Aint No Such Thing As Halfway Crooks

"Because one person disobeyed God, many people became sinners. But because one other person obeyed God, many people will be made right in God's sight." Romans 5:19 NLT

Could you imagine being the one person responsible for the multitudes of sinners that follow you? More so the one person who OBEYED God yet still had to give life for us to be free. That is a weight to bear. What I get from Romans 5:19 is that God has given us the power to be a light in this dark world. It is up to us how that light is used, in any event we will be followed by others. A positive light will bring in positive people, a negative light will lead people to the more negative side. That means YOU posses the light, so do I.  Mobb Deep taught us that, " Aint't no such thing as halfway crooks!" meaning that you are all in or you all out. We can't serve two masters right? Personally I need to be all in, I know that God gave Jason Davis(FYI normally people who speak in third person freak me out, but it works here) the light to effect others and I have to shine that in a positive way. Let us take the power God has given us and move forward to sow great seed. Stay thirsty my friends.

Do unto Others....

"Make every effort to keep yourselves united in the Spirit, binding yourselves together in peace." Ephesians 4:3 NLT

What does this mean to us? How can we live By this rather than fit it into the way We want to live our lives? Growing up I could never understand why my father would get so angry when my older brother and I would fight one another. I thought because my brother bore my fathers name, he favored him and did not want to see me thrash his name sake in hand to hand combat. That was the a far cry from the truth. For starters at that age I was not mature enough physically to beat my older brother, and lastly my father knew the importance of siblings getting along with one another. He frowned on treating people outside the house better than we treated each other. He and my mother alike stressed over and over the importance of agape love for their children. They also knew to an degree, if we treated our own blood in a negative fashion it would lead to us going through life with no regard for our fellow human beings. The Word tells us to love each other as brother and sister and remain humble. Those are words coming from the Most High and we all should heed them. Tony and Julie new that it started at home. They knew by forcing us to love and respect one another we would be able to carry that into our walks. We are all parts of the same body so we should all start living according to that principle. Stay thirsty my friends.

Where will you be?

"So be truly glad. There is wonderful joy ahead, even though you have to endure many trials for a little while. These trials will show that your faith is genuine. It is being tested as fire tests and purifies gold--though your faith is far more precious than mere gold. So when your faith remains strong through many trials, it will bring you much praise and glory and honor on the day Jesus Christ is revealed to the whole world." I Peter 1:6,7 NLT

We all know that Jesus was crucified for our sins. Put to death only to rise days later. Jesus ascended to heaven with the promise to return. What will you be doing when He returns? We have to stay the course and not let the ills of this world corrupt our ultimate goal, and that is to be welcomed into heaven by The Most High. Life is full of circumstances that will test our faith in Jesus. We must take them as life lessons and use that adversity to build our faith to a level the world cannot penetrate. I believe Jesus is coming back, so in self I try to get better at something everyday. If I shoot for the moon and miss, I'm still amongst the stars. Last time I looked up the stars are above the earth, thus they are above the trails and tribulations this world offers believers to trip is up. Take pride in your faith, learn how to deal with adverse tests of that faith, and prepare for the day Jesus returns. Stay thirsty my friends.....

Do You Know Me, or Know About Me

"But those who obey God's Word really do love Him. That is the way to know whether or not we live in Him. Those who say they live in God should live their lives as Christ did." 1 John:5,6 NLT

Athletes are either religious, superstitious, or both. I've seen guys wear the same game socks for a whole season because they felt it would make them play better. I've also seen guys pray the prayer of the anointing oil and spread it over their injuries before a game. We often say the Lords prayer before games, but how many of the men who recite that prayer really buy into it? We are quick to praise the Lord in victory, some even in defeat. My question is, that when the lights are turned off, the bleachers are empty as well, do we walk the walk our talk suggests. I know things tend to get tough for believers, I mean even Peter denied Jesus in public. With that said we have to do less talking about our faith and lead by example. Our true measure of faith is not to confess openly then deny Him in private. Let us strive to garner enough integrity to be as steadfast in the Lord in private as we are in public! Stay thirsty my friends...

