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Wednesday, April 25, 2018

Speak Words of Integrity, Honesty and Joy



                Have you had your Joy Juice today?  Honestly….are you a consistent partaker of the joy offered through a genuine relationship with Jesus?

                Honesty is an integral part of integrity.  Two verses that remind us of that are found in Proverbs. 

“The integrity of the upright will guide them, but the perversity of the unfaithful will destroy them.” (Proverbs 11:3) 

And then in Proverbs 12:22: “Lying lips are an abomination to the LORD, but those who deal truthfully are His delight.”  

                Does God delight in your honesty and integrity?  Writer Rick Ezell describes honesty as being like a boomerang. He said: “Our words, along with who we are, always travel full circle.  Every time individuals engage in dishonest activities of any kind, the results come back to haunt them.  Just ask any politician about skeletons in the closet.”   

                Let’s not just pick on politicians! We ALL have dirty laundry.  Each of us has fallen short of the truth.  But we can start fresh today! Let’s speak words of truth…so that we don’t have to worry about covering our tracks of dishonesty. Genuine integrity is saturated with God’s grace and a mature relationship with Christ. He’s our role model.  Jesus was never bashful about speaking the truth…but he spoke that truth in love. 

                May the words we speak from this day forward be filled with truth, integrity and joyful encouragement.

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