Paul writes: \u2018Consider yourselves to be dead to the power of sin and alive to God through Christ\u2026 Do not let sin control the way you live; do not give in to sinful desires\u2026 [or] let any part of your body become an instrument of evil to serve sin. Instead, give yourselves completely to God.\u2019<\/i> (Romans\u00a06:11\u201313\u00a0NLT) If you let it, your body will lead you astray. It\u2019s not that it\u2019s evil, but it has certain appetites which are always ready to respond to surrounding stimuli, all of which are terribly appealing and temporarily satisfying. <\/p>\n
Chuck Swindoll writes: \u2018Life on earth is really nothing more than a string of moments\u2026 And I don\u2019t want my testimony for Jesus Christ to be shattered by a single moment of indulging my flesh. I don\u2019t want one moment of rage or pride or lust to cast a shadow over a lifetime of walking with my Lord. Frankly, I fear that possibility. And do you know what? I want<\/i> to fear that possibility. When I stop fearing it\u2014I\u2019m in grave danger.\u2019 <\/p>\n
So how do you deal with your carnal appetites? The only way is to make God\u2019s Word your code of conduct and refuse to compromise. And if you need a role model you won\u2019t find a better one than Jesus. He said, \u2018Whoever wants to be My disciple must deny themselves.\u2019<\/i> (Matthew\u00a016:24\u00a0NIV) Each day, look for an opportunity to deny yourself in some small<\/i> area. You\u2019ll be surprised how hard it is! But the payoff comes later when you need to deny yourself in a big<\/i> area of life that has much more riding on it.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Paul writes: \u2018Consider yourselves to be dead to the power of sin and alive to God through Christ\u2026 Do not let sin control the way you live; do not give in to sinful desires\u2026 [or] let any part of your body become an instrument of evil to serve sin. Instead, give yourselves completely to God.\u2019 […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_et_pb_use_builder":"off","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ucbmedia.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1649"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ucbmedia.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ucbmedia.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ucbmedia.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ucbmedia.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1649"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/ucbmedia.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1649\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ucbmedia.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1649"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ucbmedia.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1649"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ucbmedia.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1649"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}