Have you ever smiled at someone and pretended that all was well between you when it really wasn't?

Or have you ever overshared, as people put it, information about someone else, even though you

were asked to keep it confidential? Or how about this? Maybe you've said some really harsh things

about someone behind their back, but in their presence, you never mention

these things. What do these questions have in common? They are simple examples of being a great

pretender, also known as a person corrupted by guile. 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. No guile, no guile. We're talking today about

getting rid of that false front. Psalm 32, verse 2 says, blessed is the man unto whom the Lord imputeth

not iniquity, and in whose spirit there is no guile.

This is an achievable goal in our Christian lives, but it is hard. We're not going to pretend this

is a cakewalk or easy. It's not easy, but it's possible. So what is guile? Here's an abbreviated definition from the Strong's Concordance,

basically deceit and treachery. But Webster's 1828 goes on and says craft, which is known as sneakiness,

or cunning, which is also known as scheming, artifice, a word we don't use very often, which means pretense,

duplicity, which means dishonesty, and finally, deceit. We get that one. We understand and use that word,

and it's deceit, usually in a bad sense, the dictionary says. Is it possible to live a life without guile? There was someone in

scripture who did. So let's look at four ideas based on scripture on how we can become people

without guile, but do expect this to be spiritual workout. Number one, we need to filter our speech.

And I think we know this, but Psalm 34 verses 12 through 13

ask a question and then make a statement. What man is he that desireth life and loveth many days

that he may see good? Keep thy tongue from evil and thy lips from speaking guile now this is another way of saying watch your mouth

the word keep in this verse means to watch guard and preserve now did you know that if we're guarding our hearts

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