Speak Truth Over Approval 🗣️ | Matthew 1 Devotional (7-Step QT)
7-Step QT Notes 1. 🙏 Quiet Time Pause. Take a deep breath. Ask God to shape your words—so you speak with truth, courage, and love. 2. 📅 February 16, 2026 Today’s passage reminds us: Faithfulness means speaking God’s truth—even when it costs us comfort, approval, or control. 3. ✝️ Matthew 14:1-12 Herod heard about Jesus and believed that John the Baptist had been raised from the dead. John had rebuked Herod for unlawfully taking Herodias as his wife, and as a result, he was imprisoned and eventually beheaded because of Herod’s oath and Herodias’s request. John’s disciples buried his body and reported these events to Jesus. 4. 📖 Key Verse Because John had been saying to him, “It is not lawful for you to have her.” (v. 4) 5. 📝 Reflection These days, the Christian community seems more heated than ever over how far social involvement or political expression should go. In the past, individuals participated in presidential elections according to their own convictions. N...