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INTEGRITY( what is it?)

Integrity

• Integrity speaks of your “oneness “
• Integrity is about being a whole, undivided person
• Integrity is the centeredness of your character
• Integrity is walking your talk
• Integrity is meaning what you say
• Integrity is saying what you mean
• Integrity is looking someone in the eye and telling the truth
• Integrity is being honest when honesty is difficult
• Integrity is putting the well being of others before your own
• Integrity is behaving in such a way that will make your Father in Heaven proud
• Integrity is when you say to a child, “do as I do” and feel good about it
• Integrity is being good when good isn’t fashionable
• Integrity is doing the right thing, simply because it is the right thing to do
• Integrity is standing behind your word
• Integrity is who you are when no one else is looking
• Integrity is when you stand before God, and hear him say, “well done my child”

May you live your life with integrity

Discipleship

HOW DO WE LOSE THE JOY AND POWER OF THE GOSPEL IN OUR LIVES?
WHY DO WE LOSE OUR SENSE OF BEING GOD’S SONS AND DAUGHTERS, AND BEGIN TO THINK, TALK, AND ACT LIKE “ORPHANS” WHO HAVE NO FATHER?
Peter tells us that “ We have been given every we need for life and godliness.” (2Peter 1:3,4) If this is true ( and it is so) why is Christian life such a struggle? What is our problem?
STOP!! Before we go any further we are not going to teach you that there is a magic way that will supposedly deliver you from your sin and struggles. If that thing was there the Apostles Paul would have told us. What he did tell us is that Christian life is a series of battles and struggles, and that next to the Devil the worst enemy we will face is ourselves.( Romans 7). One way reason why Paul was unusually fruitful was that he thought of himself, not as a great saint , but as a big sinner ( 1 Tim.1:15)
So if you are looking for perfection in this life don’t hold your breath. The truth is YOU and I are worse than we think, and God’s grace to us is a lot bigger than we think. In this Sonship class we will see how we can walk in these truths, and as we do that, we will grow in the quality and obedience to God.
A. WE TRY TO CHANGE THE FRUIT WITHOUT CHANGING THE ROOT. “ Bananas don’t grow in the sky”. As we all know, our ugly – and often embarrassing “ fruit sins” grow from our “ hidden root sins”. The Holy Spirit is God’s Spy in our hearts and he is ready to help us dig down below the surface of the bad things we think, do and say. He will help us examine our thought-life, expose our impure motives, and shine his light on our warped value-system. To use an other analogy, when we understand why we sin, we can put Gospel faith to work to treat the disease rather than wasting ore energy hacking away at the symptoms.
B. WE MISDIAGNOSE OUR “ROOT SIN” AND TRY TO BATTLE “TOO HIGH UP”
1. Theologians and many other Christians speak of the cardinal(chief) sin: Some say it is PRIDE. Others say it is UNBELIEF. Yes those are serious sins, but if we do a careful study we will realize that those are only symptoms of a far deeper sin.
2. Think about our mother, EVE: What was her fruit sin? ( You definitely say eating the forbidden fruit!) And you are right! But what was her root sin, that is, why did she it? If you answer “unbelief” you are close. But wasn’t there a deeper sin underneath her unbelief? What moved her to disbelieve God’s word? First, Satan convinced her that God has cheated her out of something he owed her – and she somehow deserved ( Genesis 3). Then, we might say that “ EVE FELL IN LOVE WITH HERSELF”. She became so committed to her own pleasure that she ate the fruit and then shared it with our weak father. It appears that her unbelief was motivated by the deeper root sin of SELF LOVE.
3. C.S. Lewis referred to us as “ sons of Adam and daughters of Eve”. It is true. We are exact moral copies of first parents. We love ourselves. We are committed to getting all the good and to avoiding all the pain we possibly can, that is a part of it means to be human. God’s image is has been marred.
4. But what a glorious day – the day we were converted! We were born again; our sins were washed away; the Holy Spirit took up residence in our hearts, and the Grand Adventure of Christian life began! Sad to say, for many of us, the embarrassing “ surface sin” that made us look bad in the eyes of other Christians disappeared quickly, but our “root sin” of self love – from which these other things had been growing – remained unnoticed and unchallenged beneath the surface. Then, adapting quickly to the new environment, our now “ Christianized” self love began to send up new shoots that hindered our newly formed relationship with God and frustrated our ability to fellowship with others in a loving and selfish way.
Learning to see how and where this sin has invaded our lives, and repenting of the damage it has done is one of the primary ways that we mature spiritually. But, if we resist, grow proud, defensive and refuse to engage our sinful nature in battle, we will grow more self-centered, fail to bring God’s glory, and, endanger the growth of others as well.
This sin of SELF LOVE is the root of all our other sins – our desire for the praise of men, the way we boast in and take credit for only what God can do, our tendency to hid the truth to protect ourselves from shame, the ugly way we exercise authority and power over others. Our covetous misuse of money or property to enrich ourselves, our desire to use sex to prove our worth, our love of gossip to injure others, our readiness to relax when the boss is not looking or away, or to turn away when a lame or blind need bread, our desire to take someone else’s wife,……….. the list is endless!! But praise God, the gospel is a well of grace with no bottom, and a limitless source of power to change sinners like you and me!!
C. SPIRITUAL GRAVITY ( THE FLESH) TAKES OVER AND PULLS US DOWN: FOUR “ PHASES” IN A ( SADLY) TYPICAL CHRISTIAN LIFE. ( A research done by World Harvest Mission in over 20 countries) By Dr. Johnny Long
PHASE ONE: The new birth: We are filled with joy! We know we are big sinners, but we have a big Christ! We are motivated by childlike faith and love for God. We have a hunger to read God’s word and talk to him.
PHASE TWO: The shift to Christian busy- ness: We strive to learn “the rules”. Conforming and performing for the praise of men begin to replace our love for God. ( Right things , wrong reasons – good works, bad motives). We start “reading the Bible” and “praying” out of duty. We become proud of what we know about God and what we have done for Him. We want to be “ special”
PHASE THREE: We become “ Insiders”. We are experts at keeping the rules and have become the “ Rule Police” to others. Having built a reputation, we boast about it, admire it, add to it, polish it, and expect others to notice it and praise us for it. Our “record” defines us. We clothe ourselves in it. We are focused more and more on ourselves and our glory than on Jesus and his glory. “ Did they notice what I did?” Will I get credit for it?” “ How do I look?” “I am measuring up to their standard?” “ If I don’t do this I might not look spiritual”
PHASE FOUR: Spiritual failure ( Hidden or public). We may appear successful, but we have fallen in love with our own reputation. We have lost the power and joy of the Holy Spirit, but we pretend to have it. We have set ourselves up for catastrophic failure. “ I deserve more and better”. ( Rev. 3: 14-22). Many Christians arrive at phase three or four and stay there. A famous American minister was sued for assaulting a Mexican airline steward whose in-flight food service displeased him. The preacher said “ I did not strike him; I just shook his shoulders and said, ‘ don’t you know who I am!?”

