Keep Your Integrity!

 "Until I die, I will not renounce my integrity!" - JOB 27:5.

IMAGINE the following three scenes involving Jehovah's Witnesses.  (1) A young girl is at school one day when the teacher asks all the students in class to take part in a holida celebration.  The girl knows that this holiday does not please God, so she respectfully refuses to join in.  (2)  A shy young man is preaching from door to door. He realizes that someone from his school lives at the next house-a fellow student and knocks on the door anyway.  (3) A man is working hard to  provide for his family, and one day his boss asks him to do something dishonest or illegal. Though he could lose his job, the man explains that he must be honest and obey the law because God requires that of his servants. - ROMANS  13:1-4; HEBREWS 13:18.

What quality do you see in those three individuals?  You may notice several, such as courage and honesty.  But one quality stands out as especially precious -integrity.  Each of the three shows loyalty to Jehovah.   Each one refuses  to compromise on God's standards.  Integrity  moves those individuals  to act as they do.  Jehovah would surely feel proud of each one of them for  showing that quality.  We likewise want to make our Father in heaven proud.  So let us discuss these questions.  What is integrity? Why  do we need integrity?  And how can we strengthen our determination to maintain integirty in these difficult times?  

Next time: Keep Your Integrit! - WHAT IS INTEGRITY?

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