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Pastor Brandon Shanks, April 21st, 2024

Power for You 

“Remarkable Integrity”

Acts 5:1-11 1 But there was a certain man named Ananias who, with his wife, Sapphira, sold some property. 2 He brought part of the money to the apostles, claiming it was the full amount. With his wife’s consent, he kept the rest. 3 Then Peter said, “Ananias, why have you let Satan fill your heart? You lied to the Holy Spirit, and you kept some of the money for yourself. 4 The property was yours to sell or not sell, as you wished. And after selling it, the money was also yours to give away. How could you do a thing like this? You weren’t lying to us but to God!” 5 As soon as Ananias heard these words, he fell to the floor and died. Everyone who heard about it was terrified. 6 Then some young men got up, wrapped him in a sheet, and took him out and buried him. 7 About three hours later his wife came in, not knowing what had happened. 8 Peter asked her, “Was this the price you and your husband received for your land?” “Yes,” she replied, “that was the price.” 9 And Peter said, “How could the two of you even think of conspiring to test the Spirit of the Lord like this? The young men who buried your husband are just outside the door, and they will carry you out, too.” 10 Instantly, she fell to the floor and died. When the young men came in and saw that she was dead, they carried her out and buried her beside her husband. 11 Great fear gripped the entire church and everyone else who heard what had happened.

Integrity: the state of being , whole.

1. Focus on not

1 Samuel 16:7 …People judge by outward appearance, but the LORD looks at the heart.”

“If I take care of my character, my reputation will take care of itself. – DL Moody

Matthew 25:23 “Well done, my good and faithful servant. You have been faithful in handling this small amount, so now I will give you many more responsibilities.  

If we do the little things like they are big things, then God will do the big things like they are little things.

~ Mark Batterson

2. Focus on the not the

Your enemy’s primary strategy for destroying your life is to you from the consequences of your .

Proverbs 14:12 There is a way that appears to be right, but in the end it leads to death.

Proverbs 5:3-4 …the lips of the adulterous woman drip honey, and her speech is smoother than oil; 4 but in the end she is bitter as gall, sharp as a double-edged sword. 11 At the end of your life you will groan, when your flesh and body are spent.

3. Focus on not

Ecclesiastes 9:16 …wisdom is better than strength

Matthew 5:30 And if your hand—even your stronger hand—causes you to sin, cut it off and throw it away. It is better for you to lose one part of you body than for your whole body to be thrown into hell.

“Why fight a temptation in the future if we have the power to eliminate it today?” – Craig Groschel

“A life of integrity is only one away.”

Acts 5:8 And Peter said to her, “Tell me whether you sold the land for so much.”

2 Samuel 12:10 Now, therefore, the sword will never depart from your house, because you despised me and took the wife of Uriah the Hittite to be your own.

2 Samuel 12:12 You did it in secret, but I will do this thing in broad daylight before all Israel.

2 Samuel 12:13 Then David confessed to Nathan, “I have sinned against the LORD.” Nathan replied, “Yes, but the LORD has forgiven you, and you won’t die for this sin.

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