SUMMER SNAPSHOTS

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SUMMER SNAPSHOTS When No One Is Looking

Grant Memorial Church ● Winnipeg, Manitoba Lead Pastor Mike Sherbino Sermon Series: Summer Snapshots ● August 9, 2015

WHEN NO ONE IS LOOKING | RUTH 3 Psalm 26:1 Vindicate me, O LORD, for I have walked in my integrity; I have trusted in the LORD without wavering. What the church needs… “are not people of genius, not brilliant tacticians or strategists, but simple, straightforward, honest men and women.” ~ Dietrich Bonhoeffer INTEGRITY: Integrity is not something you drum up when the need arises. It is a state of being. It implies _______________, _______________ and _______________.

 Integrity calls out in the midst of our daily journey. Ruth 3:1-6

1. Integrity means trusting God with our _______________ _______________. 2. Integrity is interwoven with _______________ _______________.  Integrity calls out when no one is _______________ . Ruth 3: 7-14

1. Integrity is _______________ in _______________. 2. Integrity is _______________ not to _______________. Integrity isn’t a possession we should assume to have forever.

HOW DOES INTEGRITY APPLY TO MY LIFE? 

It becomes a _______________ of who I allow to influence me. Acts 4:13 When they saw the courage of Peter and John... they took note that these men had been with Jesus.





Ruth 3:14-18 1. Integrity demands that we resist using our powers of _______________ and simply _______________ in the Lord.

It becomes a _______________for how I choose to handle life’s issues. Joshua 24:15 As for me and my house, we will serve the LORD.

THE STORY LINE FROM THE BOOK OF RUTH…

It becomes a _______________valve for how I _______________ and talk.

Give your _______________ to the Master, for He will give _______________ for the place so that we can _______________ our talk.

James 3:2 If anyone is never at fault in what he says he is a perfect man, able to keep his whole body in check. 

 Integrity calls for us to _______________for God’s _______________.

Integrity becomes a _______________when I am controlled by the Holy Spirit. Ephesians 5:18 …instead be filled with the Holy Spirit.