LUST

Lust is an emotion or feeling of intense desire in the body. It can take any form such as sex.

It’s an inordinate craving for the pleasures of the body. Get it right lust is different from attraction. 1john2:16.

When you check the creation and the fall of man in the beginning, it was caused by LUST. Genesis 3:5

Marriage does not cure lust: if it did adultery would not exist. Don’t view marriage as a sex release. Lust does not care if you are married or single, irrespective of your personality, pastor, bishop, and evangelist.

With my own insight, this is very interesting ………….

You may be Abram in faith
You may be Joshua in war
Moses as the spoke man of GOD
But if you are not Joseph in discipline, you will end up like Samson in destruction.
Looking at David life, despite HE was a warrior, won battles, carrying the presence and power of God, Lust never cared about that, He ended up in adultery with one of this solders wife called Bathsheba. 2samuel 11:2-5…

Don’t mix this up, it wasn’t that Joseph was a perfect man, but the grace of God was upon him to discipline himself. His own case was an offer, but it took Him a great determination to maintain His stands.

Why are rate of Adultery and fornication much today?

This erupted from the kind of thinking and activities we gave our heart to.

Some see it as a normal thing
Some take it as a daily thing to do
Some get influenced.

But the bible made us understand that thou shall not commit adultery that means it’s a great sin in the sight of God.

The things we associate our lives with also, contribute to the rate of adultery and fornication.

The cure we can have is a divine break down through the help of the Holy Spirit. The existence of the Holy Spirit in your life is not for show, it’s to direct and keep your mind on holy thing. It was the help of the Holy Spirit that made Joseph maintain his stand.

I have fallen, stumbled and risen, but one thing keeps me on my feet and that is the Grace and Mercy of God.
Many youths are carried away and have lost glories and destinies via LUST You can experience a new heart without LUST from today, but you have to genuinely confess your sins to God and forsake them.
Invite the Holy Spirit to break you down and remold you into the heavenly taste. Let Him direct you in your daily decisions.
“The devil is cunny, but am saying this to you flee all appearances and activities that will make your heart LUST”.
Subdue your flesh under the authority of the most high God.

Lust is an act of ungodliness……………Flee. 2tim 2:22, Titus 2:12,

Lust doesn’t bear something, but destruction of man. James 1:15.

Sexual Temptation: It’s Cause & Cure

By Mayowa Adeniyi

One of the inevitable challenges of life that everyone would face is the issue of sexual temptation. This is a battle that has ruin lives and great destinies. Many who have been victims of it are yet to recover from its deadly sting because of its irredeemable effect.

The major cause of premarital sex, whether it’s done willing or influenced, masturbation, pornography and the likes is as a result of the temptation many fail to overcome.
Billy Graham, a renowned evangelist once said that “One of the toughest battle to overcome in life is the battle against sex, if you don’t conquer it, it’ll defeat you”. Have you won the battle?

Sexual temptation comes in different forms to different people.

-Some are tempted by what they see.

-Some through words.

-Some through touches or intimate affection.

-And to some, it’s spiritual – reasons beyond the natural.

What is sexual temptation? Literally, temptation is a pressure applied to your thinking which is designed to create wrong emotions which will eventually lead to wrong action. A lady that’s indecently or decently dressed is an object of temptation to a man that hasn’t overcome lust in his heart.
Meanwhile, the genesis of all sexual temptation is a product of your lust. What you desire to do or a feeling which you desire to implement at that moment is what would tempt you into the act. You can’t be tempted into an act you don’t have a desire (feeling) for. Never!

For instance, when you desire to know how premarital sex (or other sexual sins) feels like, the appearance of every opposite sex that comes your way will trigger the desire to have sex within you. The touch, the call, the chat and so on will be geared towards committing the very act.

The difference between Joseph and Samson is that Joseph had no desire for premarital sex but Samson had a desire for strange women. The flames of sexual temptation cannot be fanned in you when you don’t have a desire for the act.

However, the major cause of sexual temptation can be defined as this: “Everyone is tempted by his own desires as they lure him away and trap him. Then when sexual desire becomes pregnant and gives birth to sin. When sin grows up, it gives birth to death” – (James 1:14-15)

What are the cure for sexual temptation? Kill the desire before it destroys you. The moment you begin to nurse the desire to kiss, caress, indulge in premarital or extramarital sex, sex chat and so on, events around you would lure you into the act. Don’t ignite it otherwise it would get out of hand.

And the accurate solution to sexual temptation is to destroy the root of lustful thought in your life which is rooted deep in your flesh. Those who are carnally driven cannot overcome sexual temptation because it’ll become a normal thing to them.
And to destroy it is to come to the Man on the Cross. He has the power to deliver you to the uttermost when you believe, repent and confess your sins. Believe Jesus is able to deliver you. Repent of those act that you’ve embraced in the past. And be born again!

Next, is to be disciplined. A man that lacks self-control will be controlled by what he fails to control. Becoming disciplined isn’t magical, it takes a process of time and you must cultivate the habit in you.

