Genesis 1:27 (NIV) So God created mankind in his own image…

1.   A godly man accepts responsibility for his faith

1 Peter 5:8-9 (NIV) Be alert and of sober mind. Your enemy the devil prowls around like a roaring lion looking for someone to devour. 9 Resist him, standing firm in the faith, because you know that the family of believers throughout the world is undergoing the same kind of sufferings.

1 Corinthians 9:27 (ESV) But I discipline my body and keep it under control…

 Romans 8:37 (NLT) No, despite all these things, overwhelming victory is ours through Christ, who loved us.

2. A Godly Man Leads With Love

Ephesians 5:25 (NIV) Husbands, love your wives, just as Christ loved the church and gave himself up for her.

A. Love is service instead of selfish

Mark 10:45 (NIV) “For even the Son of Man did not come to be served, but to serve.”

1 Peter 5:5 (ESV) Clothe yourselves, all of you, with humility toward one another, for “God opposes the proud but gives grace to the humble.” 

3. A Godly Man Lives With Integrity

Proverbs 11:3 (ESV) The integrity of the upright guides them, but the crookedness of the [unfaithful] destroys them. 

John 16:13 (NIV) “But when he, the Spirit of truth, comes, he will guide you into all the truth.” 

4. A Godly Man Walks With God

Hebrews 4:13 (NIV) Nothing in all creation is hidden from God’s sight. Everything is uncovered and laid bare before the eyes of him to whom we must give account.

John 3:16-18 (NIV) For God so loved the world that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in him shall not perish but have eternal life. 17 For God did not send his Son into the world to condemn the world, but to save the world through him. 18 Whoever believes in him is not condemned…

Psalm 32:1 (NIV) Blessed is the one whose transgressions are forgiven, whose sins are covered.

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