I Can Speak the Truth

12–15 minutes

Center · Stillness

Settle in

Put the phone down. Take one slow breath, and say: “God, I am here. Speak, I am listening.”

Read · The passage

Scripture

Therefore each of you must put off falsehood and speak truthfully to his neighbor, for we are all members of one another.

Ephesians 4:25, BSB

Learn · Reflection

Reflection

I Can Speak the Truth

Talk · Conversation

Talk about it

In what small thing this week was it easier to hide the truth than to tell it?

Thank · Gratitude

Give thanks

Today I thank God for the people who tell me the truth, even when it stings a little.

Ask · Prayer

Pray together

God, help me be honest in the small things, like coins nobody would ever count. Let my word be trustworthy today.

Begin · Application

Carry it into the day

Today, go back to something you told only half of, or stretched, and tell the whole story.

Scripture quoted from the Berean Standard Bible. Public domain (CC0)