OVERCOMING SEXUAL SIN
Sia Kuresa wrapped up her 4-week series on #SexualPurity with Part 4 of her message – Overcoming Sexual Sin.
Sia explained how we need to address the roots of the issues we face with purity, instead of just the symptoms. She said, “Sexual Sin is birthed out of some type of issue you may have. Most people try to fix the symptoms- we fix try to fix the pornography, the fornication, the homosexuality, etc. , we try to fix the outcomes but we don’t deal with the root cause of the issue.”
SOME ROOTS LEADING TO SEXUAL SIN-
1. Our Environment
“Sometimes sexual sin is birthed out of the environment that we find ourselves in, for example, if you are around people that steal, eventually you will start stealing. If you are in an environment where there is a lot of sexual jokes are normal part of a conversation, you will eventually start making those same kinds of jokes.
“So the same goes to says- if you are in an environment where sexual sin is somehow normalized, even though you came in with good morals or some sort of conviction, don’t be surprised when you find yourself somewhere down the road having sex outside of marriage or committing other forms of sexual sin.”
1 Corinthians 15:33 – [Do not be misled: Bad company corrupts good character.]
If you are in this situation – you need to re-evaluate who your friends are, re-evaluate your circle and re-evaluate the people that you confide in.
2. Intrusion
“Intrusion includes things such as molestation, rape, sexual assault, and abuse. If left undealt with, these are some of the roots which can open the door to sexual sin. See, sexual sin can be welcomed in a family environment setting. How? Maybe your father watched pornography, or maybe your mother had soul ties or sexual partners which were never dealt with.
In doing so, they may have unknowingly opened the door for that spirit to heave legal access to hang around in your home. This is why it is vital for us to know the type of person that we are marrying and bringing into our family.
If you as a man continue in a habit of sexual immorality, don’t be surprised if your son and daughter turn out to be doing the same. When the father or mother has undealt sexual sin, the enemy has an open door to run rampant in your home. It becomes a cycle unless its dealt with under submission of Holy Spirit.
Demonic spirits can enter in from something that happened to you in the past which you haven’t dealt with as well as and the habits that you may have now. If you have forgiven what has happened in the past and you have allowed Holy Spirit to change the habits you have now- I can guaranteed you that you will walk in the sustaining power of the Holy Spirit!
Those who have gone through a such experiences – I strongly recommend that you deal with the issue and move forward. When Holy Spirit gives you a revelation on what the roots are, then you will have change in your journey.
When you allow sexual urge to take over rational thinking it will always lead to disaster! When we talk about sexual urges, we need to understand how to bring it into submission under Holy Spirit. Men and women – when you engage in any form of sexual sin- afterward you will only feel good for the moment, but when you come out of it – you will feel shame, guilt and you will feel dirty. Exercise self-control!”
CONSEQUENCES OF SEXUAL SIN
Sia then explained that with ever choice that we make, especially the choice to engage in sexual sin- there are consequences that we will face afterward. Referring to Judges 16 – the story of Samson and Delilah she explained how sexual sin caught up with Samson.
Judges 16: 18 – [When Delilah saw that he had told her everything, she sent word to the rulers of the Philistines, “Come back once more; he has told me everything.” So the rulers of the Philistines returned with the silver in their hands. 19 After putting him to sleep on her lap, she called for someone to shave off the seven braids of his hair, and so began to subdue him. And his strength left him. ]
LOSS OF VISION-
“Sexual Sin can make you lose your vision. Samson lost his vision to sexual sin. Notice that in the story, the Philistines captured Samson and gouged out his eyes. He was made blind! See sexual sin makes you lose you vision, your mission, and your purpose. If you continue down the path of sexual sin, its only a matter of time before you lose your vision, mission and God given purpose.”
LOSS OF CONMMON SENSE.
“Sexual sin will bring you to a place where you have no common sense. WE see in the story, Delilah asked Samson 4 times for the secret to his strength. In the beginning, he lied to her and never told her the actual secret. Every time he would tell Delilah what would cause him to lose his strength, he would wake up the next morning with the exact same thing done to him.
Maybe the first time he let it go, maybe he thought it was a coincidence that the Philistines were there . Samson should have picked it up. He should have seen the pattern. The more you allow sexual sin to progress, the more it makes you stupid, it makes you dumb. And you start doing things that makes no sense.”
LOSS OF FEAR.
