Daily Devotionals
August 21, 2018
Integrity
August 21, 2018
DAILY READING
Psalm 101
This weekend’s reading: Genesis 4:1-16
FIELD NOTES
Let’s talk about personal accountability and integrity. It’s often said that integrity is who we are when nobody’s watching. What do you think of that? You’re on a business trip in a city on the other side of the country. You’re tired and driving a rental car that’s a little too small after dealing with TSA and Rental Car staff and riding a hot, too full bus from the terminal to the rental car lot. You just want to get to your hotel and take a shower. But as you’re driving, some person cuts you off while they’re on their cell phone. You are furious. You really want to show them your anger through some well-thought-out gestures and words. And why not? No one knows you here. They have no idea you’re a member of a church and that you are also a small group leader for the youth ministry. You can let the words fly and nobody will ever know.
So what do you do?
FAMILY FIELD TALK
- How do we keep ourselves from doing bad things when we know we won’t get caught?
PRAYER
Lord, you are ever-present in our lives. May we always remember that. May we always live as we should—as beacons of light in the darkness, loving each person as ourselves. Amen.