As we continue to dive deeper into the fullness of life available to us, today

we'll explore what it means to live honestly before man.

In a world of facades and striving, God wants to offer us freedom and confidence to be fully

who he has made us to be. May you learn to value honesty above all else in dealing with

those around you and find joy and peace abundant. Welcome to the First of Team Podcast. The verse for today comes from 2 Corinthians 821.

Scripture says,

for we aim at what is honorable,

not only in the Lord's sight,

but also in the sight of man.

The world is right now in an identity crisis. With the global rise of social media in the internet,

we can not project ourselves to the world as anything we want.

We've been given the option of only being partly known by countless people, rather

than really known by a few. We can attempt to fill a gap in our souls for

love and relationship with the online world, rather than being fully known in

our strengths and weaknesses, our greatest faults and soaring successes.

We're in need of an awakening of honesty.

Having an honest heart before man is the only path to experiencing true liberation

from the binding opinion of others. When we work tirelessly to build up a false self so that we can receive affirmation from others,

we never truly experience a love.

For our false self to be loved is not truly love at all because we constantly have the thought

if they really knew me they wouldn't love me.

We have an enemy aimed at the destruction of our greatest need truly being loved

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