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Friday 27 April 2012

Lust


today i will blog about something that is some what had to deal wit.

The Bible is explicit about sexual sin (e.g., Lev. 18) but as I mentioned in my last blog, it doesn’t mention masturbation. This is important because many Christians struggling with lust focus too much on not masturbating rather than on whether they allow lust in their lives. This is a colossal mistake because if you rid yourself of lust, then masturbation will cease to be a problem.
Hard to do? Yes. But doable nonetheless. Too many Christians don’t realize how often they lust every single day and it hardly bothers them until they click on hardcore porn or masturbate and then they feel like what the cow stepped on. Instead, Christians need to alarm about absolutely, positively every little bit of lust—and worry less about masturbation which the Bible doesn’t even mention. So I’ll say it again, get control of lust and masturbation won’t be an issue. If your lusts are out of control, good luck with trying to stop masturbating.
So let’s talk about controlling lust.
One of the two most important things you can do to get control of lust is to avoid anything that causes/encourages you to lust. I have found, however, that some people will say that they can watch a certain amount of sensuality, sexuality, or nudity and it doesn’t encourage them to lust. But, the trouble is that the reason these people say it doesn’t stumble them is they see so much extremely lustful material that they hardly realize that these little bits fuel their lack of self-control. Look, if you sometimes indulge sexual fantasies and view porn, then those little bits that you don’t think matter, matter.
Martin Luther once said, “I can’t stop the birds from flying over head but I can keep them from making a nest in my hair.” He’s right on both counts. In this sex-charged world we will encounter lustful images but we don’t need to let them roost. For example, if a man lusts over a Wonderbra ad (twigs and mud); then lusts after some low-cut blouse—more twigs, more mud; then ogles the Sports Illustrated swimsuit edition—more twigs, more mud; then watches a movie “but you only see her breasts for a few seconds!”—more twigs, more mud; then add in a little fantasy—more twigs, more mud, and so on and on and on, etcetera, ad infinitum: pretty soon you could land a 747 on his head. It’s no wonder he finds himself unable to resist hard-core porn or fantasy incited masturbation! By the way, this isn’t just a male problem: a survey revealed that 34 percent of female readers of a Christian magazine admitted to seeking porn online. Dho!
So, then, don’t read, watch, or listen to anything that encourages or causes lust. Nothing. If you can’t keep your eyes off jiggling bikinis, don’t go to the beach! If you lust after an actor in your favorite TV show—don’t watch it! Obviously this will result in a major lifestyle change for many. Some might be thinking “Wow, that would mean I won’t be able to do/see/hear a lot of things I enjoy.” True! But, this is what it costs to be free from lust. For more on this see my blog: “Lust: Are We Willing to Do what It Takes?”
More to follow.
Matthew 16:24: “If anyone would come after me, he must deny himself and take up his cross and follow me.”
Amen.

Friday 13 April 2012

FAITH: What is your motive?

FAITH: What is your motive?: you know that guilty, so agonizing feeling that we get when we find that we have been pointed out of our wrong failures or our in-adeq...

What is your motive?



you know that guilty, so agonizing feeling that we get when we find that we have been pointed out of our wrong failures or our in-adequateness, well it goes far beyond for me when I read something from the bible about my weaknesses and my failures but am at the end of it all strengthened, in  that the holy spirit works through me to remove all those weaknesses at one time or the other and by discovering that weakness through the bible is one or them or through an article. I have to admit that at first its hard to swallow but once we accept our failures and weaknesses and ask for forgiveness a pretty nice  and to even go on the road of even encourage others.
Well today I wanted to encourage you about some thing that I read from a certain article and having had accepted it and asked for forgiveness I have decided to also pass it on. Its all about our motives behind every action that we do. Most are the times that we tend to do things for the sack of being applauded or rewarded or just to show off. well today dear bloggers I  challenge you to challenge yourselves to always ask yourselves the motive behind what you are doing.In "philp1:17, james4:3" its written that sometimes we sometimes  say the name of Christ for just other bad motives, now i had to stop and ask myself when at times say the name of Christ for bad motives.

we need to ask ourselves some essential checkpoint we should apply on a regular basis:

Why are you planning this?
What's the reason behind your doing that?
Why did you say yes (or no)?
What is the motive for writing that letter?
Why are you excited over this opportunity?
What causes you to bring up that subject?
Why did you mention his or her name?
What's your motive,?

Searching, probing, penetrating questions.

Because the path of servant hood is so perilous, we need to cultivate a
sensitive walk with God marked by obedience.
our steps taken from insight for living.

Saturday 7 April 2012

FAITH: Meditation on success for Easter

FAITH: Meditation on success for Easter:  D ear bloggers, i was touched by today's meditate on success posting from Joseph prince. What struck me most was imagining a person aski...

Meditation on success for Easter

 Dear bloggers, i was touched by today's meditate on success posting from Joseph prince. What struck me most was imagining a person asking you to trade your filthy life, life that does not make sense and has no promise for the future and him losing everything just for your soul, well guys that is what Jesus did for us, thank God for Jesus. happy Easter to you all




"For you know the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, that though He was rich, yet for your sakes He became poor, that you through His poverty might become rich.
2 Corinthians 8:9
    The Divine Exchange    

The apostle Paul tells us in 2 Corinthians 8:9 that for our sakes Jesus became poor so that we through His poverty might be made rich. At the cross, Jesus took on all our sin and poverty. He was humiliated, spat upon and stripped naked. The Roman soldiers even gambled for His clothes.

The One who fed more than 5,000 people, gave fishermen a net-breaking, boat-sinking load of fish, and who placed the gold, diamonds and rubies in the earth, took your place of poverty at the cross, just so that you can take His place of abundance. A divine exchange occurred at Calvary—your sin for His righteousness and your poverty for His provision.

My friend, Jesus is the reason you can be the head and not the tail, above only and not beneath. He is the reason you can be blessed to be a blessing. Put your trust in His presence in your life and what His finished work has accomplished for you!

Blessings,
Joseph Prince "