In day two of our series on honesty,

today we're gonna 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.

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

Welcome to the First of Teen Podcast. Our verse for today comes from Matthew 23, verse 27, where 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 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 credible 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. We muster up our pride and look only at what we've done well, all the

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