{"id":6558,"date":"2025-07-01T03:39:59","date_gmt":"2025-07-01T03:39:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pastoralcarecenter.org\/newsletter\/wordpress\/?p=6558"},"modified":"2025-07-01T03:39:59","modified_gmt":"2025-07-01T03:39:59","slug":"gaining-without-integrity-is-no-gain","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pastoralcarecenter.org\/newsletter\/wordpress\/2025\/07\/01\/gaining-without-integrity-is-no-gain\/","title":{"rendered":"GAINING WITHOUT INTEGRITY IS NO GAIN"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Prov 10:2 \u201cTreasures gained by wickedness do not profit, but righteousness delivers from death.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The world often celebrates success\u2014no matter how it\u2019s achieved. But God\u2019s view is different. In His eyes, gaining without integrity is no gain at all. Dishonest gain may look prosperous for a time, but it leads to emptiness and loss.<\/p>\n<p>Integrity is doing what\u2019s right, even when it\u2019s costly, even when no one is watching. It is walking uprightly before God and man. The blessings that come from integrity are lasting\u2014they carry peace, honor, and the favor of God. But gain achieved through deceit, manipulation, or unrighteous means will ultimately fail us.<\/p>\n<p>What are you chasing today? Don\u2019t sacrifice your character for temporary rewards. God honors those who walk in truth. Real success is found in righteousness. Choose integrity over shortcuts. Choose faithfulness over fame. In the end, what matters most isn\u2019t what you\u2019ve gained\u2014but how you gained it.<\/p>\n<p>Further Readings:<br \/>\n1 Sa 12:3<br \/>\nProv 11:3<br \/>\nMat 16:26<\/p>\n<p>\ud83d\ude4f Blessed Day \ud83d\ude4f<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Prov 10:2 \u201cTreasures gained by wickedness do not profit, but righteousness delivers from death.\u201d The world often celebrates success\u2014no matter how it\u2019s achieved. But God\u2019s view is different. In His eyes, gaining without integrity is no gain at all. Dishonest gain may look prosperous for a time, but it leads to emptiness and loss. Integrity&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":6559,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/pastoralcarecenter.org\/newsletter\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6558"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/pastoralcarecenter.org\/newsletter\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/pastoralcarecenter.org\/newsletter\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pastoralcarecenter.org\/newsletter\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pastoralcarecenter.org\/newsletter\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6558"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/pastoralcarecenter.org\/newsletter\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6558\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6560,"href":"https:\/\/pastoralcarecenter.org\/newsletter\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6558\/revisions\/6560"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pastoralcarecenter.org\/newsletter\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/6559"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/pastoralcarecenter.org\/newsletter\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6558"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pastoralcarecenter.org\/newsletter\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6558"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pastoralcarecenter.org\/newsletter\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6558"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}