Our honesty helps others to be honest, which can be very valuable if it gives us an opportunity to minister to them. When it helps others to open up about their struggles so we can teach, encourage and pray for them.Of course, on its own this is not enough: we need to lead them to the One who comforts and helps. Knowing that someone else suffers from depression or anxiety, or finds it hard to pray, can take away the loneliness of suffering and sin. When it brings comfort to those who feel alone."'My grace is sufficient for you, for my power is made perfect in weakness.' Therefore I will boast all the more gladly about my weaknesses" (2 Cor. Speaking of our sin and weakness can shine a spotlight onto God's grace and power. For example, if we're discipling someone who struggles with sexual temptation, it can be helpful to share our own temptations (in a non-salacious way) and how God has helped us overcome them. When it comes in the context of teaching and encouraging others, during a talk, small group or one-to-one.
The prayer of a righteous man is powerful and effective" (Jam. "Confess your sins to each other and pray for each other so that you may be healed. We won't get far in the Christian life without the help of other Christians to encourage and pray for us. When it is a request for counsel or prayer from a wise, trustworthy Christian.We may need to learn to share our struggles with others. Some of us don't talk about our sin enough, as a self-protective strategy. When it undercuts pride and hypocrisy.When is honesty helpful? Here's a few ideas: Quote is from M magazine in The Sunday Age. Elsie says, "I just look for cheap stuff because, as soon as you buy one thing that's supposed to be the latest thing, a new thing comes out that you have to go and buy".Not to mention the moral impact of idolatrous vanity, or the selfishness of spending hundreds of dollars on clothes when billions are starving, or haven't heard the gospel. Fast fashion leaves a damaging footprint in each step of its increasingly short life - from the pesticides used on the cotton fields, to the carbon emissions and toxic chemicals created during production, to the 1.88 million tonnes of unwanted clothing sent to landfill each year - and that's just in Britain. Sweatshop workers in many Asian countries endure long hours, poor working conditions and low wages, sometimes as little as 18 cents an hour. If you're under 30, you'd typically buy double that number, according to the Council of Textile & Fashion Industries of Australia.Įven when times are hard, we buy clothes.
Each year, Australian women buy, on average, 56 garments, while the average bloke buys 29. We're buying more clothes than ever before, and prices are falling. God hears thy sighs and counts thy tears,
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