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Aug 1, 2026
Integrity
Integrity
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Integrity. We're all supposed to carry it. Does anyone know its definition?
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Does anyone know it's actually a noun, something you can touch and see, just like a person, place, or thing? The Oxford Dictionary defines it as the quality of being honest and having strong moral principles,
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moral uprightness, the state of being whole and undivided. Is that who you wish to be? I want to be whole and undivided.
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In Psalm chapter first, uh, chapter 15 verse 1, it says, Lord, who may dwell in your sacred tent? Who may live on your holy mountain?
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The one whose walk is blameless, who does what is righteous, who speaks the truth from their heart, whose tongue utters no slander, who does no wrong to a neighbor and casts no slur on others,
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who despises a vile person but honors those who fear the Lord, who keeps an oath even when it hurts and does not change their mind, who lends money to the poor without interest, who does not accept a bribe against the innocent.
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Who does these things will never be shaken. Let's ponder silently on that for a few moments. Just let that stew in you and in me and think.
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How many of you actually do what you say you will when you say you will do it? 90% of the time? 80%? 70%? Mostly? Sometimes?
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How many times do you say you'll call someone back and forget? For older folks, checks in the mail, but you never put it in there. Each time we do or say those things, we erode our own integrity.
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We chip at and slowly sow the destruction of our own relationships each and every time we do that. We destroy our own witness about Jesus Christ to others. At some point, others will say,
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you keep saying, but you don't do it, and I just don't believe you anymore, or something like it. They may not say it to your face. They will say it to others.
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It will not be a lie or gossip because it'll be true. He or she never called back, never followed up, or followed through, never did as promised. You might have the greatest excuses ever,
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but they're just excuses. More excuses. Do you want to be that person? I know I don't. And I know Jesus hasn't called me to be that kind of person. Jesus has called me to be a righteous person.
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A person who does as he says he's going to do. And sets forth to do everything that he tries to do. And follows up with people and gets back with people.
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Not a hypocrite. Not a slanderer. But he definitely wants me to have integrity. To be able to walk with righteousness, in righteousness,
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and blameless. That is who I want to be.
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