How Are

You?
“How are you” these
are the three most
useless words in
communication.
-GARY BURNISON (2019)
Asking “how are
you” is a bad
question.
-ASHLEY FETTERS (2020)
Psalm 145:18

The Lord is close to all who

call on him, yes, to all who
call on him in truth.
QUESTION!

What relationship is
healthy without being
honest?
Answer:

NOTHING
1 Corinthians 16:14 ESV
Let all that you
do be done in love.
WOODCUTTER
STORY
 We’ve been all busy
that we have no time
to be honest before
God.
Honesty & Truthfulness 

means being straight and honest with

others and doing what is right. This
trait will allow us to earn trust by
being accurate with facts and
situations.  
Why is it
important to be
honest with God?
God
commanded us
to be honest.
 Finally, brothers and sisters, whatever is
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true, whatever is noble, whatever is right,

whatever is pure, whatever is lovely,
whatever is admirable—if anything is
excellent or praiseworthy—think about such
things.

PHILIPPIANS 4:8
 Instead, speaking the truth in
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love, we will grow to become in

every respect the mature body of
him who is the head, that is, Christ.
EPHESIANS 4:15
 So stop telling lies. Let us
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tell our neighbors the truth,

for we are all parts of the
same body.
EPHESIANS 4:25
 JOSEPH’S
INTEGRITY
GENESIS 39:6-10
Joseph was a very handsome and well-
built young man, 7 and Potiphar’s wife
soon began to look at him lustfully.
“Come and sleep with me,” she
demanded. 8 But Joseph refused. “Look,” he
told her, “my master trusts me with
everything in his entire household. 
 No one here has more authority than I do. He
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has held back nothing from me except you,

because you are his wife. How could I do such
a wicked thing? It would be a great sin against
God.” 10 She kept putting pressure on Joseph
day after day, but he refused to sleep with her,
and he kept out of her way as much as
possible. 
Joseph’s honesty before
God allows him to gain
strength to say “NO” to
worldly pleasures.
Do your best to be honest.
It will just come out
naturally if you allow
yourself to be.
How Are
You?
HAY?
1.
Honesty activates
holiness.
1 John 3:6-10
6 No one who lives in him keeps on
sinning. No one who continues to
sin has either seen him or known
him.
1 John 3:6-10
7 Dear children, don’t let anyone deceive
you about this: When people do what is
right, it shows that they are righteous,
even as Christ is righteous.
1 John 3:6-10
But when people keep on sinning, it shows
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that they belong to the devil, who has been

sinning since the beginning. But the Son of
God came to destroy the works of the devil. 
You are not a God who
takes pleasure in evil;
with you the wicked
cannot dwell
(Psalm 5:4).
2.
Activated holiness
Produces genuine
relationships
2 Timothy 2:21
If you keep yourself pure, you will be a
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special utensil for honorable use. Your life

will be clean, and you will be ready for the
Master to use you for every good work.
3.

YES TO HONEST TEA

NO TO SATAN’S TEA
1 John 3:6-10
Those who have been born into God’s
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family do not make a practice of sinning,

because God’s life[a] is in them. So they
can’t keep on sinning, because they are
children of God. 
1 John 3:6-10
 10 So now we can tell who are children of
God and who are children of the devil.
Anyone who does not live righteously and
does not love other believers[b] does not
belong to God.
2 Corinthians 5:17

This means that anyone who

 

belongs to Christ has become

a new person. The old life is
gone; a new life has begun!
2 Corinthians 4:17
For our present troubles are small
and won’t last very long. Yet they
produce for us a glory that vastly
outweighs them and will last forever.
Healing will come if you’ll be honest
with your struggles.
Hangga’t itinatago, hindi
masosolusyonan. Hanggat may
pagkukunwari, hindi makakalaya.
Jesus sets you free from
condemnation. Be honest to God.
◦ (Crescendo Ministries Philippines)
 You intended to harm me, but
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God intended it for good to

accomplish what is now being
done, the saving of many lives.
GENESIS 50:20
 You intended to harm me, but
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God intended it for good to

accomplish what is now being
done, the saving of many lives.
GENESIS 50:20
John 13:7

Jesus replied, “You don’t

understand now what I am
doing, but someday you will.”
Revelation 22:10
Then he told me, “Do not seal up the words of the
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prophecy of this scroll, because the time is near. 11 Let

the one who does wrong continue to do wrong; let the
vile person continue to be vile; let the one who does
right continue to do right; and let the holy person
continue to be holy.”
Revelation 22:12
“Look, I am coming soon! My reward is
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with me, and I will give to each person

according to what they have done. 13 I am the
Alpha and the Omega, the First and the
Last, the Beginning and the End.
Psalm 145:18

The Lord is close to all who

call on him, yes, to all who
call on him in truth.
HOW ARE
YOU?
 God’s grace is
sufficient. I am
eternally blessed.
Psalm 145:18

The Lord is close to all who

call on him, yes, to all who
call on him in truth.