The 5 Minute Discipleship Podcast

#477: Broken Promises

• Loren Hicks

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The Big Idea: 

As Christ-followers, as disciples of Jesus, we are called to live our lives with integrity. Integrity is not just seen in the big things of life, it’s most often seen in the small things and in how we live daily. Would others around us say that we are people who keep our word and fulfill our promises? Would they say we are worthy of their trust?

Main Points:

1. When someone gives you their word, you give them your trust. When someone makes us a promise, we reward them with our belief that they will be true to their word.
2. All around us we see the suffering caused by promises left unkept.
3. None of us are perfect, but let’s determine in our hearts to people of our word.  When we keep our promises, we are being like Jesus. Our Lord is faithful and always keeps his word. 


Today’s Scripture Verses:

Numbers 30:1-2 - “This is what the Lord has commanded. If a man vows a vow to the Lord or swears an oath to bind himself by a pledge, he shall not break his word. He shall do according to all that proceeds out of his mouth.”

1 John 2:5 - “But whoever keeps his word, in him truly the love of God is perfected.”

Ecclesiastes 5:5 - “It is better not to vow than to make a vow and not fulfill it.”

Psalm 141:3 says, “Set a guard, O Lord, over my mouth; keep watch over the door of my lips!”


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