Executive Decsions

I was recently at a powerful conference called PAO that touched on so many key factors in raising children and marriages up in a God fearing household. The tips and speeches touched something inside of me that made me thankful for my father. Dr. Tony Curtis stressed how the father has to raise the children up around the table. He is to take the child rearing reins while the mother helps in a support capacity. After the sound of every woman in the conference hall gasping had subdued, he elaborated what he meant. Dr. Curtis said this to stress to the fathers that with them taking the lead with a hands on approach with their children, they will be raised in such a way that God would bless him to see generations of fruitful off spring from his loins. His kids, kids, kids! That touched me with my father because Dewey Davis made it a point to take his daughter Yolanda to Mt. Olive Baptist Church. In turn Yolanda had a son, Anthony Dewey Davis. Now Anthony's father was absent, so as with Yolanda, Dewey made sure Anthony went to church. Anthony had Anthony II and Jason who he raised in the church. Reluctantly we went. Lil Tony now has his own children who attend church, and Christian rooted schools. So now Anthony Dewey Davis III or Trey as we call him(Lil Tunchi as he likes to be called but that's a whole other blog post) along with his brother Jaylen and sister Brooklyn are being raised in the church. It all started with Dewey making the decision that his daughter is going to church, his daughter's son was taking under his wing in the absence of his biological father and also raised in church. That grandson follows the example of his father figure and takes his two sons. Those sons grow up in the church, and when the eldest has his own children he doesn't hesitate to put them in church! The little brother then is eager to have children so he can do the same. A cycle has been started in which one man made a decision that forever shaped his life. God allowed Dewey Davis to not only see his grandson but his grandson's sons! My father chose to put us in church so now God has allowed him to run around with Lil Tunchi! God is amazing man. We are olive branches of Dewey's decisions.

Do you ever get nervous?

2 Timothy 1:7 For God hath not given us the spirit of fear; but of power, and of love, and of a sound mind.

I first came in contact with 2nd Timothy 1:7 back in 2006 as a rookie in Wendsday bible study with the Philadelphia Eagles. I was fascinated by Brian Dawkins, our all-pro veteran strong saftey, and leader of our team if you don't know who he is.....duh. The thing that drew me to B-Dawk as a fan from afar first then later as a fan and a teammate was his tenacity for defense and the game of football. He was/is a warrior on the field. His unyielding pursuit of the ball carrier, and what seem to be a fearless and reckless abandonment for his body and the poor guy he was trying to desrtoy. After Dawkins closed another great bible study in prayer I pulled him to the side to ask how can someone that is so humble, reserved during the week, be so fearless on Sundays? He told me in that low but business like voice that only he and Ray Lewis seem to have, that he reads 2 Timothy 1:7 before every game. The words in that verse are strong and to the point like B-Dawk, but they gave him what he needed to transform from mild mannered Brain Dawkins to one of the most feared safties patrolling the middle of the field; Weapon X! Fear is something the devil uses to control us, attemping to cripple us with fear in order to keep us from reaching our full potentials. We have to understand how much power God has given us. God wants us to hold our heads high and obtain whatever it is we have set our minds to. If we stay in faith, erase the spirit of fear from our lives, we will reap harvest beyond anything we ever could imagine. We are powerful, we are the sons and daughters of the Lord.Let us today put fear behind us and excel to the great heights our Father has for us. Stay thirsty my friends.......