Who am I?/ Reba indirimbo. Ndi nde?

Family photos/ Amafoto y'umuryango

Bamwe bo mu muryango harimo Alex, Berthirde, Eleazar, Leonce,...
Ndashima Imana yampaye umuryango kubera ko hari benshi badafite umuryango cyangwa umuvandimwe. Hari nabavuka bakangwa nabababyaye bakajugunywa ntibazigere bamenya n'uwababyaye.
Gusa igikuru cyane n'ukumenya ko nubwo wumva ko uri wenyine hari Umukunzi udashobora kukureka kdi agendana nawe aho ujya hose nubwo utamubonesha amaso.
Mu gitabo cy'umugabo witwa Rick Warren cyitwa ngo "Ubuzima bufite intego" [Purpose driven life] igice cya kabiri yaranditse ngo "Ntabwo uri impanuka" [ You are not an accident].
Nta na kimwe kibaho mu buzima gitingura Imana, nakunze amagambo Rick yavuze ngo nabo twibwira ko ari ibinyendaro, ku Mana nta kinyendaro kibaha.
[Il n'y a pas des enfants illegitime pour Dieu, There is not illegitimate child to God] Twese turi abana bisezerano. WE ARE ALL LEGITIMATE IN HIS SIGHT!
This was Eleazar with our cousins

Stephen & Innocent ( My cousin)

Eleazar and other family members

Uyu ni Stephen!

My beloved elder brother Emmanuel

My precious and wonderful sister Micheline, she is actaully like my mother

My beloved younger brother Elisee

Haaa!! This is Eleazar! he is a wonderful brother

Here she is again! Mukarugira Micheline

She is back again with me!

Wow! This my aunt, my dad comes right after her, and she is still strong, she never grows old!!

Here is Esdras( Ezra) Our youngest brother, so cool and bright

My Dad, i love him so much and he has been a wonderful father and i give thanks to God that i still have him as the only parent, but i know there are a lot who don't even have relatives.

Man abo nabo ujye ubibuka kandi ubiteho. In Jesus' name