daily prayer

    Good morning! How are we faithing? Boy, there sure are alot of us struggling with the physical. Not maladies but sinning against ones self for pleasurable sensations. I speak to tons of people all the time about just this thing. There is a theme to these talks and it seems to be bodily pleasure that people indulge to the nth degree. Booze, porn, sex, drugs, whatever gives momentary pleasure to our physical beings. Physical pleasure isn't bad in itself but the over indulgence of it...that is where the problem begins. Recognising ones weakness before entering into that place where one can't stop, that is where wisdom comes. If you can't drink without falling down drunk, a bar isn't a place to go. If a friends house always has drugs available, don't go. If illicit sex is available somewhere, don't go. You get the point. These are sins against ones own body. Gee whiz, the Word says our bodies are the temple of God and we beat it up? A little logic and control goes a long way when these things crop up. If an addiction has resulted from any actions, help is needed and we shouldn't hesitate or be embarrassed to seek it. This are ageless temptations and anything you are in the middle of isn't the first or last time help has been needed.
Romans 12:1-2
 I beseech you therefore, brethren, by the mercies of God, that ye present your bodies a living sacrifice, holy, acceptable unto God, which is your reasonable service.
And be not conformed to this world: but be ye transformed by the renewing of your mind, that ye may prove what is that good, and acceptable, and perfect, will of God.
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Ephesians 4:17-19
This I say therefore, and affirm together with the Lord, that you walk no longer just as the Gentiles also walk, in the futility of their mind, being darkened in their understanding, excluded from the life of God, because of the ignorance that is in them, because of the hardness of their heart; and they, having become callous, have given themselves over to sensuality, for the practice of every kind of impurity with greediness.
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Romans 6:12-14
Therefore do not let sin reign in your mortal body that you should obey its lusts, and do not go on presenting the members of your body to sin as instruments of unrighteousness; but present yourselves to God as those alive from the dead, and your members as instruments of righteousness to God. For sin shall not be master over you, for you are not under law, but under grace.
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1 Corinthians 6:17-18
Flee immorality. Every other sin that a man commits is outside the body , but the immoral man sins against his own body .
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All I want you to do is think. Ask yourself the real questions. Where am I in this issue? Do I indulge in anything to the point of no control or to excess or to the point that it has become an idol in my life? Throw embarrassment or pride out the window. Pray first, get help if you need it.
 
Remember Robert and Irene McKinney...remember Marilyn's friends...
 
Heavenly Father,
   We ask for courage and clarity to step back from any physical pleasure that is hurting us. We ask that you reveal our weaknesses and our attractions so we don't enter blindly into situations. Lord, convict our minds of sin. Help us recognise it and change our habits. Reveal your Word to us. Bless those mentioned today and those mentioned earlier. Protect our land, in Jesus name, amen