Are You Willing To Know the Truth About You - Even When It's Not Pretty?

Proverbs 27:6 & John 16:7,8

Are You Secure Enough & Brave Enough To Know The Truth About You?

Soul Food

Proverbs 27:6

“Wounds from a friend can be trusted, but an enemy multiplies kisses.”

John 16:7,8

“But very truly I tell you, it is for your good that I am going away. Unless I go away, the Advocate will not come to you; but if I go, I will send him to you. When he comes, he will prove the world to be in the wrong about sin and righteousness and judgment….”

Soul Search

• Do you have any memories of someone in your life saying very difficult things to you about you?
  Is this something you can share or talk about?

• If you do have one or two of those memories, do you remember how you reacted to what was being said?
  Looking back at your reaction, how did you handle the situation?
  Did you get angry or feel insulted or did you ‘take it’ in a healthy, positive way?

• If the things shared with you, about you, were true, did it change you in any way?
  Did the thing(s) shared with you make a positive difference in how you behaved or carried yourself after that?

• Did it take awhile for you to see that certain not-so-great things that were shared with you about you were true?
  Were you in denial at first or is it possible that if you didn’t agree with what was said, that you might still be in denial about who you really are?
  Can you talk about it?

Soul Moves

• If you don’t have any close friends or family members who have ever had difficult, challenging talks with you about you, it takes a lot of courage on your part (because no one likes to hear negative ‘press’ about themselves), but ask God to put those people into your life.

• If there is someone in your life that you know needs a good ‘talking to’ ask God if you’re to be that person who is an agent of healing for that someone.
  Just walk carefully here as the Bible says that we need to examine ourselves before we begin pointing out things in other people.
  See Matthew 7:3-5

• Be courageous enough to sometimes ask the people closest to you, who know you best, what things they might see in you that need improvement.
  Very few people are secure enough in themselves to do this, but it is a healthy practice and can produce a greater sense of security in terms of who you are and who you are becoming.