Good morning! How are we faithing? If an evil thought enters your mind, it is not sin. If you allow it to stay, fondle it, embrace it a little bit, then it will become sin. While we are here on this earth, we have desires. We are men and woman and we are made of flesh therefore we will be enticed by the things of our present state. That was stating the obvious but I know we have all fallen for those thoughts and rationalization to do what we want. Let an old fat guy tell you, the grass aint greener over there and giving in to eronious thoughts only leads to different misery. When we are allowing things we desire to start to rule and or to lead us down a path we know is wrong, danger awaits. We've all had times when we were completely calm and relaxed with a sense we were right with God and we've had times when nothing seemed in order. The spirit lets us know when we start down the wrong path but our desires or the enticement of that path gets allowed to shine more than truth. Nobody is immune but as we rely more and more on the Spirits leading we do find it easier and easier to resist and move back to that place where peace and the love of God is so very evident. Are you in a state of depression? Do you "feel" all around you is abismal? Do you reach out for past things or behaviors like a dog returning to his own vomit? Reverting to ways used prior to Spirit leading is just like that and the results will be just like before. We are human and lots of times we revert to what we know so the trick to that is seek the Lord and the Spirit so in those times, the Lord and the Spirit is what you know...
Even so consider yourselves to be dead to sin, but alive to God in Christ Jesus.
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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Romans 8:12-17
So then, brethren, we are under obligation, not to the flesh, to live according to the flesh-- for if you are living according to the flesh, you must die; but if by the Spirit you are putting to death the deeds of the body, you will live. For all who are being led by the Spirit of God, these are sons of God. For you have not received a spirit of slavery leading to fear again, but you have received a spirit of adoption as sons by which we cry out, "Abba! Father!" The Spirit Himself bears witness with our spirit that we are children of God, and if children, heirs also, heirs of God and fellow heirs with Christ, if indeed we suffer with Him in order that we may also be glorified with Him.
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Galatians 5:16-18
But I say, walk by the Spirit, and you will not carry out the desire of the flesh. For the flesh sets its desire against the Spirit, and the Spirit against the flesh; for these are in opposition to one another, so that you may not do the things that you please. But if you are led by the Spirit, you are not under the Law.
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Study these and look further because it will sustain you through the rough times.
Remember Dustin, Tracy, Morgan and Dezeree...remember Nan's mom...remember Dulce Zamora...
Heavenly Father,
Thank you for your Word that is our bread of life. Lord, we ask for healing of the minds and bodies of those who seek you. Just like the people who escaped Pharoh with not a feeble one amongst them we ask for blessings like that so we may learn and be your servants to minister to the lost. Lord we thank you for your grace that saves us even when we stumble. In Jesus name we pray, amen
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