Honesty is the Foundation
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🗓️ 12 February 2021
⏱️ 8 minutes
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Summary
Today we’re launching a brand-new series looking at the role of honesty in getting the most out of our time alone with God, and the most out of life. And we’re starting that series off by looking today at how honesty is the foundation. May God give us the courage to be who we truly are with him, with ourselves, and with others today. And may newfound freedom be the fruit in our hearts and lives.
Our Scripture for today comes from 1 Peter 3:10, and today's worship is Always Have by Vertical Worship.
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| 0:00.0 | Today we're launching a brand new series looking at the role of honesty and getting the most out of our time alone with God and the most out of life. |
| 0:14.0 | And we're starting that series off by looking today at how honesty is the foundation. |
| 0:20.0 | May God give us the courage to be who we truly are with Him, with ourselves and with others today. |
| 0:28.0 | And may newfound freedom be the fruit in our hearts and our lives. |
| 0:33.0 | Welcome to the First of Teen Podcast. |
| 0:36.0 | Our verse for today comes from 1 Peter 3, verse 10, where Scripture says, |
| 1:03.0 | Whoever desires to love life and see good days, let him keep his tongue from evil and his lips from speaking to seat. |
| 1:16.0 | Deciding to live openly and honestly is foundational to experiencing fullness of life in God. |
| 1:25.0 | God doesn't deal with our facades. |
| 1:28.0 | He doesn't speak to, love on, heal, deliver, or empower the fake self we try and portray. |
| 1:37.0 | Rather, he faithfully pursues who we really are, drawing us out from the walls we built up around our hearts. |
| 1:47.0 | 1 Peter 3, 10 says, Whoever desires to love life and see good days, let him keep his tongue from evil and his lips from speaking to seat. |
| 2:01.0 | When the Bible talks about honesty, it isn't just talking about God's heart for us, not to speak lies, but also that we wouldn't believe or live out lies. |
| 2:14.0 | In living honestly, we will love life and see good days. |
| 2:19.0 | Nothing good comes from being dishonest. |
| 2:22.0 | There's no life in trying to appear as something we're not. |
| 2:27.0 | Abundant life comes with communion with God and God always meets us where we're at. |
| 2:35.0 | Assess your life today. Are you living honestly? Are you trying to portray yourself as something you're not? |
| 2:44.0 | Are you deceiving yourself or looking at yourself honestly? |
| 2:49.0 | Are you coming before God just as you are or trying to appear like you have everything together? |
| 2:58.0 | Honesty is at the foundation of encountering God, loving others, experiencing abundant life and doing good, eternal works. |
| 3:09.0 | Everything God does is about the heart. He's about that which has substance, that which is real. |
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