Faith Family Church

Righteousness protects your life. Sin promises freedom but produces bondage.

Righteousness protects:
• Your mind
• Your future
• Your testimony
• Your marriage
• Your relationship with God

God’s standards are not to rob us. They are to protect us.

Righteousness is not just positional, it’s practical.

How do we pursue righteousness daily?
1. Stay close to Jesus and His Word.

We cannot consistently live right while disconnected from God.

We pursue righteousness through:
• Prayer
• Worship
• Reading the Word
• Fellowship with God

How do we pursue righteousness daily?
2. Renew your mind continually.

You cannot constantly feed on darkness and expect to walk in righteousness or the light of Jesus.

Proverbs 23:7 (NKJV)
For as he thinks in his heart, so is he…

How do we pursue righteousness daily?
3. Walk in the Spirit.

How do we pursue righteousness daily?
4. Make righteous choices.

Righteous living happens one decision at a time:
• What we watch
• What we say
• Who we listen to
• What we entertain
• How we respond

Small decisions shape spiritual direction.

How do we pursue righteousness daily?
5.Declare righteousness.

TODAY I DECLARE:
• I am the righteousness of God in Christ Jesus.

• I have been forgiven, redeemed, and made new by the blood of Jesus.

• I am not who I used to be—I am who God says I am.

• I declare that sin does not rule over me.

• Shame does not define me.

• Condemnation has no authority over my life.

• Jesus paid the price so I could walk in freedom, peace, and right standing with God.

• I declare that my past is under the blood, my future is in God’s hands, and today I choose to walk in obedience and faith.