Have you ever heard the phrase, little white lies? The phrase refers to lies that are told about

small or often unimportant matters to avoid hurting a person. White lies are a man-made concept,

you know, and they sound something like this. A friend comes out of a fitting room and an outfit

that's way too small for her and she says,

does this fit all right? You say yes, even though your mind is screaming, no, it's way too small.

Or maybe you've been to dinner at someone's home and they served you something and you

really didn't like it, but you didn't want to hurt their feelings. So you said,

oh, this is really good.

That earned you a second helping. Uh-oh. Or maybe you've had one of those clashes with someone,

and it didn't get quite resolved right. And the other person asked you, is everything okay

between us now? Your mouth said, yeah, we're all good.

But your mind said not even close. You're trying to avoid confrontation and conflict, but you're not

telling the truth. Lying is a tough habit, but it's a breakable one.

Welcome to Keep the Heart podcast with Francie Taylor.

Francie is an author, teacher, and conference speaker known for sharing biblical insights that are practical and inspiring. Now back to today's valuable study.

When we do something wrong repeatedly, we stop seeing it as wrong.

Lying is like overeating.

It's so easy, it becomes an undesirable habit. Like any sin, the more

we practice it, the less it bothers our consciences. We don't want to get to the point where lying

is a way of life for us. So let's consider three ways we can begin to break this ugly habit. First, we need to stop lying to others.

I remember years ago I was moving the sofa in the living room and I was rearranging the room.

There was a narrow space between the wall and the sofa that just barely allowed room for a

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