In day two of our series on honesty,

today we're going to look at the temptation to build a facade

and invite God to tear it down as we seek to live more honestly.

May God show you how loved you are, just as you are.

And may His love bring you freedom and life as we rest in his presence right now.

Welcome to the First 15 Podcast. I'm going to be. I'm I'm The

You

I'm Our scripture for today comes from Matthew 23 verse 27.

Scripture says, woe to you scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites,

for you are like whitewashed tombs,

which outwardly appear beautiful,

but within are full of dead people's bones

and all uncleanness.

The greatest testimony you could possibly give is to have the audacity to live honestly.

It takes courage to be yourself. It takes security in the unconditional love of your Heavenly Father to acknowledge not just your

strengths and successes, but also your weaknesses and failures. But in doing so, your life will proclaim

the powerful, beautiful work of God. And in doing so, you will experience the powerful, beautiful work of God.

And in doing so, you will experience the peace and joy only freedom from building a facade can produce.

A facade is an outward appearance that is maintained

to conceal a less pleasant or creditable reality.

So often to cover up what we know to be imperfect, we devote ourselves to creating a false

picture for others. We even devote so much energy to building a facade that we try and deceive ourselves.

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