:5-6 & 18-19 (NIV)

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Tuesday, JUNE 19

Guard and Preserve your Good Conscience

1Timothy 1:5-6 & 18-19 (NIV)
The goal of this command is love, which comes from a pure heart and a good conscience and a sincere faith. Some have wandered away from these and turned to meaningless talk. *Timothy, my son, I give you this instruction in keeping with the prophecies once made about you, so that by following them you may fight the good fight, holding on to faith and a good conscience. Some have rejected these and so have shipwrecked their faith.

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Your conscience is the voice of your spirit and it is good when the voice of your spirit is in line with the voice of God. Your conscience is good when you have trained it by God's Word to see good and evil the same way God sees good and evil, Heb.5:14. A good conscience does not sit on the fence and is not indecisive about the ways of God and the things of God. A good conscience loves
righteousness and hates iniquity, Heb.1:9. A good conscience loves the ways of God and takes the same stand with God at all times; especially in private. A good conscience clearly loves what God loves and hates what God hates.

It is very good for us to have faith but having faith alone is not enough. We must have faith and a good conscience if we do not want to destroy our lives by living carelessly and thinking our faith will bring us out of whatever we put ourselves into. Having a good conscience will help us to sincerely draw close to God, Heb.10:22. It will help us to be very sensitive and responsive to God's voice and God's leading. Having a good conscience also helps us to accept and respond well to discipline and correction. We would be blameless and free from offence both before God and men, Acts 24:16. People may accuse us but they will eventually be ashamed when they are found out to be wrong, 1Pet.3:16. Great peace and blessings will fill your life as you continue to guard and preserve your good conscience.

PRAYER: I receive your grace Lord, to keep guarding and preserving my good conscience. Help me to always yield to your voice in me.

BIBLE IN A YEAR READING PLAN: NEHEMIAH 12-13; ACTS 4:23-37

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