IT’S ALWAYS BETTER TO TELL THE WHOLE TRUTH UP FRONT (Tuesday, 21st April 2026)
Text for Today: Ps. 119:68-74 “The proud have forged a lie against me, but I will keep your precepts with my whole heart.” (vs. 69).
Honesty is often very hard, the truth is often painful, but the freedom it can bring is worth the trying. Every man who expresses an honest thought is a soldier in the army of intellectual liberty. Beloved, I want you to know that being honest may not get you a lot of friends, but will always get you the right ones. Whichever one you identify with between truth and lie, will determine the kind of results that accompany you in life. According to the time of life, the truth will always expose whatever lie that has gone ahead of it. If you spend your life learning to lie to the people around you, not only will you hurt and deceive them, you will also hurt and deceive yourself – you will forget your own truth.
There is perhaps no phenomenon that is more destructive to a relationship than dishonesty, which permits envy, hate and deception to be acted out under the guise of love and virtue. Even the smallest, seemingly innocent lies eventually snowball into larger issues. Stand by the whole truth – your truth – always. If you say you’re going to do something, DO IT! If you say you’re going to be somewhere, BE THERE! It’s always better to tell the whole truth up front. Don’t play games with the minds and hearts of others. Don’t tell half-truths and expect your friends or spouse to trust you when the full truth comes out; half-truths are no better than lies. Remember, love and friendship doesn’t hurt. Honesty is the healing remedy.
You are a Champion!
Further Study: Num.13:21-33.
Covenant Prayers
- Father, I give you praise for the gift of this brand-new day.
- Every impossibility on my path to the throne; catch fire.
- Father, as I go out today, do for me what is beyond my age.
- Father, watch over your word and perform it in my life.
QUOTE: “IT IS CHEAPER AND SAFER TO STAND WHERE GOD STANDS”.
