There's really no such thing as a secret sin, according to Nancy Lee DeMoss.

The thing you're hiding from your husband, the thing you think he'll never find out, the thing

you're hiding from your parents, the way you've sinned against a boss and stolen time or money

or possessions or whatever, the thing you did 15 years ago, the thing that you thought was so little, but it gnaws at your

conscience, if you don't bring it into the light and confess it, it's coming out someday.

It's Monday, September 24th, and this is Revive Our Hearts with Nancy Lee DeMoss.

We've been on a journey toward personal revival.

Nancy's in a teaching series called Seeking Him.

And last week, we heard about the link between humility and revival.

Over the next few days, discover why silence is not always golden.

Let's hear how honesty is an important part of revival.

I don't know if you ever did this when you were a child,

but I can distinctly remember playing let's pretend games.

And that my two favorite pretend games to play were school and church.

And, of course, I wanted to be the teacher or the preacher.

That was, I was a controlling child and some things die hard. But I could remember, you know, getting my, of course, I'm the oldest of seven children, so we had a built-in classroom or congregation.

And as I grew up, I began to realize that a lot of grown-ups are still playing, let's pretend games, and one of the ones we play

most often is let's pretend we're a Christian, play church, play Christian. And I realize that the

little bit of play acting we did when we were children just kind of takes on some different forms

as we become adults. As we continue through this process of seeking him

and asking God to revive our hearts, we want to experience the joy of personal revival.

And we're talking about some foundational building blocks here, some foundational principles. We said

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