Guiding Light

"...Do not let me be disgraced, for I trust in you. May integrity and honestly protect me, for I put my hope in you. " Psalm 25:20-21 NLT

Guiding light is not the name of the soap oprea my grandmother Maple use to make my brother and I pain stakenly watch while she baby sat us. No, this is the promise that our Father has given to us when we decide as the scirpture says, to put our hope in him. How do we put our hope in God? We have to be upstanding and on accord with the word of God. We have to be men and women of valor, pocess the type of intergerty that is pleasing to God. The scripture above says that along with honesty, God will protect us in our lives. If we truly trust in God, we must first establish a trust with Him he can be proud of. This is not a one way street, what we do when no one is around us is who we are. Who do you want to be known as to God? We have to build up a repore with God so that the enemies of the world cannot run our names through the mud, we will not be disgraced by them, God will guide our path so through him, and him alone we be able to continue to walk with our shoulders back and heads high. Stay thirsty my friends.......

A Mind is a Terrible Thing to Waste

"And let the peace that comes from Christ rule in your hearts (deciding and settling with finality all questions that arise in your minds). For as members of Christ's one body you are called to live in peace. And be thankful (appreciative),  (giving praise to God always)." Colossians 3:15 NLT/AMP

For some reason unknown to me I devopled an affintany for the soul singer Booby Womack.I dont't know if it is how he often narrarates the song for minutes on minutes before he sings one note, or the tone of his voice, but he is my guy. Mr. Womack started one particular song talking to a women he was about to end an realatinship with saying, " you always worrying what yo girlfriend got, what you AINT got..." We can fall in the same trap stated in this iconic song. We allow our minds to lose focus on God and start looking around for things that are not in or apart of our lives. We must trust in Him and His plan for us instead of looking at every Tom, Dick, and Harry for examples of what we think our lives should be similar to. Your mind will tell you that you are not good enough, or no one belives in you. That is simply not true, The Most High belives in you when we are too weak minded to do so for ourselves. Talk to your Heavenly father and be in a mind space so you can hear him. The instructions that He has for us we lead our paths and calm our eager minds.

You think Jesus ever asked MJ how to Moonwalk???

When I was young Michelangelo from the Ninja Turtle fame was my hero. I mimicked his every move, and at a time I thought I was him. From the nunchucks to the pizza. I still like pizza by the way. As I grew up it moved on to Walter Payton and Deion Sanders. It was all innocent, it never got to the point where they took the place of God. There is nothing wrong with having a level of admiration for someone that you are fond of. Weather it be an athlete, singer, actor, teacher or astronaut its all healthy. The problem comes when we forget where those people we look up to got there gifts from in the first place. God blessed these people with the tools and the opportunities that turned them into the people that made us gain admiration for them. The glory has to go to God. Idolization of these people can be a dangerous thing. Our God is a merciful and loving God, but he is also a selfish God when it comes to sharing our attention. There is know room in our walk to place another near or above God in worship. We have to know when not to give these people we are fond of too much credit for things our Lord gave them. God can be jealous when it comes to our absolute attention, and to be frank he deserves all of our attention. I know moderation with people we look up to is hard in a celebrity driven society we live in, but as Christians we should not be driven by what the world is driven by. We are to be different, peculiar even. We are the example for others to see and know that something is different about us. That thing that they know is different about us that they cannot quite put their fingers on is God. God made the people we look up to the same as he made us. All of us have gifts, we all have aptitudes in different things. God made us just as he wants us, to serve him as he wants us to serve him. "Little children, keep yourselves from idols." 1 John 5:21 We are all great because we are all made in God's image. Stay thirsty my friends....  

CHURCH FOLK

Has there ever been a time when you found yourself around so called church people and all they did was judge you? How did it make you feel? Sometimes people get excited about the word and all the new things they are learning and are eager to share. There is nothing wrong with that. It is how we share. The goal is the spread the blood of Jesus and bring as many people that are lost into blessing. We are not to be off putting and drive them away with our actions. Sometimes we get so judgemental that we forget that we were once lost ourselves. We are not here to judge others, we are here to love them and help them on a path to righteousness. "And as they continued to ask him, he stood up and said to him, Let him who is without sin among you be the first to throw a stone at her."( John 8:7) That is none of us, we are all sinners, as Christians we should not say we are better than those who are not Christians. We know we need help from Christ that's why we are Christians. The key to this blessing from God is to share it with as many people as possible. Let us not judge, let us help. Let us be examples to all so when they observe us they see that their is something spacial about us. Our grace that God gave us, our salvation is not a secret. It is not for a selected few. We must spread the word every opportunity we get. Pushing people away by judging them will not gain more soldiers in this holy battle we are fighting. We need as many soldiers as we can get. Use our various platforms to bring them in with love, not cast them off with hate. Stay thirsty my friends....