“Samson should have put a brake on it and instead he gassed it. When you are in sexual sin, you know you are supposed to be stopping, you know you are not supposed to do that, you know that you are deteriorating – and instead of putting a brake on it – you gas it.
Looking at the contrast between the life of Joseph and the life of Samson- we see that Joseph had the fear of God so when sexual sin presented itself -HE FLED. But with Samoan, not only was he unequally yoked with a woman who was a Philistine –but she was also not a believer. And Samson who was blinded by lust and blinded by sexual sin- walked right into it.”
2 Corinthians 6:14 –[Do not be yoked together with unbelievers. For what do righteousness and wickedness have in common? Or what fellowship can light have with darkness?]
“God’s Grace and Mercy will never take away your free will. God will never force you to make a decision that you don’t want to make.
Even though Samson was anointed, even though he was a strong man of God, but when it came to choose the woman to lie down with him, God in His Grace, Mercy and Love said – this is your decision. We also must understand that there are consequences of the choices that we make. And this is why it is very important to choose with the Lord”
THE LOSS OF GOD’S FAVOR.
“Continual sin will cost you God’s favor. There will come a time where continual, habitual sin that Holy Spirit has convicted you to repent from, will cost you God’s favor.”
HOW CAN WE OVERCOME SEXUAL SIN?
“One thing I want to make clear is that if you really want to overcome sexual sin – you can. You will.
A good way to do that is by starving the lust, starving the sexual urges. Don’t feed it!
What are you allowing in your life that you are allowing sin to thrive?
For some of us it is the internet or its our free time when its late at night and scrolling on Instagram. If you really want to overcome it – you must go to extreme lengths to make sure that you don’t fall into it again. You may not wake up the next day and stop doing it but you have to build up an appetite to constantly starve whatever it is that is feeding the sexual sin.”
“Be accountable. Find someone who you can trust or a community who you can be vulnerable to. It is important that you find men and women who have overcome the same sexual sin, so that they can help you- so that they can keep you accountable and council you.
I wouldn’t recommend that you get into accountability with someone who is also struggling with the same sexual sin as you. Find someone who has struggled with it and OVERCOME.”
“Ask yourself how bad do you want to be free? Only you know the answer to that.”
Proverbs 27:7 –[As iron sharpens iron, so one person sharpens another.]
27/05/20
DOES SEX OWN YOU?
Sia Kuresa shared Part 3 of her series on Sexual Purity and addressed the way that sex and purity is seen through the lenses of culture and our world, in contrast to the lens of the Word of God.
She said, “Sex is created by God, but somewhere along the way it was distorted and twisted by culture and the world, and now is presented as something nasty that we don’t really talk about. The Church needs to talk about sex because it will become part of our lives. If sexual purity is not preached from the pulpit, then the world will teach us what it isn’t!”
“See, we need to break this religious mentality that sex shouldn’t be discussed out in the open. I strongly believe that the Church should provide a very healthy environment where sex can be discussed and young people who have questions can come and ask. Many young people don’t know who to ask, don’t know where to go – questions are not really answered and they do things that contradict the word of God. It’s not enough that we tell young people to not have sex outside of marriage.”
“For me growing up, I had a lot of questions regarding sexuality- but because I was told that it was something that was nasty, I felt that even being curious and having questions regarding sex actually made me feel like I was dirty. So, my questions were never answered.”
“John 10:10 says that the enemy comes to steal, kill, and destroy – and he wants to do it in our area of sexuality and purity. Whatever God has called Good, the enemy will try with all his might to make it ‘bad’. We also need to understand that we need to live a pure life before we get married, and when we get married. The idea that purity is ‘no longer necessary’ when we go into marriage – is completely wrong.”
“Some people have this idea that our purity issues will be ‘fixed’ once we enter into marriage. You may have an issue with pornography, and you think that when you enter into marriage that it will fix that addiction. This is one of the biggest deceptions that we face nowadays.
Marriage doesn’t ‘fix’ purity, if it did God wouldn’t have given Holy Spirit – He would have given you a ring.”
Psalm 24: 3-4 – [ Who may ascend the mountain of the Lord? Who may stand in his holy place? The one who has clean hands and a pure heart…]
“Scripture teaches us that we need to be pure in both our physical – the seen and the unseen (our souls/spirit) . However, our culture is catering to our flesh, it’s very important that we be aware of this. We have come to a point where we need to stop being ignorant of what the world or culture is putting out there.”
