You gotta flee, not flirt ...
Posted: Tue Nov 23, 2010 5:54 pmI was asked not too long ago by a dear girlfriend of mine this all too familiar question that I used ask for years (and I'll be honest, sometimes I still do): "How far is too far?" Does that ring a bell? How close can we get to the imaginary line before it crosses over into sin? Have you asked yourself that? More importantly ... have you asked yourself that lately to rationalize your actions?
My dear, dear friends at Oasis, I want to share with y'all some Scripture that we ALL need tattooed to the back of our eyelids.
"Flee from sexual immorality..." I Corinthians 6:18a
Did you just READ that?? The Bible says to "FLEE." It never says anything about, "Well, you can make-out, but no taking off clothes" or "You can look at risque' pictures as long as they're not completely nude and you don't touch yourself." It says to literally RUN AWAY FROM IT. Don't put yourself into those situations. Don't flirt with danger! Get away from that imaginary line!
... but how do we do flee? You gotta prepare yourself for temptation to strike. We each need to stop and examine ourselves and ask this question: what triggers me to fall into sexual immorality?
I'm gonna make myself very vulnerable here: for me personally, it's when I'm alone with gentleman that I have a history with. You know what the means? I can't be alone with them. As much as my flesh hates to hear this, my spirit NEEDS for me to cut off communication with them.
Seriously ... the actual act of preparing ourselves to avoid temptation IS fleeing temptation. Let's face it: temptation is going to happen, but if we can avoid situations that will cause us to be tempted, the Lord will strengthen us even moreso to overcome these strongholds! AMEN!?
Another way to avoid temptation is this: joining a support group... LIKE THE ONE HERE AT OASIS (do you like that little plug?)!
Seriously, if you have a real addiction to this filth, you're not alone and there is HELP among the body of believers. So, come on out TONIGHT!
I love each of y'all very much. See you tonight!! *hugs*
My dear, dear friends at Oasis, I want to share with y'all some Scripture that we ALL need tattooed to the back of our eyelids.
"Flee from sexual immorality..." I Corinthians 6:18a
Did you just READ that?? The Bible says to "FLEE." It never says anything about, "Well, you can make-out, but no taking off clothes" or "You can look at risque' pictures as long as they're not completely nude and you don't touch yourself." It says to literally RUN AWAY FROM IT. Don't put yourself into those situations. Don't flirt with danger! Get away from that imaginary line!
... but how do we do flee? You gotta prepare yourself for temptation to strike. We each need to stop and examine ourselves and ask this question: what triggers me to fall into sexual immorality?
I'm gonna make myself very vulnerable here: for me personally, it's when I'm alone with gentleman that I have a history with. You know what the means? I can't be alone with them. As much as my flesh hates to hear this, my spirit NEEDS for me to cut off communication with them.
Seriously ... the actual act of preparing ourselves to avoid temptation IS fleeing temptation. Let's face it: temptation is going to happen, but if we can avoid situations that will cause us to be tempted, the Lord will strengthen us even moreso to overcome these strongholds! AMEN!?
Another way to avoid temptation is this: joining a support group... LIKE THE ONE HERE AT OASIS (do you like that little plug?)!
Seriously, if you have a real addiction to this filth, you're not alone and there is HELP among the body of believers. So, come on out TONIGHT!
I love each of y'all very much. See you tonight!! *hugs*
Thanks for posting this Deeps.....I really needed to hear it today.
