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Run
Away From The
Evil Desires Of Youth
Jonah 1; Jonah 2; Jonah 3; Jonah 4; 2 Timothy 2
Scripture
22 But run away from the evil desires of youth. Try hard to live right and to have faith, love, and peace, together with those who trust in the Lord from pure hearts.
Observation
Try
hard to live right … Run away from the evil desires of youth … these were the
words of the Apostle Paul to his young friend Timothy and they are good words
for us today. He goes on to say that Timothy should “hang” with people who
trust in the Lord from pure hearts.
If
the people that you are hanging with cause you to sin – RUN! Don’t hang with
them! Find some people who trust in the Lord with pure hearts and hang around
them.
Galatians 5:
These two forces are constantly fighting each other, so you are not free to carry out your good intentions.
18 But when you are directed by the Spirit, you are not under obligation to the law of Moses.
19 When you follow the desires of your sinful nature, the results are very clear: sexual immorality, impurity, lustful pleasures,
20 idolatry, sorcery, hostility, quarreling, jealousy, outbursts of anger, selfish ambition, dissension, division,
21 envy, drunkenness, wild parties, and other sins like these. Let me tell you again, as I have before, that anyone living that sort of life will not inherit the Kingdom of God.
22 But the Holy Spirit produces this kind of fruit in our lives: love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, 23 gentleness, and self-control.
Application
I
will let the Holy Spirit guide me today. How about you?
Prayer
Heavenly Father, help me be guided today by Your Holy
Spirit. Help the young Christians in our church choose godliness and help them
not to yield to evil desires. Help them grow in Christ. Help them not to give
in to the desires of the flesh.
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