(Clip) Lying To God In Our Prayers and Being Honest With Sin — Francis Chan

Honest Confession Before God

Excuses, let me not blame. Here's the truth. Here's what we're gonna do. I'm gonna give you a few minutes to be honest, completely honest before God. What's the point in lying anyways? But you'd be surprised how often we lie even in our prayers because it's habit.

Naming Sin Without Excuses

How often we try to make our sin not so bad because we say that to everyone else. But I've been praying that you could come before God this morning and just lay it out with no excuses, just say, God, here's what I did.

Hatred as Sin Against the Creator

This was sinful. That was sick, that was evil. That was a flat-out lie. God, I hate this person. That hatred is so wrong, you tell me it's sin, but I hate him, I just do. I have hatred for this person and it's against you that I'm sinning because you created that person.

Confessing Lust and Adultery

To just lay it out, I've got bitterness toward this person. I've been staring on the internet at these women that you created, at these men that you've created. I'm right on the verge of having an affair.

Sin Against God in the Abuse of His Children

I had an affair, you know about it. The way I've been treating my kids. I've abused your children, these are your kids and I just, I did that to your kid. I sinned against you, God, that was your kid.

David's Confession and Ananias's Lie to the Holy Spirit

Do you understand this? This is, and when David says it's against you that I've sinned, you remember when Ananias lied to Peter, the apostle, Ananias and his fire lied to Peter and Peter goes, you didn't lie to me.

You lied to the Holy Spirit. See, when you come in this room and you lie and you lie to me and go, oh, good sermon. You're not lying to me, you know? And when you come in this room and you pretend like nothing bad's going on in your life, you're not lying to the person next to you, you're not lying to me, you're lying to God.

Sinning Against God and His Children

It's against God that you're sinning. It's against his children that you're sinning. It's his son that you hate.