A Life of Integrity

A Life of Integrity
Joshua 1:7-9
Job 1-2:3

Integrity

• A steadfast adherence to a strict moral or ethical code
  
• The state of being unimpaired; soundness.
  
• The quality or condition of being whole or undivided; completeness

“Make Every Effort”

• II Peter 3:14 “Make every effort to be found spotless, blameless, and at peace with him”
  
• Vow to maintain integrity
• Hebrews 12:14-15 “Make every effort to live in peace with all men. See to it that no one misses the grace of God and that no bitter root grows up”
  
• Vow to forgive those who hurt you.
• Hebrews 4:11 “Anyone who enters God’s rest also rests from his own work, just as God did from his. Let us therefore make every effort to enter into God’s rest”
  
• Vow to relax and trust God.
• Romans 14:19 “Let us make every effort to do what leads to peace and to mutual edification”
  
• Vow to be an encourager.
• Ephesians 4:3 “Make every effort to keep the unity of the Spirit through the bond of peace”
  
• Vow to be a peacemaker.
• II Peter 1: 5-8 “Make every effort to add to your faith goodness; and to goodness, knowledge; and to knowledge, self-control; and to self-control, perseverance; and to perseverance, godliness; and to godliness, brotherly kindness; and to brotherly kindness, love. For if you possess these qualities in increasing measure, they will keep you from being ineffective and unproductive…”
  
• Vow to never stop growing.

A.I.D.S.

Our human sickness:
A - acquired
I - integrity
D - deficiency
S - syndrome
Expediency at the Expense of Integrity

God Blesses Those Who Live With Integrity

Psalm 86:11 “Teach me Your way, O LORD; I will walk in Your truth; Unite my heart to fear Your name.”

~ "sincere" = comes from two Latin words (sine cera) meaning "without wax."

Image Bearers

• I John 2:6
  
• Psalm 1:1-2
  
• Proverbs 20:7
  
• I Samuel 16:7

It is not what we eat but what we digest that makes us strong; not what we gain but what we save that make us rich; not what we read but what we remember that makes us learned; and not what we profess but what we practice that makes us Christians.
-- Author unknown