📌Hell’s Counsel vs. Heaven’s Whisper

🔹Situation:

A Christian struggles at work. A co-worker makes them cringe inside, yet they still smile and treat the person kindly. They wonder if that makes them a hypocrite.

▪️Hell’s Counsel:

Confidential memorandum from the Pit:

Convince her that her smile is false, that her kindness is a mask. Whisper, “You’re a hypocrite. You don’t really love them.”

If she believes this, she will either stop showing kindness altogether, or drown in self-condemnation. Both suit our purposes.

Be sure she never realizes that obedience in spite of her feelings is dangerous to us. If she prays for the one she dislikes, we are undone. So magnify her inner cringe. Make her equate struggle with failure. Above all, keep her from seeing that the Enemy values her small, shaky obedience more than effortless feelings.

▪️Heaven’s Whisper

A dispatch from the Throne:

Do not fear, daughter. Your smile is not hypocrisy—it is obedience. When you choose kindness against the pull of your flesh, you walk in the steps of My Son.

Love is not mere emotion; it is will, choice, and sacrifice. Even now, your obedience plants seeds that My Spirit will water until compassion grows genuine in your heart.

Pray for the one who troubles you, even if only with a few faltering words. Such prayers carry great power. What begins as obedience will ripen into love. Remember: I am not calling you false—I am calling you faithful.

▪️Scripture Support

• “Love your enemies, do good to those who hate you.” — Luke 6:27
• “Bless those who persecute you; bless and do not curse.” — Romans 12:14
• “Put on the Lord Jesus Christ, and make no provision for the flesh.” — Romans 13:14

▪️ Points to Ponder

When you feel your heart resisting love, will you choose obedience anyway—and trust God to shape your feelings in time?

🙏🏻Prayer

Lord, thank You that obedience is not hypocrisy. Help me to walk in love even when my heart resists. Transform my inner cringe into compassion, and let my kindness be a witness of Christ in me. Amen.

Sj

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