Good morning, Sisters (& Brothers)!
I am developing this message, but felt impressed to share it with you this morning.
Lust appeals to 3 specific areas of our lives: our appetites, our eyes and our pride
Eve was tempted to & yielded to the temptation to disobey God in order to have the "supposed" benefit of possessing the fruit of the knowledge of good and evil (wisdom to be like God). They were already ABOVE every creature include satan, they just didn't believe God as much as they lusted after sin. How often do we want something that we already have but just don't know because the thing is portrayed as BETTER than what we already have. LUST! We are being decieved. God will NEVER withhold anything good from us. He loves us. Settle that in your mind. Resist the devil. Resist evil thoughts. Resist doubt and unbelief. don't let the enemy whisper JUNK in your ears. Resist him and God will give you more grace.
Don't be ignorant of satan's devices. Be honest when you need to tell yourself, "Stop listening to that voice in your head." If you have to scream, "WRONG VOICES, WRONG THOUGHTS, STINKING THINKING!" Do it! If you keep thinking and meditating on a lie long enough, you will begin to believe it.
Resist the enemy and he will run from you! God is love & love overcomes! Be confident in His love for you. The thief cometh for 3 purposes, to steal, kill & destroy. Don't give him permission to do any of this to you or yours.
Goodness & Mercy Is Following Me! Psalm 23
Edna
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- Edna Jamison
- Hattiesburg, MS, United States
- As we learn our value as daughters of the King and sisters, we grow in grace, faith and love. Learning to trust the Lord Jesus daily as He intervenes in our lives.
AMEN!!! This is a great post and I hope that everybody will read it and re-read it to get them through. God Bless you.-Gina
ReplyDeleteThis is where crucifying self comes in. It is the unfulfilled appetite that opens the door to lust. God establishes boundaries, and if you crave something that is outside of those boundaries, you will be miserable. God will not give it to you, and you will want it more and more. You must either kill the carnal appetite, or it will overpower you. You must destroy it completely until there is nothing left, but a dead corpse waiting to be resurrected to newness of life. That's the beauty and power of Romans 12, being transformed, converted, changed by re-newing the mind. Don't just chase the thought away. You must put it to death, and replace it completely with the scripture. Until your thoughts are unified with God's word. And every time the imagination tries to rise up, cast it down and give ascendancy to the what the word says about the situation. This is the good fight of faith.
ReplyDeleteAll I can say is "AMEN!"
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