God wants to use your life. He really does. He wants you to be a great example. He wants to point other people to you

as you point people to him. But make no mistake about it. If you decide to live a life of your own choosing,

following your own temptations, God will still use you, but he won't use you in a way that you'll like.

He'll use you as a negative example and tell other people, don't be like that.

Today's episode, we'll learn all about it.

Welcome to Everyday Truth with Kurt Skelly.

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every day. If today's conversation is a help to you, take a moment to leave a review or share

it with a friend. Thanks for listening. Now, let's join Kurt for today's episode. Hello, friends,

and welcome to today's episode. I want to introduce a

postcard right at the get-go here. This is from our friends, the Dreyers, Rick and Renee, on their

round-the-world cruise. They've been checking in at some key spots, And this postcard is from Singapore. So Rick and

Renee, thank you for just keeping us posted about your journeys. And they're not just vacationing,

folks. They are on task. They've had great opportunities to tell people about Christ,

introduce people to this podcast.

So they are on a round the world mission strip.

And Rick and Renee, we're proud of you and thank the Lord for your faithfulness even while you're away.

We're in Josea chapter four today.

And I said last episode that we have, we're in a

section where there are just so many powerful little quotes that help us to keep our

priorities right. Last episode, we talked a little bit about the danger of worshipping just because the shadow is good.

And now I want to look at verse number 14.

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