My friend Paul exhorted Timothy to flee youthful lusts. Everyone born has three lusts, and these lusts are the open doors that invite Satan's seductions..
The three lusts are the lust of the flesh (fulfilling your senses in an obsessive, addictive way); the lust of the eye (greedy longings in your mind and covetousness); and the lust of the pride of life (trusting in yourself and your own resources more than you trust in God).
You are led astray by your own lusts and then you are tempted. These three lusts are worldly lusts that are fed by worldly entertainment, imaginations, and ideas. The way to close the doors to these lusts is to resist Satan when you are tempted. Your righteousness is of Me. Declare this truth out loud whenever you are tempted and My enemy will flee. My enemy can attack your own self-righteousness, but he cannot attack My righteousness.
2 TIMOTHY 2:22; 1 JOHN 2:16-17; JAMES 1:14
Monday, April 11, 2016
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