Watch what you look at. The first look is not a sin but when you fix your gaze on it the second time, you’ll fall into it. Shun indecent touches and compliments that would come from the opposite sex. When you’re beautiful extends to your face is sexy, don’t take that as a compliment or blush over it. In addition, be careful of the words you utter or that’s said to you. Words have the power of creating a desire if it’s not rebuked.

Finally but very important, renew your mind daily with His word. Everything we see around are registered in the heart. If you fail to renew your mind, just like servicing a car engine periodically, it’ll breakdown someday. Your heart must be renewed with God’s word every time and everyday.

In closing, you can’t be conquered by sexual temptation if you haven’t lost the battle in your heart. Prayerfully destroy every stronghold of lust in your heart. Be born again, this gives you a new heart. Live a disciplined life and renew your mind with His word.

How You Can Be Spiritually Sound In Life And In That Relationship

Are you having challenges in your walk with God? Do you find it difficult to walk in the Spirit but easily manifest the works of the flesh? Is that relationship or the burden of life itself draining your appetite for the things of God? Then you need to diligently read through as the Holy Spirit will open the eyes of your understanding.

God created man and he once enjoyed an intimate relationship with Him but due to sin he fell out of that relationship until Jesus came to reconcile us back to Him.

But despite this grace that has been made available to us, many are still finding it hard to be connected with God due to their relationship and the burdens of life.

Many have been in a relationship that has separated them from God due to what they do in it. The likes of premarital sex, kissing, petting, caressing, erotic conversations and fondling of each other’s sexual organs cannot make you spiritually sound regardless of your position in the church if you engaged in it as unmarried or someone else’s partner.

All of these are products of walking in the flesh and the flesh is an enmity against God. You can’t suppress the flesh for too long unless you destroy its nature in you. Can you do that through the arms of the flesh (self-control, yearly resolutions, weak determination)? Never!

Meanwhile, the following are the perfect ways to accomplish it.

1. Be born again

Unless you’re born again, you can’t see the kingdom of God (John 3:3). Going to church, being born into a Christian family or having Christian friends doesn’t make you born again unless you have personally confessed Jesus as your Lord and savior and you’re walking in Him.

Being born of the incorruptible seed of the word of God makes you born again and not going through foundational or convert class of any church that makes you lack real experience of salvation. There must be a deep conviction in you birthed through the word of God. This also happens when you believe the Word in your heart and confess Him with your mouth.

When you’re genuinely born again, you become a new creature
(2 Cor. 5:17). There’s a new nature in you that differs from your old nature that you’re born with and this new nature gives you the ability to think godly and avail His spirit the opportunity to dwell in you. 2. Be filled with the Holy Spirit

“Verily, verily, I say unto you, except a man be born of water and spirit, he cannot enter into the kingdom of God” (John 3:5).

Being born again is just the first step, being filled with the Holy Spirit is another aspect you must reach. It is the Holy Spirit that gives you the ability to act like God and walk in the spirit instead of fulfilling the lust of the flesh.

How can I be filled with the Holy Spirit? How do I know that I’m filled with His Spirit? Being filled with the Spirit is achieved byasking from the Father (Luke 11:13). He gives you when you ask persistently and your heart is right before Him.

An evidential sign of being filled with the Holy Spirit is by speaking in tongues as the Holy Spirit gives you utterances and not the blabbing that’s mostly done by many people in today’s world. 3. Feed your mind with His word

These first two processes enables you to enter into God’s kingdom and prepares you for the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ.
But one thing is needful, feed your mind with the word of God daily. Why? Everything you see around you are capable of polluting your heart even when you’re born again. The human heart is like a car engine, if you don’t service it regularly and do all the necessary daily checks, it’ll breakdown someday.

It’s not the day people commit sin they fell. They have fallen long ago because their heart has been muddled with sin. The word of God is the only means of renewing your heart against all this contaminants that surrounds us in the world. Read the word daily. Meditate in it day and night. And delight in it always so that you can easily walk in the Spirit. 4. Pray often

To be spiritually sound entails that you can live like God above sin, a life of holiness, godliness and righteousness.

To achieve this, you must pray always. Prayer strengthens and quickens our spirit man. It gives us the strength supplied by the Holy Spirit to live according to God’s will in our lives.

If you don’t pray often, you’ll become a prey to the enemies of your soul – sin, spir itual forces, Satan and the society you live in.

5. Create more time for God than the world

Rather than allow that relationship pull you away from God and drag you to hell by wasting time on frivolities, spend more time with God.

We tend to create more time for whom we love regardless of how busy we are. You can’t be spiritually sound if you don’t have time to fellowship with God on daily basis.

In fact, He can’t come closer to you and teach you His will if you hardly find time for Him. Remember, He says He loves those who love Him and those that seek Him early will find Him (Prov. 8:17).

Being spiritually sound is your best bet in living a life of holiness. You can’t overcome the flesh through carnal principles but you can crush it through the power of the Cross and spiritual mortification of it.

Check your relationship and life, are you spiritually sound or carnally minded? Carnal mindedness is death and destruction in all areas but to be spiritually minded is life and peace.