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The Heart’s Favorite Lie

Jeremiah 17:9 pattern / deception material

The heart is deceitful above all things. One of its preferred strategies is to convince us that our preferred version of the story is the true one. Self-deception is rarely dramatic. It is the quiet editing of motives, the selective memory, the reframing that lets us stay comfortable. Truth-telling must begin at home.

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We are capable of deceiving ourselves more easily than we admit.

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Jeremiah 17

Jeremiah 17:9

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