Willing To Live Honestly

"Pray for us: for we trust we have a good conscience, in all things willing to live honestly."  Hebrews 13:18.  A good conscience is vital to living honestly.  Our conscience speaks to us.  However, our conscience can lead us astray.  We must not simply believe that we have a good conscience, but we must be sure.  Our conscience must be guided toward an honest life.  How we live is a choice that we make.  To live honestly before God is to yield ourselves to Him, and seek to do as He directs.  To live honestly is to yield ourselves to the lives of others in service.  To live honestly is to avoid the pitfalls that present themselves to us.  Our conscience will help us to stay on the path of honest living.  The author of this verse had requested prayer due to a good conscience and an honest life.  Dare we ask for the prayers of others if we ourselves do not live in a manner where we can also pray for ourselves?  The prayers of others on our behalf cannot change our lifestyle.  The prayers of others for us cannot alter a false lifestyle.  We must not ask others to do for us what we are unable to do for ourselves.  We certainly have no right to ask God for blessings if we choose not to live honestly.