Wednesday, October 31, 2007

Saying No To Sexual Immorality

The understanding of the purpose of a thing aids your ability to relate effectively with and make proper use of it.
Abuse is a direct consequence of lack of understanding of purpose.
Eccl.3:1 makes it clear that to every purpose there isa time allocated.Whenever we try to have something before its time,we miss out on God's original intent and pan for it.
Sex was created by God,so it isgood.It is the improper use of it that makes it immoral,and consequently, a sin.
Sin starts in the arena of the mind.That is the place where it is concieved,incubated and then released for consumption.You are fully responsible for your thoughts.You can choose what to or not to think.Your words overide your thoughts life,because what doesnot happen in your mind,cannot happen in your world.
Sexual immorality starts from a decision in the mind realm or even a lack of it.You must a quality decision to stay away from sex and every appearance of it until the right time.Sex is so powerful that God ordained for it to be only indulged in within the security of the confines of marriage.Never have sex without the full protection and provisions of the marriage covering.
Sex is not a joke or a game,it is a convernant,and every convanant has implications as well as responsibilities.
In Dan 1:8,the bible tells us that Daniel "purposed" in his heart not to defile himself with the kings meat.It wasn't an easydecision to make,but because he had the right store of morality and good character in his heart,he could draw from it at that critical time in his life.
We must educate and renew our minds,purging it of wrong desires and filling it with God ordained and inspired desires.Ps.37:4
When we delight ourselves in God(make ourselves pliable,soft and yielded in his hands) he will begin to give us the desires(or askings) of our hearts.
I want to ask,the desires you now have,who gave them to you.The bible says to whom you yield yourselves to obey,you are servant to.Rm6:16.You need to look up to God in an intimate relationship so that he can begin to affect and impact your thought life,it will control you.
Pr.4.The issues that make or mar you come from your heart.

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