WAYYYYYY IN THE WATERRRRRRRRR

Yesterday marked the sacrifice that my mother made 27 years ago in pushing me out of her womb. It was not easy for Julie Davis, I will be the first to tell you that young Jason Davis had a huge head at the time of my birth. I thank her. When I was younger Mother Mitchell taught all of us in the Jr. choir the importance of the blessing we received from God. She taught us that through baptism we give ourselves the privilege of drinking from the same cup as Jesus. (Mark 10:39) I was baptized at 10 years old, but I have to admit that I was more concerned with learning to swim before I got baptized than I was concerned about the responsibilities of the act. I went on living my life, not always for the Lord. Through my many transgressions the Lord stayed in my corner. He blessed me to live 27 years in spite of me not fulfilling my end of the deal from when I was previously baptized. Three days before my birthday I was praying and decided that it is time to renew my promise with my Lord and Savior. I chose to get baptized again, because at 27 I now understand the responsibilities of getting in the water. It felt good, this time it felt right. I understood the word more at 27. I now knew what is expected of me and I am ready to hold up my end of the bargain. I say bargain because what little we have to do in order to get in Heaven is indeed a bargain! Jesus dying for our sins covered the hard work already. We are in a perfect position to benefit from Jesus' sacrifices. The baptism is the best birthday present I can ever get or give. Stay thirsty my friends....

L.O.V.E.

Do people still believe in love at first sight? I know that love at first sight exists because the moment I saw Jessica Ashley Davis ( no relation) I was hooked like a bass. That one chance meeting jump started a string of events that would not have been possible if not for God. Proverbs 31 tells us of a woman that we should all aspire to have. The Lord wants us to come together with our mate and be happy. He wants us to confide in our spouse, treat them with respect, and share a connection on a spiritual level. God says, " An excellent wife who can find? She is far more precious than jewels." I take this passage seriously. We can put weight in worldly possessions or we can claim a bigger gift the Lord has for us which is the love of a spouse. Proverbs 31, 13-31 explains all the great things that come with the right woman. I will spare quoting the whole chapter but I do urge you to take the time to read it. No matter if you are a man in search of the love of the right woman, or a woman in love and you just want to see a few things that God says make a great woman. This chapter is so powerful, and the amazing part that speaks to me is that my wife aligns to all these points made. I am a blessed man. For some of the mistakes I made, the women that I took advantage of I don't deserve my wife. The wonderful grace that God has promised us is evident to me every morning when I can wake up to my wife. Grace is receiving something we don't deserve, a virtue from God. That is what my marriage is and that is how I treat my marriage. Stay thirsty my friends... 

SEX AS A WEAPON

Couples find themselves in this position all the time. Boy meets girl. Boy pursues girl. Boy falls in love with girl. Boy starts relationship with girl. Boy and girl argue. Girl withholds sex from boy. The ultimate way for a woman in the relationship to get back at her beau is to stop the sex pipeline. This may be hard to believe, but God wants us to enjoy the bodies of our wives/husbands. Sex is something that is beautiful between husband and wife and it should not be held captive by either. Share your body with your spouse. If you start to hold back on sex it opens the door for infidelity. It does not justify it, but it opens a crack in the armor. Monogamy is hard enough without putting our own obstacles in the midst like not having sex with our spouses to prove a point. 1 Corinthians 7: 5 says, "The husband should give to his wife her conjugal rights, and likewise the wife to her husband. For the wife does not have authority over her own body, but the husband does. Likewise the husband does not have authority over his own body, but the wife does.Do not deprive one another, expect perhaps by agreement for a limited time, that you may devote yourselves to prayer; but then come together again,so that Satan may not tempt you because of you lack of self control." Take heed to these words next time one of you wants to prove a point in the relationship. Sex is an important part of a healthy relationship not be taken lightly of ransomed off. We belong to one another, our bodies are given to our spouse the moment you give them your heart. Cherish your spouses body/feelings as you do your own. Stay thirsty my friends....

