May 15, 2023

How are you being fake? What hypocrisy do you want to let go of?

In Journey Church’s “My Life’s a Mess” series, people who were a part of the in person service

last Sunday placed in trash cans cards on which they’d written the hypocrisy they want to get rid of with God’s help. Here’s some of what they wrote:

I’m letting go of the hypocrisy . . .

Of acting like I am changing when I’m not

Of my being an enabler

Of my jealousy

Of my being critical of others

Of my gossiping

Of my fake friendships

Of my bitterness

Of judging my friends on their decisions

Of my not showing Jesus’ love to all

Of my speaking with curse words to “fit in”

Of my pride

Of my unforgiveness

Of my selfishness

Of my false responsibility

That I have things under control

When you are struggling with being hypocritical, remember the teaching of scripture:

You pretenders! You clean the outside of a cup and dish. But on the inside you are full of greed. You only want to satisfy yourselves. Matthew 23:25b (NIRV)

How can you think of saying, “Friend, let me help you get rid of that speck in your eye,” when

you can’t see past the log in your own eye? Hypocrite! Luke 6:42a (NLT)

You hypocrites! You shut the door of the kingdom of heaven in people’s faces. You yourselves

do not enter, nor will you let those enter who are trying to. Matthew 23:13b (NIV)

-Michael