Pursuing Personal Integrity

Worshipful Soundtrack [Ps. 101:1]

• God is deserving of our worship for both His mercy and His justice (101:1).
• If God isn’t the audience for our singing, it isn’t worship (101:1).
• As we make music, our souls attempt to express passionately our insufficient gratitude to God (101:1).

Personal Integrity [Ps. 101:2-4]

• If God has shown us mercy (101:1), we should pursue integrity (101:2).
• Any pursuit of personal integrity is desperately dependent upon the presence of God (101:2).
• May those who know me the best see me at my best (101:2).
• The way to stop doing worthless things is to stop looking at worthless things (101:3).
• With your disgust of those who have fallen away, don’t neglect an opportunity to learn from their mistakes (101:3-4).

Faithful Friends [Ps. 101:5-8]

• You can’t avoid sinful people altogether, but you don’t have to allow them open access to your life either (101:5).
• Surround yourself with faithful people so you will be able to endure when you are faithless (101:6).
• Distance yourself from people who attempt to distance you from God (101:7-8).
• Don’t interact as a companion where you should think like a missionary.