Saluki downTime October 2, 2023

Saluki downTime - 

October 2, 2023

Loyalty

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Loyalty definition -

To yourself and to all those depending upon you. Keep your self respect.

Who can determine your loyalty?

Words to describe loyalty. - devotion, duty, faithfulness, commitment.

What can you be loyal to?

Loyalty is the foundational quality that gets us through hard times.

Will you compromise your loyalty when temptation is great? Or will we remain loyal to our beliefs and core values?

No individual or team will become great without loyalty.

Loyalty is the force that forges individuals into a team.

It's the component that moves teams toward greater achievements.

There is something wrong when your loyalty is always available to the highest bidder.

2 Thessalonians 2:15 - So then, brothers, stand firm and hold to the traditions that you were taught by us, either by our spoken word or by our letter. 

John 15:13 - 13 Greater alove hath no man than this, that a man lay down his blife for his cfriends. 

Share story - 1 Chronicles 11:10-12, 37

David was so loyal to his men and his men were so loyal to him that they made him their king.

2 Samuel 11:11

David - Bathsheba - Uriah story of Uriah not

What about keeping your word? Where does loyalty come into play?

God wants us to be passionately loyal and to his team of believers.

How can you be loyal to other believers?

Can you think of a time when being loyal was costly?

Can you think of a time when you counted on someone and they let you down?

How does God respond in regards to forgiveness when it comes to letting someone down?

How does God respond to our sin?