This week we will be talking about integrity in our husbands’ lives. So, what is integrity?
“Integrity is not what you appear to be when all eyes are on you. It’s who you are when no one is looking. It’s a level of morality below which you never fall, no matter what’s happening around you. It’s a high standard of honesty, truthfulness, decency, and honor that is never breached. It’s doing for others the way you would want them to do for you.”
Wow! Integrity is a lot of things wrapped up in one. It takes a really wonderful person to have integrity, and to keep that integrity no matter what they may go through. Do you have integrity? What about your husband? Do you pray for him to have integrity?
What is a man of integrity? “A man of integrity says something and means it. He doesn’t play verbal games so you never really know where he stands. He knows to let his ‘Yes’ be ‘Yes’ and his ‘No’ be ‘No.’ He will not play both sides of the fence to please everyone. His goal is to please God and do what is right.”
“…for that which is highly esteemed among men is abomination in the sight of God.” -Luke 16:15
“A man of integrity will keep his word even if it costs him something to do so. When placed in a possibly compromising situation, he will continue to stand strong in what he believes. Above all, he is a man of truth; you can depend on his solid honesty. A man ‘who walks with integrity walks securely‘ (Proverbs 10:9), because his integrity guides him and brings him into the presence of God.”
“Integrity happens in the heart. Therefore, being a man of integrity is something your husband must choose to do on his own. But you can prayerfully help him fight the enemy that seeks to snare him, blind him, and keep him from making that decision. Even when he makes the right choice, there will be a negative reaction to it in the realm of evil. Your prayers can help shield him from anything that causes him to doubt and waver, and give him strength to do what’s right-even when no one’s looking.”
If your husband is not a man of integrity, don’t nag him about it. Instead pray for him and encourage him. God will work in his life!
Prayer:
“Lord, I pray that You would make my husband a man of integrity, according to Your standards. Give him strength to say ‘Yes’ when he should say ‘Yes,’ and courage to say ‘No’ when he should say ‘No.” Enable him to stand for what he knows is right and not waver under pressure from the world. Give him a teachable spirit that is willing to listen to the voice of wisdom and grow in Your ways.”
“Make him a man who lives by truth. Help him to walk with Your spirit of truth at all times (John 16:13). Be with him to bear witness to the truth so that in times of pressure he will act on it with confidence (I John 1:8,9). Where he has erred in this and other matters, give him a heart that is quick to confess his mistakes. Don’t let him be deceived. Don’t let him live a lie in any way. Bind mercy and truth around his neck and write them on the tablet of his heart so he will find favor and high esteem in the sight of of God and man (Proverbs 3;3,4).”
Power Tools:
-Proverbs 28:6
-Proverbs 11:3
-Psalm 7:8
-Psalm 26:1
-Psalm 25:21
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