2ND CHANCE TO MAKE A FIRST IMPRESSION

I almost did not write my blog today. I felt in my personal battle vs my flesh I let the Lord down today and the effect of that was me feeling like I had no right to blog about the Lord. Then I thought to get on my knees and repent. Humble myself, repent with all my heart. We often do things that when we look back in hindsight we just feel awful and disgusted with ourselves. We know we are better than the person that lost his way for however brief the transgression was. I often feel that I let God down. I try to overcome my flesh but at times I too succumb to it. Does God give up on me? Technically I gave up on myself by my actions that were not of the Lord, but what am I to do next. We must repent, that is the only way to truly ask forgiveness from our father. We must mean it in our hearts for God to forgive us and give us a clean slate. Luke 5:32 says, " I have not come to call the righteous but sinners to repentance." God wants us to come back into his arms and his loves. The Lord does not want us to stay in the dark no matter the sin we committed. Sin is sin, no sin is greater than the next so we always can go to God for forgiveness. " therefore I despise myself, and repent in dust and ashes." (Job 42:6) We do not have to beat ourselves up over our missteps ashamed to talk to the Lord. The shame is to not ask for his grace and go through your life with this sin inside of you ripping your soul apart. The burden is not for us to bear alone, our shoulders are not broad enough to hold it up. Ask God to intervene, repent and truly mean it in your heart so you can move on with your life in a positive direction. The grace God gives us is our trump card to deal with the sins we endure. When we repent and truly mean it God is happy with us, in turn our lives are filled with joy because we are not weighed down by sin. "Just so, tell you, there is joy before the angels of God over one sinner who repents." (Luke 15:10) That is powerful, just one of us sinners repent the heavens rejoice. It is right here for us believers. We do not have to live our lives carrying around our sins like baggage. Stay thirsty my friends....

PREACHER ASKED FOR TITHES, AND I CAN'T AFFORD TO PAY

One of the things that a lot of people on the fence about God says that keep them away from church is the money involved in the tithes and offering process. I too fell under this myself for many years until I read more of the word and used it as my justification that I was doing the right thing by giving tithe and offering.  We can not allow these false prophets that parade around in Gucci and gold playing pastor scare us away from our duty as Christians. God has given us so much and the fact that 10% of our riches is all he asks for is another testament of his love for us. For all that he has done, God could very well ask for 25 or 50% and be justified. We pray for wealth and success in all things monetary, yet when the gravy train comes in we forget the very things we asked of God. We become greedy and want to keep our new earned little fortune. The next thing we complain about taxes, well Jesus will ask us who is on our money? In those days it was Caesar, so we pay Cesar then pay of offering. Now its presidents so we pay the government. We pay taxes then pay the Lord. There is no way getting around our obligation to God. We owe him everything. Others argue, well I don't see the gross just the net so I tithe the net. Fine, but when you want a blessing does God deliver a half blessing, or does he give you his all. We want the all from him, so why not give God our all. As a football player we get paid 17 weeks, so for 17 weeks a gave 10% of my gross income. Tithes and offerings are really a tug of the heart, God wants to see if we are obedient enough to give. The floors of heaven are gold, he doesn't need your money. God wants us to be obedient in all things, even the things we hold near and dear to our heart. Money included. Let us let go of these earthly possessions and give Glory to God through offerings. Stay thirsty my friends....