“Sharing about a sensualized TV ad for a burger which she came across, she explained, “Part of the enemy’s plan is- to get us to see enough images and stories that reflect positively regarding sexual sin. It will then be easier for us to ‘accept it’. Culture and society tries to make it okay for men and women to see each other’s bodies just as sex objects.”
“So, what are we feeding ourselves with- is it the word of God? Or is it things or pleasures of the world? Are you feeding your flesh or are you feeding your spirit? Only you have the answer to that.”
“It is so important to feed yourself with the Word of God and pray every single day. You need to have a prayer life! You need to know what the Word of God says!”
Speaking directly to singles and those pursuing in a relationship- she said, “If you are currently pursuing together and you both decide that you are going to remain pure until marriage – here are some practical things you can look at to stay sexually pure-
✅1) Keep your focus on God.
You could start a Bible study together. Not only will this help you remember to stay sexually pure, but it will help you build your relationships with God and with each other.
Pray together- It helps to do this regularly, get into the habit of standing together before God. Focus on the calling of God on your life.
✅2) Exercise Self Control.
Self-control helps us to resist temptation and avoid conforming to the things of this world. It guides our decisions, and it correlates with how we show the other fruits in our lives.
Galatians 5:22–23 – [The fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness, self-control; against such things there is no law.]
Displaying self-control is often a matter of responding rather than reacting. We cannot control what other people put out, but you can control what your eyes look at.
✅3) Lay down ground rules.
Set Boundaries. Boundaries are not about asking how far I can go without getting burned. For those who are currently pursuing, if you know you are still working on producing the fruit of self-control, do not put you or your partner in a situation where you will both compromise and end up doing something that you will regret later on.
Be accountable when spending time together. Spending time together is great but make sure to keep yourselves accountable by having others nearby.
Hebrews 13:4 – [ Marriage should be honored by all, and the marriage bed kept pure, for God will judge the adulterer and all the sexually immoral.]
Someone needs to hear this! Stop giving husband/ wife privileges to your boyfriend of girlfriend!
✅4) Stay awake and alert.
Be alert, pray without ceasing & continuously feed yourself with the Word of God. Stay on the course of your mission and purpose!
We must remember the enemy will remind you of your former sin, he will never stop attacking and reminding you of your past self. Whatever the Lord has delivered you from, whether its pornography, fornication, sexual sin or lying – whatever it is- do not go back! It is not worth it!
Don’t allow anything to distract you from pursuing your God given purpose. When we are on guard, the enemy doesn’t stand a chance.
1 Peter 5:8-9 – [Be alert and of sober mind. Your enemy the devil prowls around like a roaring lion looking for someone to devour. 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 Peter 1:13-16 – [Therefore, preparing your minds for action, and being sober-minded, set your hope fully on the grace that will be brought to you at the revelation of Jesus Christ. As obedient children, do not be conformed to the passions of your former ignorance, but as he who called you is holy, you also be holy in all your conduct, since it is written, “You shall be holy, for I am holy.” ]
✅5) Keep your mind pure.
Whatever causes you to indulge in sinful thoughts – cut it off!
For those who are currently pursuing, you know yourself and what gets you into. You both should be willing to break a date if your thoughts are heading into the impure directions.
Take every thought captive and make it obedient unto Christ. (1 Corinthians 10:5)
✅6) Choose to stay on the path of purity
God values sexual purity in word and deed. God’s people are called to live without a hint of sexual immorality or impurity. Not even a hint! We don’t laugh about it, make jokes about it, or explore impure behavior.
Our culture talks about sex a lot, so we need to make the sharing of God’s design for sex a part of our family conversations. Parents should have ongoing chats with their children as to how God’s design differs from what the world has to say about sexuality, sexual intimacy, and what it means for dating and relationships.
Ephesians 5:1-3 – [Be imitators of God, therefore, as dearly loved children and live a life of love, just as Christ loved us and gave himself up for us as a fragrant offering and sacrifice to God. But among you there must not be even a hint of sexual immorality, or of any kind of impurity, or of greed, because these are improper for God’s holy people.]
✅7) Flee temptation
Pursuing sexual impurity not only takes from others, it damages ourselves. As Christians we believe that God has redeemed us and called us to honor him through the way we use our bodies.
The reason why a lot of us fall into sexual sin is because we are not FLEEING, we are FLIRTING with situations and people, knowing we are not called into that relationship. Stop pushing your limits.
