Be Honest With Yourself

Stephan Kirby - Ekklesia
12 minutes ago
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Yes, Ekklesia Family....Be Honest With Yourself

Sometimes the hardest truth to face is the one you must tell yourself. Honesty before God opens the door to healing, clarity, and transformation. You cannot conquer what you refuse to confront.

Psalm 139:23–24 NLT

“Search me, O God, and know my heart; test me and know my anxious thoughts.

Point out anything in me that offends you, and lead me along the path of everlasting life.”

David is not afraid to let God shine a spotlight on his inner life. He invites divine examination, not to condemn him, but to cleanse him.

This is a prayer of spiritual transparency—David understands that real change always begins with honest self-evaluation under God’s light.

Being honest with yourself is an act of spiritual courage. It's not self-shame; it’s self-awareness guided by the Spirit. When you open your heart to God’s truth, He opens the path to your freedom.

1. Honesty Births Healing

You cannot heal from what you won’t acknowledge. When you admit your fears, failures, or hidden struggles, God begins restoring the broken places.

2. Honesty Brings Clarity

Many of life’s delays come from inner contradictions. When you get honest—with God and with yourself—your next step becomes clear.

3. Honesty Deepens Relationship With God

God doesn’t bless masks. He blesses truth. When you stand before Him uncovered, He covers you with grace, wisdom, and strength.

Let's Pray

Father, today I choose honesty. Search me, examine me, reveal me to myself.

Where I’ve been hiding, uncover me.

Where I’ve been afraid, strengthen me.

Where I’ve been wounded, heal me.

Where I’ve been confused, guide me.