Have you ever known someone who is actively involved in doing good works for their church, community and the world yet treats their spouse, children, employees, members of a ministry or certain people in very harsh, controlling, condescending, gossipy and prideful ways? When you are the recipient of a person who treats you badly while seeing all the good works that they do – how does it make you feel?  Do you feel like they are not the real deal – that they are simply actors or actresses who want the general public to view them as a great person all the while you have seen a side of them that is actually un-Christlike at the best and evil at the worst? How do you think God looks at people who play the role of a person who acts like they are very godly and giving but inside their heart and mind they are mean to those closest to them?  Do you think He can see the truth of who a person really is? 1 Samuel 16:7 NKJV 7 But the Lord said to Samuel, “Do not look at his appearance or at his physical stature, because I have refused him. For the Lord does not see as man sees; for…

Throughout the Bible scripture tells us that God looks at our hearts and minds to prove out what type of person that we are – good or bad.  It doesn’t matter how beautiful or handsome a person appears to be on the outside – if they have a wicked heart and deviant mind – then their fruit will stink and they will cause you great pain being in a relationship with them.  How many times have you seen it when a woman “falls in love” with a man who can buy them anything – yet they are abused by them and the relationship ends quickly?  How many times does a man “fall in love” with a beautiful woman yet after marriage she is controlling and manipulating him and cannot stop verbally abusing him and then the relationship ends?  Most marriages are between one person who controls, manipulates and demands their own way from their mate who gives in to their every demand and receives consistent verbal abuse.  The relationship that Jezebel had with Ahab lives on today due to how people grew up with their own parents and how many emotional, physical or sexual wounds they received.  When people get…