Lustful thoughts(2)

”Let me emphasize this: As you yield to the dynamic life and power of the Holy Spirit, you will abandon the cravings of your self-life.“
‭‭Galatians‬ ‭5‬:‭16‬ ‭TPT‬‬

The Holy Bible

I greet you all in the Name of Our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ. My apologies for the late post.Last week we looked at the topic of lust – materially, this week I want us to focus on the one that you’ve been waiting for 😂 – sexual lust.
Take a look at what I found as I was studying for this week. This is from Psychologists ;

Anti-porn women and the sex addiction industry are mistaken. Self-sexing is normal, natural, healthy, stress-relieving, and great fun. It’s the foundation of satisfying partner lovemaking. Sex therapists recommend it as part of treatment programs for premature ejaculation, arousal difficulties, trouble working up to orgasm, and recovery from childhood sexual abuse. If you have trouble enjoying sex with yourself, it’s very difficult to enjoy it with anyone else.

I bet the last line made you go “eh” if you’re a serious Christian. That whole statement is a lie from the pit of hell! I mean this is what the world is all about, gratifying SELF, feeding the flesh! If you’re expecting to live a spiritually balanced life while feeding on such information from the world, you are mistaken. All these things they’re addressing above are driven by the spirit of lust. On Friday I said, the mind feeds on information, that information can come in visual images or words. Thoughts on the other hand, wait for the mind to capture a moment. You usually think about what your mind has conceived. This simply means, to have dominion over the thoughts you must first have dominion over your mind.

Apostle Paul in his many letters addresses the subject of lust. I encourage you to further study this topic. Solomon teaches us to be careful how we think, because the quality of our thoughts will always determine the quality of our life. Whatever our minds focus on is what will play out in our lives and eventually shape who we are. Our thoughts turn into feelings that have the power to control our lives, gradually steering us and possibly our faith, in a direction we do not want to go. King Solomon knew this to be true, and counsels us to be careful about what we think and feel. He knew it’s often our thoughts, not our circumstances, which cause us to sink.

Our thoughts have power and can easily begin to run our lives, controlling our words and actions, feelings and emotions — even our peace and happiness. You masturbate first in your mind and then your body follows. The first point of lust is the thoughts and it then slows devours you, just when you think you’re breaking free, there you are , thinking about it again. There you are, falling again. Scripture says Yield! Yield to the power of the Spirit and will abandon the thoughts! The thoughts are there because you yield to pornography not the Word. You yield to silly pictures of people on Instagram .. your thoughts are your own enemy. It’s you against you!

When I intentionally changed my thoughts, my life changed as well. And so can yours.
Now that we have laid the foundation, let’s get practical tomorrow. ❤️