What would happen if the very things you've been hiding in the dark were actually keeping you from the life God designed for you? Pastor Dave opens the "Skeletons" series with a gut-level honest journey through Psalm 32, where David confesses that keeping silent made his bones grow old—revealing a timeless truth: *you are as sick as your secrets*. Pastor Dave's unique perspective cuts through religious performance with surgical precision, drawing the powerful distinction between guilt and shame—guilt says "I did something wrong," but shame whispers "there's something wrong with *me*," taking a verb and turning it into a noun. He reminds us that God didn't come looking for a perfect Adam—He came looking for a hiding one, not because He needed information, but because *you* needed to stop running. The closet doesn't kill what's inside it; it preserves it, keeping old wounds fresh for the enemy to weaponize at opportune moments. Your memory is not your authority—a healed scar proves the wound has closed. Today, God is knocking at the door of your closet, not to shame you, but to *recover* you. Stop giving CPR to what Jesus died to kill—open the door, bring it to light, and let freedom begin.

PSALM 32:3–5 “When I kept silent, my bones grew old through my groaning all the day long. For day and night Your hand was heavy upon me; my vitality was turned into the drought of summer. I acknowledged my sin to You, and my iniquity I have not hidden. I said, ‘I will confess my transgressions to the LORD,’ and You forgave the iniquity of my sin.”

Proverbs 28:13 NIV Whoever conceals their sins does not prosper, but the one who confesses and renounces them finds mercy.