"Be Transformed by Making Your Mind Over" - KEEP BATTLING IMPROPER DESIRES

Read Galatians 516.   To help us win the fight to do what is right, Jehovah generously provides his holy spirit. When we study God's Word, we are placing ourselves under the influence of that spirit. We also receive holy spirit when we attend our meetings. At those Christian gathers, we can spend time with our brother and sisters who, like us, are trying hard to do what is right, and that is encouraging.  (Hebrews 10:24, 25; 13:7) And when we approach Jehovah in earnest prayer and beg him for help with some weakness, he will give us his holy spirit to strengthen us to keep fighting. While these activities  will probably not make wrong desires disappear, they will help us resist the urge to act on those desires. At Galatians  5:16 says those who walk by spirit "will carry  out no fleshly desires."

Once we have established a wholesome routing of spiritual activities, it is essential that we maintain that routing and keep cultivating proper desires. Why?  Because one of our  enemies never sleeps.  That enemy is temptation to do what is wrong. Even after baptism we might find ourselves attracted to the very things that we should avoid, including gambling, alcohol abuse, or pornography. (Ephesians 5:3, 4) A young Christian brother admits:  "One of the most difficult things I have struggled with is my attraction to the same sex.  I thought it was just a phase, but those feelings still plague me." What can help you  if an improper desire is especially wrong?

Next time: "Be Transformed by Making  Your Mind Over" -  KEEP BATTLING IMPROPER DESIRES

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