Habit 3
Therefore, confess your sins to each other and pray for each other so that you may be healed.
James 5:16
The Definition
Get Real is admitting to another person our wrong-doing-including unhealthy motivations. It is the practice of looking at the reality of our self-centeredness, taking off the masks we use to fool others and getting real. Honesty. To some degree, most of us suffer from MMD-Multiple Mask Disorder. How about you?
The Path
The five levels of Get Real-systemic confession:
- Actions - Unhealthy behaviors
- Thinking - Twisted thinking
- Emotions - Negative feelings
- Attitudes - Unhealthy beliefs
- Root System - Hurtful early years
The Benefit
Get Real helps remove blockages to spiritual growth. These blockages are a fear of rejection and a fear of being defective-shame. Being totally honest helps clean the crud out of your soul soil. These fears, if left to smolder, prevent truth from penetrating our personhood. New insights cannot take root because we get preoccupied with our fears-and the coping, cover up strategies.
Acceptance by others in spite of failures, gradually overcomes the fear that fuels self-protection and self enhancement-the twin soul distorters. All sin emanates from fear.
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