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The Cost of Integrity - Day 164 Month 6-13 Week 24-3

  Today's Reading (Bible in 1 year) Judges 1, Psalm 130, Jeremiah 42, Acts 5:1-16 https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Judges%201%2C%20Psalm%20130%2C%20Jeremiah%2042%2C%20Acts%205%3A1-16&version=NASB1995 The Cost of Integrity The promises and arrangements we make with God are serious.  I can be a dreamer.  I dream of what I would do if I was given a lot of money.  If I had a lot of money, I would only keep what I need to live and give the rest to doing my part to solving poverty.  That’s my dream.  Then I revise the dream and say to myself, If I received a lot of money, I’d still just take enough to live but I’d get that new car I need and finish the renos on my house and give my son enough money to buy a house and I’d give the rest to solving poverty.  Now, that’s my dream.  Then I revise the dream again and say I’d actually invest the money that’s left and the proceeds from the investment will be used to solve poverty because I will...