Every Sunday I close with this reminder:
Be good, be holy, and preach the Good News of Jesus Christ by the way you live your life and love one another.
But let’s be honest.
Our age has grown suspicious of religious voices.
Too often, zeal for the Gospel looks like a mask—
words in public that don’t match the private life.
And so the question rises: Do we practice what we preach?
Zeal alone is not enough.
Without integrity, it is empty noise.
We cannot proclaim Good News
if our lifestyle is bad news.
Jesus wept over Jerusalem.
His tears reveal God’s desire to save,
even when His people resist.
The pattern is clear:
zeal purified by the Word,
sacrifice lived with integrity,
salvation for those who open themselves to God’s presence.
Healing comes only when we taste the wholeness of God.
And that wholeness is lived in daily witness—
in mercy, in hope, in love.
When our words and our actions align,
when our preaching and our living harmonize,
then the Gospel is not only proclaimed—
it is embodied.
This is our walk with God:
His Word shaping our choices,
His mercy shaping our relationships,
His love shaping our witness.
So let us call upon the Lord.
For His saving power is revealed to the upright,
and His mercy rescues those who trust in Him.
Here’s a prayer shaped in your voice and tone—simple, rhythmic, and resonant for adults, suitable for spoken reflection or a blog post:
Prayer for Integrity in Witness
Lord Jesus,
You wept over Jerusalem,
longing to gather Your people into mercy and peace.
We confess that our zeal is often loud,
but our living is sometimes weak.
Purify our hearts with Your Word.
Shape our choices with Your truth.
Align our actions with the Good News we proclaim.
Teach us to live with integrity—
to let mercy guide our relationships,
to let hope steady our steps,
to let love be the mark of our witness.
May our words and our lives harmonize,
so that others see not us, but You.
Rescue us by Your mercy,
and make us whole in Your saving presence.
Amen.
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