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December 2
Monday


INTEGRITY
LEAGUE

READ:
Psalm 26
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He who walks with
integrity walks securely.
__Proverbs 10:9
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We call it the Integrity League,
but it's really just a bunch of guys who get together at lunchtime to play basketball. We call fouls on our-selves, attempt to avoid angry out-bursts, and simply try to keep everything fair and enjoyable. We are competitive and we don't like to lose__but we all agree that integrity and honesty should control the atmosphere.

Integrity. scripture clearly indicates the importance of this trait. and we honor the God of our lives when we practice it.

Through His Word, God has given us clear reasons to "walk in...integrity" )Ps. 26:11). A person who has integrity has the security of a quiet life unknown to the one who "perverts his ways" (Prov. 10:9). The follower of God who lives with integrity is preserved by his confidence in God, for that person waits for God's intervention in his life instead of running ahead of Him (Ps. 25:21). And the one who practices integrity will be given guidance and clear direction (Prov. 11:3).

Why should we care about life's "Integrity League:? because obeying God this way shows that we trust Him with our lives and that we want to shine His real love on others.
__Dave Branon

````````````Dear father, help my word be true. Help my``````````````
`````````````````actions be honest. Help my life to`````````````````
``````````````reflect Your holiness and shine God's light```````````````
``````````for all to see. Help me to live with integrity.````````````````
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Integrity is Christlike character n workclothes.

***********************Today's Bible Reading __ Psalm 26*********************

1 Vindicate me, O LORD,
for I have walked in my
integrity. I have also trusted
in the LORD; I shall not slip.

Examine me, O LORD, and
prove me; try my mind and
my heart. 3 For Your
lovingkindness is before my
eyes, and I have not sat
with idolatrous mortals, nor
will I go in with hypocrites.

5 I have hated the assembly
of evildoers, and will not sit
with the wicked.

6 I will wash my hands in
innocence; so I will go
about Your altar, O LORD,

7 that I may proclaim with
the voice of thanksgiving,
and tell of all Your
wondrous works. 8 LORD, I
have loved the habitation of
Your house, and the place
where Your glory dwells.

9 Do not gather my soul
with sinners, nor my life
with bloodthirsty men,

10 in whose hands is a
sinister scheme, and whose
right hand is full of bribes.

11 But as for me, I will
walk in my integrity;
redeem me and be merciful
to me. 12 My foot stands in
an even place; in the
congregations I will bless
the LORD.

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Classic Bible commentator John Gill wrote of Psalm 26: "The
occasion of this psalm seems to be the quarrel between Saul and
David, the former listening to...reproaches cast upon the latter,
and persecuting him in a violent manner. The argument of it is the
same, in a great measure, with the seventh psalm, and is an appeal
made to God, the judge of the whole earth, by the psalmist, for his
innocence and integrity."