Take Joseph as an example – he had no church, no pastor, no accountability – yet when sexual temptation presented itself, he didn’t flirt, he FLED! We have church, we have teachings on purity, we have accountability, we have parents, we have the Word of God! – Yet we flirt with sin!
To watch this complete message – check out the replay here – https://www.facebook.com/364077920465512/videos/346513629646321/
20/05/20
LOVE Vs LUST: REDEFINING LOVE GOD’S WAY
Sia Kuresa shared the second part of her message on sexual purity. She said, “1 Corinthians 13 gives us an explanation on the difference between love and lust. In our overly sexualized world, a lot of us can confuse lust with love, but there is no better way to identify and define that with the Word of God.
1 Corinthians 13: 4-7 – [Love is patient, love is kind. It does not envy, it does not boast, it is not proud. It does not dishonor others, it is not self-seeking, it is not easily angered, it keeps no record of wrongs. Love does not delight in evil but rejoices with the truth. It always protects, always trusts, always hopes, always perseveres.]
“What we crave and lust for in life, shows in our values and our morals. What we think in our minds and in our hearts, always comes back out through our actions.”
“Love is a choice, but in the world and the culture that we live in, we see a superficial view of what love is. The culture makes us believe that love is something that makes us ‘feel good’ and that it is acceptable to sacrifice moral principles to obtain such love. But in doing so, the culture is not obtaining the love characteristics that the Word of God is talking about.”
As Christians, what we need to understand is that acting out our lustful desires is harmful and can lead to our destruction.
FOUR WAYS LUSTFUL DESIRES DESTROY US –
1. It destroys marriages
2. It is rebellion against God- God created sex to be enjoyed within the boundaries of marriage.
3. It always hurts someone; someone always gets hurt when lust is involved.
4. The Word of God says that when sin is matured, it leads to death.
“Lustful thinking can turn into adultery, and adultery usually results in divorce; when engaging in premarital sex you’re at risk for contracting genital diseases; And because you are having sex outside of your marriage covenant, in some cases, it loses your interest in your spouse.”
“Sexual immorality is a temptation that we face on a daily basis. We need to know that God doesn’t forbid sexual sin just to be difficult. What we don’t realize is that God knows the power that it has to destroy our lives physically and spiritually.”
“Sexual sin does not only deal with your physical but also deals with the core of who you are as a human being.”
1 Corinthians 6:19 – [Do you not know that your bodies are temples of the Holy Spirit, who is in you, whom you have received from God? You are not your own;]
“Jesus’ death on the cross freed us from sin, therefore honor God with your body.”
“In our culture and our world, many people believe that they have the right to do whatever they please with their bodies, and most think that this is freedom, but really – they are being enslaved to our own lustful desires. They are bound to it.”
“We have to understand the Jesus said that the desire to have sex other than with your spouse is adultery. But our culture and society define adultery as the moment when you commit the deed and have sex with someone outside of marriage.”
“However, the Word of God has a very high standard, the moment you look at another person with lust in your eye- you have already committed adultery. Lustful desires are in our thoughts, and If your lustful desire and thoughts are not dealt with and brought under the submission of Holy Spirit and the mind of Christ – what happens is that your feet will walk to accommodate these thoughts.”
Matthew 5:28 – [But I tell you that anyone who looks at a woman lustfully has already committed adultery with her in his heart.]
Matthew 6:21 –[ For where your treasure is, there your heart will be also.]
Using the story of Amnon and Tamar in 2 Samuel 13 – Sia expounded on the truth that lustful thoughts that are left undealt with- will be a snare to you.
“Amnon was so in love with his sister Tamar that he became sick. One thing I want to point out here is with love, sick people do not have it. People who are sick in the mind- you do not have love to give. But lust TAKES. Lust grabs. Because of undealt lust, Amnon took Tamar’s virginity. He raped her. And that is not love.”
2 Samuel 13: 12-16- [“No, my brother!” she said to him. “Don’t force me! Such a thing should not be done in Israel! Don’t do this wicked thing. What about me? Where could I get rid of my disgrace? And what about you? You would be like one of the wicked fools in Israel. Please speak to the king; he will not keep me from being married to you.” But he (Amnon) refused to listen to her, and since he was stronger than she, he raped her.
Then Amnon hated her with intense hatred. In fact, he hated her more than he had loved her. Amnon said to her, “Get up and get out!”
