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Being Honest with Others :: Deeper Devotion
Being Honest with Others
I read an encouraging post this morning by Christian musician, Rebbecca St. James. In her post, she challenges students to be open with each other. Here is a snippet of what she said:
Hearts wide open before others. That’s a very cool thought! If we live with a purity of spirit we’ll have nothing to hide. We have nothing to be ashamed of, no fear of being found out. What a liberating feeling! That doesn’t mean we’re perfect, just that we are committed to living openly and honestly before others.
I agree with her and likewise encourage you to be honestly open with someone today. I have several close friends that have the right to ask me anything they want about my walk with the Lord, my personal sins, and the way I’m leading my family to know the Father more deeply. I have found that the more honest I am with them about such things, the greater the opportunity the Holy Spirit has to use them to convict and encourage me. Accountability is something that doesn’t have to happen in structured groups at designated times. Biblically, it happens while we simply live our lives together as brothers and sisters under our God and Father.
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May 19th, 2008 at 6:28 pm
Hello Glenn, Honesty is something that is vital to the Christian life! Unfortunatly we find so little to it. I have experienced a tremendous fall that being honest with someone would have “corrected”. Now i find myself with no-one to be honest with. sin is tremendously devastating. It has removed me from full time ministry. Now i struggle to forge ahead. Not always easy. All i can do is rest in the love and forgiveness of God. Anyways, I am new to the website and like what I see. May God richly bless. Don’t have my own email address so i typed in moms up top. Thanks – Walt
August 22nd, 2008 at 9:59 pm
Does anyone have a bible verse to go along with the whole, accountability thing? I am almost positive I’ve heard a bible verse that has to do with living openly and honestly, and I would love to use it in a devotional. Bible verse anyone?