Rectitude
Series Introduction
18 Remember the Lord your God. He is the one who gives you power to be successful, in order to fulfill the covenant he confirmed to your ancestors with an oath. —Deuteronomy 8:18 (NLT)
D8:18 Cycle
Introduction
“Rectitude” Latin adjective means both “
The Foundation of Rectitude can be summed up in one word:
4 Love is patient and kind. Love is not jealous or boastful or proud 5 or rude. It does not demand its own way. It is not irritable, and it keeps no record of being wronged. 6 It does not rejoice about injustice but rejoices whenever the truth wins out. —1 Corinthians 13:4-6 (NLT)
10 Love does no wrong to others, so love fulfills the requirements of God’s law. —Romans 13:10 (NLT)
Unwealthy Traits In The Pursuit Of Financial Prosperity
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11 The Lord detests the use of dishonest scales, but he delights in accurate weights. —Proverbs 11:1 (NLT)
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15 Then he said, “Beware! Guard against every kind of greed. Life is not measured by how much you own.” —Luke 12:15 (NLT)
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7 “Are you the king of Israel or not?” Jezebel demanded. “Get up and eat something, and don’t worry about it. I’ll get you Naboth’s vineyard!”
8 So she wrote letters in Ahab’s name, sealed them with his seal, and sent them to the elders and other leaders of the town where Naboth lived. —1 Kings 21:7-8 (NLT)
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Wealthy Core Values -
That Drive Rectitude
David Stewart:
When you believe in something that is bigger than yourself, something that is not just about profit or material gain or personal advancement or achievement, then others notice. The more someone trust you, the more they will risk trusting their hearts as well.
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Is Love In
9 People with integrity walk safely, but those who follow crooked paths will be exposed. —Proverbs 10:9 (NLT)
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Is Love In
14 One of them was Lydia from Thyatira, a merchant of expensive purple cloth, who worshiped God. As she listened to us, the Lord opened her heart, and she accepted what Paul was saying. 15 She and her household were baptized, and she asked us to be her guests. “If you agree that I am a true believer in the Lord,” she said, “come and stay at my home.” And she urged us until we agreed. —Acts 16:14-15 (NLT)
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Is Love In
8 “Since you are willing to help me in this way, be so kind as to ask Ephron son of Zohar 9 to let me buy his cave at Machpelah, down at the end of his field. I will pay the full price in the presence of witnesses, so I will have a permanent burial place for my family.”
10 Ephron was sitting there among the others, and he answered Abraham as the others listened, speaking publicly before all the Hittite elders of the town. 11 “No, my lord,” he said to Abraham, “please listen to me. I will give you the field and the cave. Here in the presence of my people, I give it to you. Go and bury your dead.”
12 Abraham again bowed low before the citizens of the land, 13 and he replied to Ephron as everyone listened. “No, listen to me. I will buy it from you. Let me pay the full price for the field so I can bury my dead there.”
14 Ephron answered Abraham, 15 “My lord, please listen to me. The land is worth 400 pieces of silver, but what is that between friends? Go ahead and bury your dead.”
16 So Abraham agreed to Ephron’s price and paid the amount he had suggested—400 pieces of silver, weighed according to the market standard. The Hittite elders witnessed the transaction. —Genesis 23:8-16 (NLT)24 But the king replied to Araunah, “No, I insist on buying it, for I will not present burnt offerings to the Lord my God that have cost me nothing.” So David paid him fifty pieces of silver for the threshing floor and the oxen. —2 Samuel 24:24 (NLT)
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Is Love In
9 This is my command—be strong and courageous! Do not be afraid or discouraged. For the Lord your God is with you wherever you go. —Joshua 1:9 (NLT)
10 But when Daniel learned that the law had been signed, he went home and knelt down as usual in his upstairs room, with its windows open toward Jerusalem. He prayed three times a day, just as he had always done, giving thanks to his God. —Daniel 6:10 (NLT)
Conclusion
31 “His father said to him, ‘Look, dear son, you have always stayed by me, and everything I have is yours. 32 We had to celebrate this happy day. For your brother was dead and has come back to life! He was lost, but now he is found!’” —Luke 15:31-32 (NLT)
Love seeks to be
My Next Steps:
- Examine my own heart and evaluate my values and motives.
- Write my Wealthy Core Values, no more than four.
- Email Wealthy Core Values to Pastor Mario by this Wednesday
- Read: Leadership By The Good Book by David Steward
- Watch Message Series: Peace Of Wealth
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