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Thursday, April 26, 2018

Don't Shatter Unity; Instead, Scatter Joy!


                Have you had your Joy Juice today? Being a man or woman, boy or girl of your word says that you are a person of integrity. 

                One such person of integrity was George Washington, the first president of the United States.  Before leaving Mount Vernon to assume the presidency, he wrote these words: “Integrity and firmness is all I can promise—these, be the voyage long or short; never shall forsake me although I may be deserted by all men.” 

                Washington was highly trusted and admired by his peers. Why? Because of his character! They trusted him to keep his word…because he had always done so and proved himself faithful and trustworthy. 

                David Jeremiah says, “Keeping your word is a cornerstone to integrity, and people around you will know it and respect it.  Integrity means all parts of your character are unified by faithfulness to truth.  Breaking your word breaks that unity, and the shattered pieces of character fall away like shards of broken pottery.” 

                Some of our friends may tease us and call us “cracked pots”…but we don’t want to be a person who breaks our word and shatters unity.  David said it beautifully in Psalm 133:1: “How good and pleasant it is when God’s people live together in unity!”

                Keep your word, live in unity and share the joy of the Lord!

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