“Embracing Change To Experience Life!”
1 Chronicles 29:17; Proverbs 11:3
1 Chronicles 29:17….
“I know, my God, that you test
the heart and are pleased with
integrity. All these things
have I given willingly and with
honest intent. And now I have
seen with joy how willingly
your people who are here
have given to you.” (NIV)
Proverbs 11:3….
“The integrity of the
upright guides them,
but the unfaithful are
destroyed by their duplicity.”
(NIV)
What does it mean by
“Deciding to integrate
my heart’s value into
my daily actions.”
John 10:25….
“Jesus answered, ‘I did tell
you, but you do not believe.
The miracles I do in my
Father’s name
speak for me’.”
(NIV)
“What I say and what I do
TESTIFY
as to who I Am.”
A person of
is VALIDATED by their words
and their deeds.
is making my
DAILY ACTIONS line up
with my HEART’S VALUES.
Let’s be realistic….
Proverbs 10:9….
“The
man of integrity
walks securely,
but he who takes
crooked paths
will be found out.”
(NIV)
Proverbs 11:3….
“The integrity of the
upright guides them,
but the unfaithful are
destroyed by their duplicity.”
(NIV)
Job 4:6….
“Is not your reverence [fear]
of God your confidence,
integrity of
your ways your hope?”
and the
(NIV)
How can we become
people of
What can I DO
or CHANGE
in my life so that
I can experience
the benefits of
“INTEGRITY” and the
blessing of God?
1 Chronicles 29:17….
“I know, my God, that you test
the heart and are pleased
with integrity. All these things
have I given willingly and with
honest intent. And now I have
seen with joy how willingly
your people who are here
have given to you.” (NIV)
What you believe
in your heart
will determine
how you act when placed
in a tempting situation!
Psalm 26:2….
“Test me, O Lord
and try me,
examine my heart
and my mind.”
(NIV)
If we are going to live
we must know what integrity
looks like.
It comes from spending time in the
Bible with God.
2 Timothy 2:15….
“Be diligent to present
yourself approved to God
as a workman who does
not need to be ashamed,
handling accurately the
word of truth.” (NASB)
Ephesians 4:14….
“As a result, we are no longer
to be children, tossed here and
there by waves, and carried
about by every wind
of doctrine, by the trickery
of men, by craftiness in
deceitful scheming.”
(NASB)
Psalm 15:1,2….
“(v.1) LORD, who may dwell in
your sanctuary? Who may
live on your holy hill? (v.2)
He whose walk is blameless
and who does what is
righteous, who speaks the
truth from his heart.”
(NASB)
“integrating all of what
God’s Word says into
our daily activities.”
It means…
to be a doer of the Word.
James 1:22….
“Do not merely listen to
the word, and so deceive
yourselves. Do what it says.”
(NIV)
Note:
If we DO what God says and
APPLY what we learn to our
lives, we will become
– we WILL have
hope, guidance, security and
protection.
If we DO NOT APPLY
what the Bible says
to our lives we become shallow
and empty.
is the same on the INSIDE
as he is on the OUTSIDE, and
that requires him to APPLY the
Word of God
to his life.
Job was a man who went
through an awful lot
BUT remained faithful!
Job 2:3….
“Then the LORD said to Satan,
‘Have you considered my servant
Job? There is no one on earth
like him; he is blameless and
upright, a man who fears God
and shuns evil. And he still
maintains his integrity, though
you incited me against him to
ruin him without any reason.’ ”
God said Job is…
• Blameless
• Upright
• Fears God
• Shuns evil
Isaiah 40:31….
“But those who hope in the
LORD will renew their
strength. They will soar on
wings like eagles; they will
run and not grow weary,
they will walk and not be
faint.” (NIV)
Mark 12:14….
“They came to him and said,
‘Teacher, we know you are a
man of integrity. You aren’t
swayed by men, because you
pay no attention to who they
are; but you teach the way of
God in accordance with the
truth. Is it right to pay taxes
to Caesar or not?” (NIV)
• Eliphaz the Temanite
• Bildad the Shuhite
• Zophar the Naamathite
… kept trying to convince
Job that he had sinned against
God and needed
to get right with God.
Job 2:9,10….
“His wife said to him, ‘Are
you still holding on to your
integrity? Curse God and die!’
He replied,’ You are talking like
a foolish woman. Shall we
accept good from God, and not
trouble?’ In all this, Job did
not sin in what he said.” (NIV)
We must
never let others
DICTATE
what we do.
They must never
come between us
and what is RIGHT;
what is full of INTEGRITY.
To become a
I must do
what is right
and refuse to be
persuaded by
others.
To be a
means…
1. You are WILLING to go
against the crowd
if the crowd is wrong.
2. You are WILLING to
stand alone for what is right.
Note:
what is God going to
think and say about you.
Job 8:20….
“Surely God does not reject
a blameless man
[a man of integrity],
or strengthen [support]
the hands of evildoers.”
(NIV)
has a much higher value than
riches or fame.
Proverbs 19:1….
“Better is a poor man who
walks in his integrity
[blameless] than he who is
perverse in speech
and is a fool.”
(NKJV)
Proverbs 28:6….
“Better is the poor who
walks in his integrity
[blameless], than he who is
crooked though he be rich.”
(NKJV)
must be worked at.
Psalm 101:2….
“I will be careful to lead a
blameless life [integrity] –
when will you come to me?
I will walk in my house with
a blameless heart [in the
integrity of my heart].”
(NIV)
If it doesn’t work at home, it
doesn’t work at all!
It has to start with
each of us being
deliberate about
modeling it.
“making sure that what
we say and do – no matter
what the circumstances –
line up with each other.”
“making our actions line
up with our heart, and
making sure our heart
is in tune with God.”