“No!” she said to him. “Sending me away would be a greater wrong than what you have already done to me.” But he refused to listen to her.]
“In this culture and this age- God wants to redefine what love is. Making love does not make it love – love is not sex. Love is the value that you place on somebody. Love is not what happens in the back seat of a car, people. It is not. Love is not a feeling- it’s not sexual intercourse.”
“Love involves unselfish acts, which is the foundation of God’s message because God is love Himself. God so loved the world that He GAVE…”
“For some of us, we walk into relationships with so much expectation – not really knowing what to expect. Jacob went to bed with Rachael and in the morning woke up and it was actually Leah. See we can go into marriage thinking it is a dream, and 6 months later you feel like it is a nightmare. Marriage is a sentence – and some people forget that It is a life sentence.”
“Culture has defined love for us – culture says- fall in love – God says walk in love.”
“Culture says- love is a feeling – God says- love is a choice.”
“Culture says- marry the person that you love- God says- love the person that you marry.”
“Culture says- find the right person and you will be happy – the Bible says- be the right person and you will be happy.”
“Lust is pleasure-focused, love is person-focused.”
“Love gives –Lust grabs.”
“Love gives to someone – Lust takes away from someone.”
“Lust makes people sick- Love makes people whole.”
“A date or a relationship cannot fix that lust issue. Deliverance can! Jesus can! You cannot give love if you are broken if you are wounded and if you are sick or insecure. You have no love to give. You are the one who is in need of love. And you can not find love in a relationship with another person. You don’t need a date; you don’t need a relationship! You need Jesus!”
“You need inner healing; you need Godly counsel! The only people who have love to give, are people who are whole. When you go to the Word of God, we find that Love is more than what you see- you know its love when you are secure when you are safe.”
Lust feels like love to those who don’t know love – Lust is passion outside of God’s principle. Love is passion within principle.
To watch this complete message, catch the replay here – https://www.facebook.com/supernaturalfellowship/videos/1260785924253609/
13/05/20
SEXUAL PURITY MATTERS
Sia Kuresa shared 10 PRACTICAL TIPS for men and women of God to protect and steward their sexual purity.
Putting reality into perspective and sharing about the intended design of sex and the necessity for sexual purity in ALL SEASONS of our life, Sia said, “In our world, sex has now become just a pleasurable activity. Our world and our culture have demeaned the value of sex. If you read and understanding the Word of God, we see that sex was gifted by God to Adam and Eve and it was for men and women to enjoy in the boundaries of marriage.”
“We know that the enemy will try with all his might to break what God has put in place and blessed. And this is why a lot of people are struggling with pornography, sexual immorality or lust of the eyes.”
“When we talk about sexual purity, it’s seen as such a taboo topic to talk about. But I want you to catch this – God has a greater meaning for you than how you see yourself sexually. You are more than your sexual desires; you were created in the image of God; your worth exceeds far above anything in this world. Stop selling yourself cheap!”
“God is a JUST God, He is loving, but we can’t forget about the other characteristics of who He is – He is also pure and Holy. At times, because we know the Grace of God, we have put in place very low standards. For example, Joseph saw sexual abomination as a sin and wickedness. But because we now know the Grace of God, we can see it as weakness. We overplay the Grace of God and we downplay the fear of God!”
“We have to remember – sexual purity is just as important in our singleness as it is in our marriage. If you are in a relationship – you are still single! Unless there’s a ring on your finger, you are single!”
How do we stay on a path of purity?
1. PURSUE JESUS
Purity is not a point you reach, it’s a constant pursuit. Sexual purity applies to your singleness, as much as it applies to your married life.
2 Timothy 2:22 – [“Flee the evil desires of youth and pursue righteousness, faith, love, and peace, along with those who call on the Lord out of a pure heart.”]
Righteousness, faith, love, peace – these are the characteristics of Jesus.
2. FLEE – run as fast as you can in the opposite direction
In Genesis 39 – It says Joseph RAN. Sometimes it takes sin to yank at us, for us to actually run! For us in a world where everything is sexualized, we can’t just avoid the temptations, but we must turn and run. You must turn and run the opposite way as fast as you can – don’t run towards it. When you flee, you’re not just going around the person, but you are going in the opposite direction.
3. SET BOUNDARIES
If you’re single or in a relationship pursuing each other – set boundaries. Some of the boundaries I have are – I don’t text or call any man after 10 pm. I don’t reply to any text from any men that I don’t really know.
