The Forward Day by Day Meditation for July 21, 2016

From Forward Day By Day

Matthew 26:73 After a little while the bystanders came up and said to Peter, “Certainly you are also one of them, for your accent betrays you.”

Have you ever wondered just what it was about Peter’s speech that betrayed him as a follower of Jesus? What was it about his conversation that identified him as a believer? What was it about his choice of words that even at his most panicked moment, fearing his own imprisonment, gave him away as being one of the disciples?

In Matthew 12:34, Jesus admonishes that out of the abundance of the heart, the mouth speaks. People know who we are by our conversation.

For today, instead of focusing on Peter’s betrayal of Jesus, focus on how Peter’s speech betrayed his heart—a heart full of love for his teacher.

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