BE
HONEST
BREAD
16 There are six things the LORD
hates, seven that are detestable to him: 17 haughty
eyes, a lying tongue, hands that shed innocent blood, 18 a heart that devises wicked schemes, feet
that are quick to rush into evil, 19 a
false witness who pours out lies and a man who stirs up dissension among
brothers. Proverbs 6:16-19 (NIV)
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. 18 O LORD,
God of our fathers Abraham, Isaac and Israel, keep this desire in the hearts of
your people forever, and keep their hearts loyal to you. 1
Chronicles 29:17-18 (NIV)
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.” Job 2:3 (NIV)
9 The man of integrity walks securely, but he who takes
crooked paths will be found out. Proverbs
10:9 (NIV)
3 The integrity of the upright guides them, but the unfaithful
are destroyed by their duplicity. Proverbs 11:3 (NIV)
17 A
truthful witness gives honest testimony, but a false witness tells lies. Proverbs 12:17 (NIV)
22 The LORD
detests lying lips, but he delights in men who are truthful. Proverbs
12:22 (NIV)
6 Righteousness guards the man of integrity, but
wickedness overthrows the sinner. Proverbs
13:6 (NIV)
28 A
lying tongue hates those it hurts, and a flattering mouth
works ruin. Proverbs 26:28 (NIV)
8 But
now you must rid yourselves of all such things as these: anger, rage, malice,
slander, and filthy language from your lips. 9 Do
not lie to each other, since you have taken off your old self with its
practices 10 and have put on the
new self, which is being renewed in knowledge in the image of its Creator. Colossians
3:8-10 (NIV)
1 Therefore, rid yourselves of all malice and all deceit, hypocrisy, envy, and slander of every kind. 2 Like newborn babies, crave pure spiritual milk, so that by it you may grow up in your salvation, 3 now that you have tasted that the Lord is good. 1 Peter 2:1-3 (NIV)
1 Therefore, rid yourselves of all malice and all deceit, hypocrisy, envy, and slander of every kind. 2 Like newborn babies, crave pure spiritual milk, so that by it you may grow up in your salvation, 3 now that you have tasted that the Lord is good. 1 Peter 2:1-3 (NIV)
20 But
you have an anointing from the Holy One, and all of you know the truth. 21 I do not write to you because you do
not know the truth, but because you do know it and because no lie comes from
the truth. 1 John 2:20-21 (NIV)
BUTTER
“Lose all rather than lose your integrity, and when
all else is gone, still hold fast a clear conscience as the rarest jewel which
can adorn the bosom of a mortal. When you see no present advantage, walk by faith and
not by sight. Do God the honor to trust
Him when it comes to matters of loss for the sake of principle. See whether He will be your debtor! See if He doesn’t even in this life prove His
word that ‘Godliness with contentment is great gain,’ and that they who ‘seek
first His kingdom and His righteousness, and all these things will be given to
you as well.’ To wear a guileless
spirit, to have a heart void of offense, to have the favor and smile of God, is
greater riches than the mines of Ophir could yield.” Charles H. Spurgeon
“Honesty has a beautiful and refreshing simplicity
about it.” Charles
Swindoll
“There’s no such thing as a minor lapse of integrity.” Tom Peters
“Hunger for integrity more than popularity, celebrity,
or prosperity, — because your integrity is your only legacy. These three are really all you can control
everyday: Your grittiness, your gratefulness, and your givenness. Every
day you can choose how much grit you bring to the table. Every day you can choose how much
gratefulness you’ll offer up at the table.
Every day you can choose how much you’ll live given so more
people know they belong at the table.” Ann Voskamp
“The Christian faith is a
reasonable faith. It is even a logical faith. We start thinking biblically, and
then we live truthfully. To live a
sincere, honest, candid life before God and others is to live a life devoid of
secrets and ongoing sin and duplicity. Duplicity is hypocrisy.” Greg Laurie
“Subtle distortions of the Truth, when
left undealt with, will always grow into severe deceptions.” Michael Youssef
“Deception is clothed in darkness, truth in light.” BHY
“Walk on the path of
integrity with confidence, and show that you are invincibly strong in the
strength that confidence in God alone confers. In this way you will be
delivered from anxious care; you will be untroubled by evil tidings, and your
heart will be fixed, trusting in the Lord. How pleasant to float along on the
stream of providence! There is no more blessed way of living than a life of
dependence upon a covenant-keeping God. We do not need to worry because He
cares for us; we do not need to carry burdens because He invites us to cast
them upon Him.” Charles H. Spurgeon
HEART SAVOR
·
God
detests lying lips.
·
We fall
into sin but we must pursue holiness.
·
We are to
keep our lips from lying.
