Immoral Thinking

Wednesday July 24, 2024
 

Many people who come into recovery seeking victory over drugs and alcohol find themselves relapsing into addictive lifestyles when they refuse to obey God’s teaching on sexual purity.  When it comes to murder, everyone recognizes that it is wrong and something to be avoided and punished.  Jesus puts sexual sin in the same category as murder.  Jesus speaks about sexual purity in a way that includes not just our actions but also our thoughts and feelings. 

For from the heart come evil thoughts, murder, adultery, all sexual immorality, theft, lying, and slander. These are what defile you. (Matthew 15:19-20, NLT)

We are challenged to inventory the way we talk, the way we think, the jokes we tell, the offhanded comments we make.  These fit in the category of impurity of mind and God clearly warns us against such activity.  Looking at pornographic images on the television, in movies, on the internet and in magazines is activity outside of God’s plan for us.  It leads us to immoral thinking and lustful desires.

Let there be no sexual immorality, impurity, or greed among you. Such sins have no place among God’s people.  Obscene stories, foolish talk, and coarse jokes—these are not for you. Instead, let there be thankfulness to God.  (Ephesians 5:3-4 NLT) 

God wants us to be whole and filled with peace and this only comes when we are following His ways in every area of life.  Impossible standards?  On our own, YES!  But God is faithful to do in us that which we cannot do for ourselves. 

Now may the God of peace make you holy in every way and may your whole spirit and soul and body be kept blameless until our Lord Jesus Christ comes again. God will make this happen, for he who calls you is faithful. (1 Thessalonians 5:23-24 NLT)

Prayer:  Heavenly Father, You have called me to be holy because You are holy.  Give me the strength to live in sexual purity so that I may honour You with my body.  Help me to surrender  all immoral thoughts to You for cleansing and keep my eyes from viewing anything that would raise lustful passion within me.  Amen


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