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Question 6

The chapter presses questions like “Whose presence are we primarily conscious of—God’s presence or the presence of other people?” and “Do we adorn ourselves to please God or to please people?”; what practices, purchases, or habits in your life most reveal which presence you’re living before, and what would have to change for your “default audience” to become God?

Another way to ask: What choices in your life most show whether you’re trying to impress people or please God? What would need to change for God to be the “main audience” you think about first?

Direct Answer The transcript points to clothing choices, jewelry/cosmetics, and other image-shaping habits as the clearest indicators of whether we live before people or before God; changing the “default audience” would mean shifting focus from external impressiveness to inner adornment and God-consciousness.

Support from Transcript:

Bercot asks diagnostic questions: “Whose presence are we primarily conscious of? God’s presence or the presence of other people?”
He ties motivation to practice: “Do we adorn ourselves to please God or to please people? If…to please people, then we’re going to adorn our outward physical body.”
He contrasts values: “The world places maximum value on external beauty,” while “God primarily sees hearts.”
He argues inner change is required: “we cannot adorn what God sees without changing our hearts through Christ’s power.”
Wesley’s quote presses motive-testing: you “would not take the same pains if no one was to see you but God and His holy angels.”
Financial habits also reveal the audience: spending on “costly apparel” vs. saving “to…relieve… the poor.”

Discussion Follow-ups The transcript doesn’t list your specific habits, but it suggests a practical test: what changes if you imagine “no one” sees you “but God”? That exposes who your real audience is.

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