PROSPERING WITH INTEGRITY

Six men in Walmer, Port Elizabeth pulled off a daring robbery by ramming their bakkie into a bank on Monday, 15 June 2009.

At 3.45pm a red bakkie crashed through the window of an FNB bank, six men armed with pistols jumped out of the back, threatened the cashiers and demanded cash.

Having stolen an undisclosed amount of money, the men jumped back into the bakkie, reversed out of the bank and drove off. No one was injured and no arrests had been made.

Most of us would frown upon an incident like the one mentioned above and on the eighth commandmend that says: You shall not steal. It's however amazing the number of ways that we can steal. In the dictionary the word for stealing has 138 synonyms.

Let’s look at just six ways that we can steal:
1. Deceiving customers by overcharging.
2. Defrauding employers by taking supplies home.
3. Delaying payments.
4. Defaulting on loans. What in your garage or on your bookshelf do you need to return to somebody?
5. Defrauding or deceiving the Government by tax evasion.
6. Defrauding the Lord by withholding tithes and offerings

Many think nobody will ever find out." Wrong! The most important person knows.
That's God. He's the one you're going to have to give an account to, not anybody else.
JOB 34:21-22 (LB) "God carefully watches the goings on of all mankind, He sees them all. No darkness is thick enough to hide evil men from His eyes."
The Bible says in the book of Revelation, "no dishonest person will be allowed into heaven”

Pray this prayer to get you started on the road of integrity:
"CHRIST, I WANT TO FOLLOW YOU AS BEST I KNOW HOW. FROM THIS DAY FORWARD I WANT TO BEGIN LIVING A LIFE OF INTEGRITY. I WILL MAKE RESTITUTION WHERE NEEDED. I WILL BEGIN TO PAY THE WHOLE TITHE TO GOD AND I'LL BEGIN TO MAKE A HONEST LIVING.