I MAY HAVE GOT A LITTLE H#%D BUT I WASN'T REALLY CHEATING

Every morning growing up as a child I saw my mother and father together. The family structure in my home was strong, a blessing. A blessing because many of my friends didn't live in homes with both parents nor did they understand the significance of a promiscuous relationship between man and woman. I did not know it any other way. The bible says that when a man finds his wife he finds a good thing. Where did this go? So many men and women now feel it is alright to cheat on their spouses. The family structure of a Family Matters or Cosby Show has given way to dating shows like Flavor of Love where on odd little man can date tons of women and make out with them all! This was not Gods plan for us. God made Adam and Eve, not Adam, Eve, Yevette, and Evon. We must have accountability with the gift of marriage the Lord has blessed us with. As the heads of our households, us men have to be the example for our wives and children. We must learn that our flesh wants us to chase women and succumb to lust. Let us not allow our flesh to become powerful enough to make us choose a path to emotionally and physical destruction. When our flesh becomes too much to bare alone share with God, ask for will power and the courage needed to get through it. The bible says even if we look at a woman in a lustful matter we have already sinned. True. he did not however say by that sin alone we have lost the battle. In this sex driven society it is hard to avoid, it is in our face at every corner. You would have to be in a cave with Bin Laden to avoid seeing these things. Don't get down, yes you may have stared too long but repent and try to get better the next time. That is all we really can do, try to get better and remain solid in monogamy. Stay thirsty my friends...

IN HIS TIME FRAME

We often want things we pray for to come to us when we are ready. When they don't come fast our patience runs low and we get down in the dumps. God will give us all we ask for in prayer yet he does not say that we will get it as soon as we want. I am a victim of this. I pray for things and when they don't come fast I allow the devil in and let my faith run low. My whole life I wanted to play in the NFL and through the grace of my Lord and Savior I was afforded the opportunity. God kept me in his arms even when I turned my back on him. After college and after going undrafted the Philadelphia Eagles gave me a shot. I was in the NFL.  My rookie year I tore my ACL in my right knee and had to sit out the whole year. Then that was followed up by two seasons of practice squad service. Now, by being in the NFL  my dream is somewhat fulfilled, but I did not garner the success's I prayed for. Did the Lord forsake me? In my ignorance he did but in reality I have yet to reach the full blessing. At 26 years old there is still time for the Lord to grant me what I pray for every night. I have to remain in faith and remain patient. I have to do all the things in my power not to block my blessing. I have to be humble, humble enough to accept a chance to play in the upstart UFL football league. This is a second chance the Lord has given me to work my way back up to achieving my NFL dreams. Forsaken..... never, challenged... yes. The Lord has put a challenge in front of me and through his strength I will prevail. Stay thirsty my friends...

PSALM CHAPTER 17

Do you ever wake up and feel like you cannot get out of bed?

Do you ever go through your day feeling as if each foot weighs 180 pounds and gets heavier with every single step you take?

Do you ever ask yourself, "is this really my life?" or "what did I get myself into?"

Life is tough sometimes and quite frankly life is just not fair.  Every day will not be perfect.  It's ok to have a bad day.  When you approach that day that you wish you could just roll back over, go back to sleep and forget all of your responsibilities cry out to God.  That's what he is there for. 

Psalm Chapter 17 shows us a perfect example of crying out to God for help.  Why try and live this life all by yourself with no help? What do you have to prove?  We all have been tested, scrutinized, lied to, hurt, angry, disappointed, fearful, upset... devestated.  But you don't have to go through life by yourself.  Your Lord your God is there, waiting for you to just ask him to fight your battle for you. 

⁶ I am praying to you because I know you will answer, O God.
      Bend down and listen as I pray.
 ⁷ Show me your unfailing love in wonderful ways.
      By your mighty power you rescue
      those who seek refuge from their enemies.
 ⁸ Guard me as you would guard your own eyes.^[a]
      Hide me in the shadow of your wings.
 ⁹ Protect me from wicked people who attack me,
      from murderous enemies who surround me.

Submit your problems to the Lord, tell him you need help... you have nothing to loose!

