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guarding our character // Monday E-Devotion

Our leadership team is reading "Deadly Viper" about things that kill our character.  The book was given away at this year's Catalyst Conference.
 
What I have read so far is awesome.  The guys who wrote the book are a pastor and a computer dude who love Jesus and are willing to take back what Satan is stealing from them.  Lets talk for a couple minutes about how we loose by letting our character be torn from us:
 
Proverbs 4:23  (nlt) --- Guard your heart above all else,for it determines the course of your life.
 
"We've known too many people who are brighter, more talented and more grounded than us who succumbed to "character creep" and didn't even realize how their lives were being impacted...our families are at stake.  Our careers are at stake.  Our impact in the world is at stake.  Everything we have worked so hard to build can be destroyed in a matter of moments." (Deadly Vipers, page 26)
 
You could say 'I've been robbed', but the fact is we let it happen.  When we allow the world or self to get too much of a hold on our lives, far too often God and integrity are kicked to the curb.  Our lives have to count for something.  Tough question: what do they count for God or Satan, for something or for nothing?
 
Matthew 5:16 (nlt) --- In the same way, let your good deeds shine out for all to see, so that everyone will praise your heavenly Father.
 
We either shine for Him or we don't.  You make the call...
 
"How would your life change if you knew you'd see it all played out on television tomorrow?  We challenge you to live each day as if those details could be broadcast to the world.  Living this way provides a fatal blow to this assassin (things that kill our character)." (page 37)

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