Coming Down to the End of the Lessons Learned …

Coming Down to the End of the Lessons Learned  …

I shared the lesson yesterday, BUILD CHARACTER AND INTEGRITY INTO YOUR LIFE …

Here are three more points about integrity:

3. Integrity at must take place at home before it moves into the marketplace.
“I will walk in my own house with a blameless heart (a heart of integrity).” Psalm 101:2

We ought to so live our lives that we would not be afraid to sell the family parrot to the town gossip.”

-- Dr. Charles Swindoll

4. Integrity is a life-long commitment.
“Far be it from me that I should declare you right; Till I die I will not put away my integrity.” – Job 27:5

“Leaders with integrity will not only know in their hearts how they ought to live; they will steadfastly live out their convictions throughout their lives.”

-- Henry Blackaby

“Compromise … it starts small, and then builds until our integrity is completely overtaken by whatever evil we surrender to in the first place.”  -- Wayne Hastings

“Our spirituality cannot be divorced from any aspect of life; it infuses and permeates all aspects of our being. Our work, our play, our sexuality, our prayers, our humor, our passion, and our aggression are all a part of our spiritual life, this being a relationship with God that allows us to find our true identity, our meaning, and our life. -- Dallas Willard

“Behavior has a price tag. If you choose to be untrue to yourself and dishonest with others, the initial cost will be a worried mind, troubled heart, and restless body. However, the final payment for the shortcuts of life can be a lot higher when caught in the web of self-destruction.” -- Richard K Biggs, Burn Brightly Without Burning Out

5. Integrity matters to God.
“God can’t stand deceivers, but oh how he relishes integrity.” – Proverbs 11:20

“When a man’s ways are pleasing to the Lord, he makes even his enemies live at peace with him.”  Proverbs 16:7

“Righteousness guards the man of integrity, but wickedness overthrows the sinner.” – Proverbs 13:6

“The integrity of the upright guides them, but the unfaithful are destroyed by their duplicity.”  -- Proverbs 11:3

Are you building a life of character and integrity? Tomorrow we will look at an examined life. – Bill Welte is President & CEO of America’s Keswick

Team YOU: 2 Chronicles 13-14; Proverbs 31; John 12:1-26

Motivations: Feeling better has become more important to us than finding God.

Larry Crabb

Practice to Remember: Level 1: Ephesians 6:18; Level 2: Ephesians 6:21-24

Powered Up:  The power of prayer rests in the faith that God hears it. The moment I am assured that God hears, I feel drawn to pray and to persevere in prayer. Andrew Murray