PSALM CHAPTER 16

 It comes a time in our lives when the light bulb goes off. Like in the old Tom & Jerry cartoons when a good idea comes to one of them. This is kind of the same. We realize that perseverance is only found through our Lord. The moment we realize that we can take refuge in Him to guide our lives, we are on the right track. Without Gods hand on our lives we are nothing but lost souls not living our lives rather just existing day to day blind to all that God has in store for us. It is easy to be like the rest of the world, it takes a special person to set themselves apart and follow the Lord. These saints that do follow the Lord are to become our role models on this journey to salvation. "As for the saints in the land, they are the excellent ones, in whom is all my delight." These are the people we lean on in the physical form down here on earth, our spiritual crutch is God who we can always turn to for adjuration.
 Men will seek other gods in abundance in efforts to make religion fit their life styles rather than the other way around. Do not fall in the company of men trying to take shortcuts towards salvation. The only way to truly be redeemed is through accepting Jesus Christ as our Lord and Savior. Psalm 16 says, "their drink offerings of blood I will not pour out or take their names on my lips." We know better, we know our God is a forgiving God, but he is also a God that wants all of our attention. We don't have time to listen to other gods or their teachings as we are too busy washing ourselves in the word. "The Lord is my chosen portion and my cup; you hold my lot." There is only one God, so there is only one cup to drink from . In the Lord's cup and his cup alone lie our inheritance. God shows us the paths for our lives, he knows where our happiness will be. In him we are secure, he will never abandon our soul. We have a father that does so much for us, can we be returns on his grand investment? Do we have the courage to be Christians?
 

PSLAM CHAPTER 15

" O Lord, who shall sojourn in your tent? Who shall dwell on your holy hill?" The answer to this lies in Psalm 15. Like I blogged about in a previous chapter the bible is our blue print to life. All the answers to salvation and living a righteous life are in these pages. The question is not who will dwell in the tent with the Lord, no rather who will have the courage to follow the blueprint laid out to sit atop His holy hill? The type of person that the Lord wants with him is not perfect, far from it as all us humans are, but he is able to be genuine and speak from his heart. Just because one speaks from his hurt does not mean that he is always right. The fact that he had the courage to do so makes him honest, and God adores the honest man. Sometimes its hard for us to tell the truth in certain situations. It is easy to lie to save face or spare feelings, these half truths can begin to have a snowball effect and before you know it you find yourself telling one lie to cover up another. When that happens we have dug a hole of lies that is near impossible to get out. God doesn't have a place for the dishonest, we must have the courage to be honest. Our neighbors also deserve respect from us, we need not talk behind there back nor push them away. Our arms are to be open so they feel comfortable enough with us that they allow us to share the word. "nor takes up reproach against his friend;" This means that along with neighbors, we should not try and discredit our close friends. Being friends does not mean you have to always agree with that person. As a believer, and one who wants favor from God does mean that even in the midst of a disagreement you stay respectful to your friend and value you there opinion. We don't always have to agree with a friend  but we can take the time to understand their point of view. We often in the church turn people away with our know it all attitudes. Christianity is not an exclusive club that we have to keep people away from. Salvation is not a secret, its a gift. It is up to us that know of the gift to tell others, not to push them away because if prideful self agendas. The company we keep can also hamper our chances of being on that holy hill. How the Lord views us can be somewhat altered by the company we keep. Watch your circle because a person's qualities can be contagious. In football we say winning in contagious, but so is losing. The same thing is true in our walk. Sinning can be contagious so we have to stay conscience of the the people we let in our circle. Not so much turn them away, but influence them with the word before they can get to us. This holy hill the bible speaks of is not one that we work to get to so we can look down on "sinners". It is not a buffer between us and the unholy, it is our inheritance from our Father. Even though the hilltop is our goal we have to humble ourselves to get off the high horse long enough to come down and spread the blood of Jesus. It is not enough to pull yourself up, bring as many souls with you as you can. The devil is trying to so why not us too. God says if we walk blamelessly and do the right things we shall not be moved. Don't be moved.