{"id":28864,"date":"2025-06-13T00:00:09","date_gmt":"2025-06-12T23:00:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/gfhlive.tv\/freshfire\/?p=28864"},"modified":"2025-06-09T10:40:45","modified_gmt":"2025-06-09T09:40:45","slug":"be-honest","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gfhlive.tv\/freshfire\/2025\/06\/13\/be-honest\/","title":{"rendered":"Be Honest"},"content":{"rendered":"<!--[if lt IE 9]><script>document.createElement('audio');<\/script><![endif]-->\n<audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-28864-1\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"http:\/\/gfhlive.tv\/freshfire\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/June-13.mp3?_=1\" \/><a href=\"http:\/\/gfhlive.tv\/freshfire\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/June-13.mp3\">http:\/\/gfhlive.tv\/freshfire\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/June-13.mp3<\/a><\/audio>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bible.com\/bible\/116\/psa.69.2-3\">Psalm 69:<sup>2-3<\/sup><\/a> \u201cDeeper and deeper I sink into the mire; I can\u2019t find a foothold. I am in deep water, and the floods overwhelm me. I am exhausted from crying for help; my throat is parched. My eyes are swollen with weeping, waiting for my God to help me.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Until you see things for what they are, you cannot be more than you are. To be released into more Gideon is teaching us that an honest admittance of the current situation is the first step.<!--more--> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bible.com\/bible\/116\/rut.1.19-21\">Ruth 1:<sup>19-21<strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/sup><\/a>\u201c<em>So the two of them continued on their journey. When they came to Bethlehem, the entire town was excited by their arrival. \u201cIs it really Naomi?\u201d the women asked. \u201cDon\u2019t call me Naomi,\u201d she responded. \u201cInstead, call me Mara\u2026\u00a0I went away full, but the\u00a0Lord\u00a0has brought me home empty. Why call me Naomi<\/em>\u2026?\u201d Naomi emigrated with her husbands and two sons in search of greener pastures. But they discovered that the wealthy place is where God is. the wealthy place is not about the country you are in; it is where God has assigned you to.<\/p>\n<p>Naomi means sweetness and Mara means bitterness. What Naomi was saying in essence was that her name had not worked in her favour. Her current situation could not be described as sweetness. An honest admittance of the current situation does not mean you are confessing negatively. It is saying this is the current situation. One of my spiritual sons came into my office and closed the door and broke down in tears. Then he said to me, \u201cPastor, is it okay to cry?\u201d I said, \u201cOf course, it is okay.\u201d He said, \u201cMy wife must not see me crying.\u201d I said, \u201cIt is just you and me here.\u201d It is okay, admit you are tired. It does not mean that you will remain tired. It means that is what you feel right now. That is the situation of things right now. And to the glory of God, he is doing amazingly well today. Praise God for that.<\/p>\n<p>A lot of people are just dishonest. A couple after getting married, the man discovered that his wife did not have a womb. The man was confused but the woman obviously knew all along. So, they went to see their Pastor (not me). And the man said, \u201cPastor, what am l supposed to do?\u201d The Pastor said to the lady, \u201cWhy didn\u2019t you just tell him?\u201d The lady\u2019s response was, \u201cPastor, it is not my portion.\u201d \u201cWere you aware that you have no womb?\u201d the Pastor asked puzzled. \u201cThat is what the doctor said\u2026\u201d, she responded, \u201c\u2026but l will never use my mouth to confess it.\u201d And the Pastor said, \u201cBut you got married to someone, why didn\u2019t you tell him?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>And the Pastor was trying to admonish them, but the lady refused. She said the Pastor should not confess negative things over her. Someone who does not have a womb and did not tell her husband to be. The man even said that if he had known, he would have been able to brace himself. And they can look at other alternatives to having children. However, the shock left him really dumbfounded and confused. Honestly admit your current situation, it can change.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>Prayer<\/strong> (hymn): Lord, lift me up, and let me stand by faith, on heaven\u2019s tableland. A higher plane than I have found, Lord, plant my feet on higher ground. Amen!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Psalm 69:2-3 \u201cDeeper and deeper I sink into the mire; I can\u2019t find a foothold. I am in deep water, and the floods overwhelm me. I am exhausted from crying for help; my throat is parched. My eyes are swollen with weeping, waiting for my God to help me.\u201d &nbsp; Until you see things for [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[324,8,10],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-28864","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-god","category-jesus","category-relationship"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/gfhlive.tv\/freshfire\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28864","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/gfhlive.tv\/freshfire\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/gfhlive.tv\/freshfire\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gfhlive.tv\/freshfire\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gfhlive.tv\/freshfire\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=28864"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/gfhlive.tv\/freshfire\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28864\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":29033,"href":"https:\/\/gfhlive.tv\/freshfire\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28864\/revisions\/29033"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/gfhlive.tv\/freshfire\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=28864"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gfhlive.tv\/freshfire\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=28864"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gfhlive.tv\/freshfire\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=28864"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}