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Ponder: Is there any truth to that internet article?<\/span><\/p>\n

Scripture: \u201cBut reject profane and old wives\u2019 fables, and exercise yourself toward godliness\u201d (1 Tim. 4:7, NKJV).<\/span><\/p>\n

You can\u2019t put anything on the internet unless it\u2019s true. How do I know? I read it on the internet! We\u2019ve all had a good laugh at such na\u00efvet\u00e9, yet all too often we swallow dubious claims that appeal to us.<\/span><\/p>\n

Maybe it\u2019s the latest health fad \u2013 do this, eat that, take this, stop that, and you\u2019ll be as healthy as a horse and live to be a hundred! Or maybe it\u2019s a scandal about a politician or Hollywood celebrity (hopefully one I dislike anyway); just look at the shocking thing he\/she did\/said!<\/span><\/p>\n

It\u2019s called click bait. I don\u2019t understand exactly how it works, but businesses make money when gullible people click on their deceitfully worded link. If a million people click on it, a few hundred might buy a product that\u2019s advertised.<\/span><\/p>\n

Unfortunately, the same sort of deceit is rampant regarding religious subjects, and it happens both on and off the internet. There are innumerable breathless invitations to learn about the \u201clost books of the Bible\u201d (which are not books of the Bible and are not lost \u2013 we\u2019ve known about them all along). And that well-known, plain passage of Scripture actually means the exact opposite of what it says because it\u2019s written in code! Oh, by the way, Jesus isn\u2019t really who you think He is. (Is there no end to such nonsense?)<\/span><\/p>\n

Time is a precious commodity. Use it productively. Meditate on things that are true, noble, pure, just, lovely, positive, virtuous, and praiseworthy (Phil. 4:8). Studying the Bible, preparing lessons, visiting the sick, comforting the discouraged, praying, and contacting absentees are infinitely more helpful that fretting over the latest rumor that probably isn\u2019t even true. Ignore the click bait!<\/span><\/p>\n

Hymn: \u201cEach Day I\u2019ll Do A Golden Deed\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

Prayer: Father, please help us to focus on what really matters. In Jesus\u2019 name, Amen.<\/span><\/p>\n

–Joe Slater<\/span><\/p>\n

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Ponder: Is there any truth to that internet article? Scripture: \u201cBut reject profane and old wives\u2019 fables, and exercise yourself toward godliness\u201d (1 Tim. 4:7, NKJV). You can\u2019t put anything on the internet unless it\u2019s true. How do I know? I read it on the…<\/p>\n

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