Do you know GOD? Are messy thoughts affecting your actions?

Good morning everyone! God is good all the time, all the time God is good!!!!

Satan wants to be "like the Most High" Isa. 14:14. Satan wants to take you with him, he cannot stand it that he, who is unclean, cannot make us unclean; he will do everything he can to make us feel unclean. Also, he knows our unclean feelings can eventually cause us to act unclean.

We have the responsibility to form clean ties. What are clean ties? Here Beth is talking about close friendships, associations, and relationships when referring to ties. Clean is to receive the greatest amount of protection. She refers is clean as the opposite of messy.

Messy, by Webster is marked by confusion, disorder, or dirt...careless, slovenly...extremely unpleasant or trying. Have you ever had a "messy" relationship? Many Christians stereotype any kind of sexual sin as dirty, but we may find ourselves in a seductive mess that never gets physical.

Look at Proverbs 7:1-27; take time to read the chapter. v7 The person who has no purpose in life is naive; without aim or direction, an empty life is unstable, vulnerable to many temptations. The young man in this passage doesn't know where he is going, the immoral woman knows where she wants him. She has strategies.
She is dressed to allure men (v 10); her approach is bold (v 13); she invites him over to her place (16-18); she cunningly answers his every objection (19-20); SHE PERSUADES HIM WITH SMOOTH TALK (21); SHE TRAPS HIM (23). To combat temptation, make sure your life is full of God's Word and wisdom (v 4).

You can take definite steps to avoid sexual sins. First, guard your mind. Don't read books, look at pictures, or encourage fantasies that stimulate the wrong desires. Second, keep away from settings and friends that tempt you to sin. Third, don't think only of the moment - focus on the future. Today's thrill may lead to tomorrow's ruin.

Hosea 4:6 "My people are being destroyed because they don't know me." Are you one of these people. Thinking now but yet to act on the "messy" thoughts. Tell someone what is troubling you. Someone you can trust. Satan hates truth but loves secrets. If you find yourself in an unclean tie, the LORD says flee, FLEE! Use your Bible 1/10 you use your cell phone and you will be strong in the word of God. Love you all.

In Christ's Love and Grace

Johnny