Live No Lies: Recognize and Resist the Three Enemies That Sabotage Your Peace

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Comer argues that our deepest desire is actually not to satisfy our flesh, even though that is a strong temptation and lies tell us that will make us happy.

Study Gateway is the streaming video Bible study service from Zondervan and Thomas Nelson, featuring the world’s most-trusted Bible teachers, authors and pastors, including Max Lucado, Anne Graham Lotz, Louie Giglio, Rick Warren, Derwin Gray, Lysa TerKeurst, Jennie Allen, Andy Stanley, Chrystal Evans Hurst, John Ortberg, Ann Voskamp, Christine Caine, Jada Edwards, Bob Goff, and Jim Cymbala. Live No Lies will equip you with all you need to make practices for resisting evil an active part of your spiritual formation, and leave you motivated to find happiness and peace in Jesus. As you read Live No Lies, your heart will be strengthened and your eyes opened to the daily war waged against our personal peace. I spent over two months reading this book because for some reason I found myself re-reading chapters, in a good way though?Of course, it’s not always easy to distinguish lies from the truth, and it can be even harder to let go of these illusions. He’s the author of several books on spiritual formation in post-Christian culture, including the best seller The Ruthless Elimination of Hurry.

After reading this book and beginning to implement the practices it encourages (practices Jesus lived out! Here’s the key message: To resist the devil and his lies, Christians should try to be more like Jesus. By applying this to ‘ this world’ (John 14:30), Jesus highlights the extent of the devil’s power, to all the kingdoms of this world, not just a particular locality. I’ve been following John Mark Comer’s work for some years now, and I say with complete confidence that this is some of his best work. As we’ve seen, Christians living in a post-Christian society have to navigate a world where immoral ideas, desires, and behavior are normalized.Based on the premise that there is much to learn from the Church's history, John Mark and Roberta rewind to the culture of 5th century Rome to discuss the parallels between that moment and our own, and how Christians functioned in the midst of it. Society cannot exist unless a controlling power upon will and appetite be placed somewhere, and the less of it there is within, the more there must be without.

Here’s the key message: We reap what we sow, and the choices we make determine the people we become. When a person makes a habit of immersing themselves in scripture, they replace the devil’s lies with God’s truth – and eventually rewire their brains.One thing I’ve always loved about John Mark Comer is he includes really practical ways to follow Jesus. The good news is that there are simple, practical ways for Christians to approach this challenge – and they don’t have to do it alone.