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 as you find joy and peace abundant.

For we aim at what is honorable, not only in the Lord's sight, but also in the sight of man.

2 Corinthians 821.

The world is right now in an identity crisis.

With a global rise of social media and the internet,

we can now project ourselves to the world as anything we want.

We've been given the option of only being partially known by countless people rather than

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

with the online world rather than being fully known and 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 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,

and exaggeration, false projections, and outright lies guide us exactly where our enemy wants us,

into a lifestyle of never truly being known,

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