Sexual Sins and Staying Pure
2 CommentsMany of us struggle with sexual morality. Lets face it, staying sexually pure is one of the hardest things to do even for Christians. Statistics show that just as many Christians commit adultery or have premarital sex just as often as non believers. Many feel that it is impossible to stay pure in the eyes of God, and thats because it is-without God at least. God gives us the strength to do all things and we need to take advantage of this strength and self control that comes with our relationship with Jesus.
The bible warns us that any sin that you commit is against someone else except for sexual sins. Think about it. If you murder somebody, steal something, lie, or cheat you are sinning against another human. However if you lets say have sex before marriage then you have sinned against your own body. You have to deal with the pain and guilt of the fact that you took away your own purity. Also you may have had a child out of wedlock, or caught an STD. Now that definitely cannot happen from stealing.
The key is to ask God for self control. When you you do this, the Holy Spirit will give you what you need to stay pure. Nobody can do it alone, But with the Lord on your side, you can do anything, and you won’t end up sinning against yourself.
Flee from sexual immorality. All other sins a man commits are outside his body, but he who sins sexually sins against his own body.
1 Corinthians 6:18
Note: Jesse Butler, the author of this article, is a 17 year old Christian teen who resides the State of NJ.
How To Tell if it is True Love
Leave a CommentAre you in a serious dating relationship and are wondering if the feeling that you are feeling is true love? Well lucky for us, the definition of love is in the bible right in1 Corinthians. If the “love” that you are feeling doesn’t meet all the qualifications, then it is not true love.
Sometimes it is easy to confuse true love with other things. Some people think that love is that “fuzzy feeling” that you feel when you are around that special someone. However this feeling doesn’t last forever, and it easily goes away when you get angry or when you are tired. Since the bible says that love will never fail, these temporary feelings cannot be confused with true love.
You will know that what you are feeling is the real thing when it agrees with everything in 1 Corinthians. True love lasts forever.
Bible Verse of Day
~Love is patient, love is kind. It does not envy, it does not boast, it is not proud. It is not rude, it is not self-seeking, it is not easily angered, it keeps no record of wrongs. Love does not delight in evil but rejoices with the truth. It always protects, always trusts, always hopes, always perseveres~1 Corinthians 13:4-7
Jesse Butler, the author of this article, is a 17 year old Christian teen who resides the State of NJ.
Waiting on the Lord for Your Soul Mate
4 CommentsMany people get discouraged and disheartened when they cannot find a good lasting relationship. People also try to rush a relationship because they have the opportunity to be in one. However, the Bible tells us in Psalm 27 that we need to be patient and trust in God to show us the right person to date.
As humans, we tent to get anxious and want to find our future soul mate as soon as we want to. This may cause us to get discouraged when we don’t find a person right away. God already knows who, and where your soul mate is. He also knows when and where you will meet that person; so don’t take take finding your future soul mate into your own hands. Trust in the Lord and he will guide you in the right direction. If we try to take things into our own hands, then we will get discouraged because we are not God. “Be strong and take heart and wait for the LORD” remember also not to rush into a relationship just because you get the opportunity to be in one.
We also tend to rush into a relationship just because we are desperate to be in one, even if we know deep inside that the person we are dating is not meant for us. If you know that you are getting yourself into a relationship that won’t work out for you, then get out because that isn’t what God has planned for you. If you try to do things without God, then obviously you will not find success!
Remember that the Lord knows you better than anybody and knows exactly who your soul mate is so there is no need to rush things. Have faith in the Lord and pray and when his (not yours) time is right, you will meet that person that God has made just for you and find a true long lasting, God honoring relationship.
Bible Verse of Day
~Wait for the LORD;
be strong and take heart
and wait for the LORD~ Psalm 27
