Honesty

𝗖𝗢𝗡𝗡𝗘𝗖𝗧

Have each member of the family prepare 1 true statement and 1 lie statement about themselves. Everyone gets a turn and must reveal the two statements and the rest of the family will guess which one is the truth and which one is a lie. The person with the most correct answers wins the game!

In this lesson, we will learn what the Bible says about telling the truth.

𝗥𝗘𝗔𝗗 𝗧𝗛𝗘 𝗪𝗢𝗥𝗗

Colossians 3:9-11
“𝘋𝘰𝘯’𝘵 𝘭𝘪𝘦 𝘵𝘰 𝘦𝘢𝘤𝘩 𝘰𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳, 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘩𝘢𝘷𝘦 𝘴𝘵𝘳𝘪𝘱𝘱𝘦𝘥 𝘰𝘧𝘧 𝘺𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘰𝘭𝘥 𝘴𝘪𝘯𝘧𝘶𝘭 𝘯𝘢𝘵𝘶𝘳𝘦 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘢𝘭𝘭 𝘪𝘵𝘴 𝘸𝘪𝘤𝘬𝘦𝘥 𝘥𝘦𝘦𝘥𝘴. 𝘗𝘶𝘵 𝘰𝘯 𝘺𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘯𝘦𝘸 𝘯𝘢𝘵𝘶𝘳𝘦, 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘣𝘦 𝘳𝘦𝘯𝘦𝘸𝘦𝘥 𝘢𝘴 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘭𝘦𝘢𝘳𝘯 𝘵𝘰 𝘬𝘯𝘰𝘸 𝘺𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘊𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘵𝘰𝘳 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘣𝘦𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘦 𝘭𝘪𝘬𝘦 𝘩𝘪𝘮. 𝘐𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘯𝘦𝘸 𝘭𝘪𝘧𝘦, 𝘪𝘵 𝘥𝘰𝘦𝘴𝘯’𝘵 𝘮𝘢𝘵𝘵𝘦𝘳 𝘪𝘧 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘢𝘳𝘦 𝘢 𝘑𝘦𝘸 𝘰𝘳 𝘢 𝘎𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘪𝘭𝘦, 𝘤𝘪𝘳𝘤𝘶𝘮𝘤𝘪𝘴𝘦𝘥 𝘰𝘳 𝘶𝘯𝘤𝘪𝘳𝘤𝘶𝘮𝘤𝘪𝘴𝘦𝘥, 𝘣𝘢𝘳𝘣𝘢𝘳𝘪𝘤, 𝘶𝘯𝘤𝘪𝘷𝘪𝘭𝘪𝘻𝘦𝘥, 𝘴𝘭𝘢𝘷𝘦, 𝘰𝘳 𝘧𝘳𝘦𝘦. 𝘊𝘩𝘳𝘪𝘴𝘵 𝘪𝘴 𝘢𝘭𝘭 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘮𝘢𝘵𝘵𝘦𝘳𝘴, 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘩𝘦 𝘭𝘪𝘷𝘦𝘴 𝘪𝘯 𝘢𝘭𝘭 𝘰𝘧 𝘶𝘴.”

Honesty is one of God’s commandments and He teaches us how He values honesty. God is truth and He does not lie. He set Himself as the example and desires us to follow Him in all that we say or do.

Sometimes it is not always easy to tell the truth. We do not like the consequences that come with truth, like being punished. But choosing to lie makes it more horrible because we are always in fear of when the truth will come out. But Jesus is truth. And when we have Jesus in our hearts, we can learn to speak the truth even when it is difficult.

Being honest is a non ending process of learning and obeying. The more we know Jesus Christ who is the truth, the more we can change to be like Him.

𝗛𝗨𝗗𝗗𝗟𝗘

Parent to Kid/s:
2-6 years old
● Was there a time you did not tell the truth? Why did you do it? (Parents, focus more on “why”, not on “what”. This would also be a good time to reassure your little kids of your love for them even if they had done something they should not have done.)

7-12 years old
● Think of a time when you felt you had to hide the truth. How did you feel? Did you eventually admit to the truth? (Parents, you can reassure the kids of your love for them.)
● What are some ways you have in mind to demonstrate honesty?

Kid/s to Parent:
● Have you been dishonest before? Why did you do it?
● Why is honesty important in our family and with other people? Is being honest to the family is also being honest to God?

Honesty builds strong relationships in the family. Sometimes we don’t realize we are lying by exaggerating a story and even telling white lies. Lies separate us from God and from people we love, but honesty connects and binds us together. When you are honest to your family, at the same time, you are also being honest to God.

God loves us so much that He wants us to be called children of God. He wants nothing hidden, nothing private, and nothing secret from us. It means that God wants a deep relationship with us that’s why He wants us to be truthful in everything, and that honors Him.

𝗣𝗥𝗔𝗬

Father,

Thank You for being our ultimate standard of truth. We humbly ask for Your forgiveness when we have been untruthful. We are grateful for your love that You want us restored to be trustworthy of our relationship with You, with family and with people we know. May we always have the desire to always speak and act in all honesty, and to live a life of integrity. In Jesus’ name,

Amen.

𝗗𝗜𝗦𝗖𝗢𝗩𝗘𝗥

Do you know that honesty comes in different forms:

● Telling the truth at all times
● Not telling white lies
● Being true to yourself, not pretending to be someone else
● Not hiding the truth (deception)
● Being truthful even when no one can see you or no one can find out the truth

Can you think of other ways to demonstrate honesty?

Honesty truly comes from the heart. Let’s purpose in our hearts that we will be honest at all times.