Simply let your ‘Yes’ be ‘Yes,’ and your ‘No,’ ‘No.’ Anything more comes from the evil one.
Matthew 5:37
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Yes means yes
In Jesus' time people swore by heaven, by Jerusalem or by their own head to show they really meant it. There were whole sets of rules about which oaths were binding and which weren't.
Jesus makes it simple. Just say yes or no, and do what you say. If you need extra words to seem trustworthy, something is wrong. Integrity means your word is enough.
Question for today
Is my yes a yes, even when it costs me?
Prayer
Lord, make me trustworthy. Let my yes be yes and my no be no. Let people be able to build on my word. Amen.