December 28, 2022 … Walking With Integrity …

Berry Patch Devotions in 2021 - Day 362 

Devotional Song: ... GO TO THIS LINK ...   Please take the time to take in song and lyrics from a worship chorus singing  … Walking In Integrity … poignantly and powerfully singing of how God leads us, as Christians, to walk in life with Christlike integrity. 

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Highlight Passage: … 2Corinthians 1:12 [NLT] …  

12 We can say with confidence and a clear conscience that we have lived with a God-given holiness and sincerity in all our dealings. We have depended on God’s grace, not on our own human wisdom. That is how we have conducted ourselves before the world, and especially toward you. 

… Paul expresses his commitment to deal with his fellow Christians with God-given integrity and sincerity rather than relying on human wisdom and intentions.                                                                             

Highlight Passage (Context): … 2Corinthians 1:12-16 [NLT] …  USE THIS LINK … 

… Paul declares his commitment to walk with integrity and sincerity to all of his beloved fellow Christians in Corinth (and to us as well).                                                                                          

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Reference Passage: … 1Chronicles 29:17 [NLT] … 

17 I know, my God, that you examine our hearts and rejoice when you find integrity there. You know I have done all this with good motives, and I have watched your people offer their gifts willingly and joyously.  

…  In dedicating the materials collected for Solomon to build a Temple to God, King David declares his commitment to God that they have worked together with honesty and integrity to serve and honor the LORD.   

Reference Passage: … Proverbs 10:9, 11:3 [NLT] …  USE THIS LINK … 

… God, thru Solomon, declares how God protects those who walk in life following the Lord with faithfulness and integrity.  

Reference Passage: … Psalm 119:105 [NLT] … 

105 Your word is a lamp to guide my feet and a light for my path.  

…  King David showed in song how he used God’s word to guide him to walk with integrity in life. 

Reference Passage: … Matthew 4:1-11 [NLT] …  USE THIS LINK … 

…  Jesus models how to follow the Lord, and walk with integrity, especially when tempted by Satan. And see also Luke 4:1-13.   

Reference Passage: … 2Timothy 3:16 [NLT] … 

16 All Scripture is inspired by God and is useful to teach us what is true and to make us realize what is wrong in our lives. It corrects us when we are wrong and teaches us to do what is right.  

…  Paul shows Timothy (and us) that following God’s word (i.e., HIs truth) is the only real way to walk with Christlike integrity in this life.   

                                                                             

My Devotional Journal: Today's Our Daily Bread author, Marvin Williams … AT THIS LINK …   tells of an 18th century merchant, John Woodman, who stood with Christian integrity, inspired by the teachings and life of Martin Luther, 200 years earlier, by having the integrity to refuse to do business with those who dealt with slave traders.                    

And if my readers have taken in the linked song and mediated on the Scriptures above, we can see the emphasis God’s word puts on walking in life with Christlike integrity.  Jesus even modeled that walk of integrity in the wilderness as he stood behind God’s word in dealing with Satan’s temptations (see Matt 4:1-11 and Luke 4:1-13).  

And if you join me here daily, as I journal my thoughts by seeking to follow God’s truth, you know that i owe any faithfulness and Christlike integrity to my searching to follow my Lord, King Jesus, by going deep in His word,  And you’ll see me here again tomorrow, doing exactly that.  How about you?  How do you walk with integrity, following the light of Christ in this very dark world?    

My THANKFULNESS: ... Oh, Abba Father, thank You, King Jesus, … for shining Your light of truth on my path so that I can follow You    

My Prayer Today: Oh Abba Father, ... King Jesus, ... . I pray that all reading here will join me, … to follow Your light of truth, Lord, as you lead us down Your path of righteousness and integrity.      Amen

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