As you pursue in a relationship – don’t be alone together in the same room, this will allow the enemy an opportunity to sow seeds of temptation. If you’re married and going into ministry together, here’s a good example – everywhere Billy Graham would go to minister, he would not go into his hotel room until someone from his team had gone in to check his room. This was to make sure that no one was in there. That was him being wise and making sure that nothing looks GREY. Let’s say maybe there was a woman walking out of his room, the enemy could have used that against him.
4. IDENTIFY the lies of the enemy AND COUNTERATTACK with the WORD OF GOD
If you’re struggling with sexual sin, a lie of the enemy is if you feel like you’re ‘struggling alone’, or that ‘no one knows what you are going through’. THIS IS A LIE! Whatever temptation you may face, 1 Corinthians 10:13 says that no temptation has overtaken you except what is common to mankind – that means there are many, many other who face the same challenge.
1 Corinthians 10:13 – [No temptation has overtaken you except what is common to mankind. And God is faithful; he will not let you be tempted beyond what you can bear. But when you are tempted, he will also provide a way out so that you can endure it.]
If you want to get out but don’t know how- surround yourself with a community of Christ-centered believers and use the Word of God to cancel out the lies of the enemy!
5. KEEP YOURSELF ACCOUNTABLE
If you are someone who struggles with any type of sin, especially sexual sin – I strongly recommend that you be around a community of people that you can be accountable to. Find a community of people that you can be real to, without you worrying that they will go out and tell other people what you are struggling with.
6. CUT OFF THE HAND THAT CAUSES YOU TO SIN
If the Word of God is saying to FLEE sexual sin, why are you trying to fight it? Why would you fight something that the Word of God is telling you to run away from? For some of us, it could be Instagram, it could be going on the internet after 11 pm, it could be listening to music that talks about sex, money and objectifying women. When you decide to become serious, these are also some of the things that you also need to look at.
Mathew 5:30 – [“And if your right-hand causes you to stumble, cut it off and throw it away. It is better for you to lose one part of your body than for your whole body to go into hell.”]
If you know that after 11 pm, that’s when the thoughts start creeping in, then go to sleep before 11 pm! Don’t have data, don’t have any internet. Don’t just avoid it – RUN!
If there’s something that is causing you to sin, CUT IT OFF AND THROW IT AWAY! It’s not enough to just cut it off, but you must throw it away!
7. DON’T ENTERTAIN UNGODLY CONVERSATIONS
It’s not so much as asking ‘how far can I go’, but it’s about me asking myself – ‘Does this conversation bring Glory to God?’ ‘Does it exalt the name of Jesus?’ If you know that there is a specific person that you ‘appreciate’….and you know that there’s a hint of feelings in there- don’t flirt! I’m speaking to men and women of God. Don’t entertain ungodly conversation!
8. RE-EVALUATE WHAT YOU TAKE IN
What you take in, will come out. When you are squeezed, that’s when you will see what comes out.
This could be movies, music, or books. Some of the books I used to read or movies I watched, shaped the way I thought. Holy Spirit spoke to me one day and said, “Feed your Spirit, but starve your flesh.”
We are work in progress; we are still filtering as we go; but you need to be moving in the right direction. You can’t ask Jesus to purify your mind, yet you listen to music that contradicts that prayer. You must do your part. And Holy Spirit will do His part. You must decide to not gratify the flesh.
9. LISTEN AND OBEY THE VOICE OF GOD
It’s only for a moment, the pleasure that you get from gratifying your flesh, but the guilt and shame that comes after that is just not worth it! Heed the promptings of Holy Spirit and obey. You cannot fight lust; you must flee it. Don’t put yourself in situations where you know you will compromise your value, your standards, and morals. Be practical.
1 Corinthians 6:19 – [“Do you not know that your bodies are temples of the Holy Spirit, who is in you, whom you have received from God? You are not your own.”]
Understand what your limitations are, if you know talking to a specific person after 11 pm is going to create impure thoughts, it may be hard, but for your benefit and their benefit – CUT IT!
10. DON’T GO BACK
Whatever the Lord has delivered you from – don’t entertain anything that could possibly re-open a door that the Lord has already closed. It’s not worth it! Having to re-start and re-deal with these things, the shame and guilt and all that comes with it – is not worth that moment of pleasure.
Be so focused on pursuing Jesus that your mind does not even have room to entertain sexual sin.
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06/05/20
