2026_02_08 God's Armor: Truth part 2

Be a promise keeper. When you give your word, keep your word. When you fail, make it right. Live with integrity by being who you were meant to be in every role in your life, and by doing what you say that you will do. As we live with integrity, you will be putting on the belt of truth. You honor your word. You honor God. You show faithfulness and love to others, and the devil's unable to trip you up. [00:48:05] (37 seconds)  #PromiseKeeper

Be a promise keeper. Do what you say you will do when you say that you'll do it and in a manner it was meant to be done, no shortcuts. And when you fail to honor your word, acknowledge that you didn't keep your word, face the impact of breaking your word, ask for forgiveness, and re promise to set things right. [01:02:20] (19 seconds)  #HonorYourWord

Do what you say you will do. That's integrity. That's part of the belt of truth. Keeping our word is essential in relationships. God is a God who is a keeps his promises. And he created us in his image. He expects the same of us. Every virtue in the bible flows from the very nature of God himself. Keeping our promises is necessary for healthy marriages, for healthy families, for godly businesses, for healthy churches. [00:38:30] (41 seconds)  #IntegrityIsAction

And keeping your word includes three things. We don't always think about it this in-depth. It includes doing what you say you will do. You need to do what you say you will do. But you also need to do what you say you will do when you say that you will do it. That's part of keeping our word. And also, doing what you say you will do when you say that you'll do it, and in the manner in which it was meant to be done. [00:39:11] (28 seconds)  #DoWhatYouSay

And something more, when you take your own word seriously by saying, was wrong, I'm sorry, and getting present with the impact of that, asking for forgiveness and re promising. When you take your own words seriously, you deepen your personal integrity, and it enables you to be better at keeping your promise in the future. You're less likely to forget if you take this one serious. [00:46:30] (31 seconds)  #OwnYourMistake

Our loved ones, our customers, our church, they need to be able to count us to do what we say we will do, when we say we'll do it, and in the manner manner it was meant to be done. And so if you make a promise, if you simply say, yes, I will do it, You must take that with great seriousness. Write it down if you need to write it down. Take it seriously. You must take your word very seriously and make certain that you follow it through. [00:41:10] (41 seconds)  #BeDependable

Now, that Paul tells us this is the armor of God. It's his armor. It belongs to him, and it comes from him. We can't stand apart from him. And furthermore, he tells us to put on the full armor. This tells us that no part of this armor is optional for us as believers if we're to stand strong. [00:33:56] (25 seconds)  #FullArmorOfGod

When we are living with integrity, we're living aligned with God's intended purpose for our lives. What does he have? What's his purpose for you? The second meaning of integrity is congruence between what we say and what we do. We have integrity when we do what we say, keeping our word. And so you live with integrity by being who you are meant to be and doing what you say you will do. [00:36:22] (33 seconds)  #LiveWithIntegrity