May 21, 2023 … Flee Sexual Sin

Berry Patch Devotions in 2023 - Day 141

Devotional Song: ... GO TO THIS LINK ...  Please take the time to take in song and lyrics from a church worship team singing … Flee From Sin … poignantly and powerfully singing of how we Christians must flee from our lustful sin and run to Jesus for His saving grace.    

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Highlight Passage: … Genesis 39:7-8  [NLT] … 

<i>  7 … and Potiphar’s wife soon began to look at him lustfully. “Come and sleep with me,” she demanded.  8 But Joseph refused. “Look,” he told her, “my master trusts me with everything in his entire household . </i>

… Joseph decides to flee from the lustful advances of Potiphar’s wife.       

                       

Highlight Passage (Context): … Genesis 39:1-12 [NLT] …  USE THIS LINK …  

… Joseph chooses to flee from the advances of Potiphar’s wife.                                                .   

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Reference Passage: … 1Corinthians 6:9-10, … 18 [NLT] … USE THIS LINK …  

… Paul strongly warns fellow Christians to stay away from sexual sing.         

Reference Passage: … Ephesians 5:3 [NLT] … 

3 Let there be no sexual immorality, impurity, or greed among you. Such sins have no place among God’s people.  

…  Paul repeats his strong warnings to fellow Christians to flee from sexual immorality of any kind.            

Reference Passage: … 1Thessalonians 4:2-8 [NLT] … USE THIS LINK …  

… Paul repeats his dire warnings to other Christians to avoid and refrain from sexual sin.  

Reference Passage: … 2Timothy 2:22 [NLT] … 

22 Run from anything that stimulates youthful lusts. Instead, pursue righteous living, faithfulness, love, and peace. Enjoy the companionship of those who call on the Lord with pure hearts.  

… Paul mentors Timothy, as a new Pastor, to do all he can to avoid youthful and sinful patterns of sexual sin.  

Reference Passage: … Hebrews 13:4 [NLT] … 

4 Give honor to marriage, and remain faithful to one another in marriage. God will surely judge people who are immoral and those who commit adultery. 

… God’s word, thru the Author of Hebrews, warns married Christians to honor their marriage vows as God will surely judge those who commit adultery.        

                                                                                                                          

My Devotional Journal: Today's Our Daily Bread author, Alyson Kieda … AT THIS LINK …   tells of a swimming coach, who was also a single-leg amputee, who saw a car with driver plunge into the waters of Newark Bay in NJ. … And the man, … jettisoning his artificial limb quickly dove into the waters to save the passenger in the car.

But the context of the lesson in today’s ODB entry was that all our decisions make a difference, like the one made in the highlight passage, when young Joseph was tempted by the wife of Potiphar, Joseph’s house master, showing Joseph made the quick decision to flee from the temptress, resulting in his imprisonment.  

The primary lesson today, however, was from repeated admonishments from the Apostle Paul in the Reference Scriptures above to do al we can, as disciples of Christ, to flee from sexual sin and run to the power and grace, thru God’s word and His Spirit, to walk in freedom and purity for God’s glory.  … 

Well over two decades ago, my God, having delivered me from years of sexual addiction and delivering me to walk with in freedom with Jesus, … called me lead a ministry out of my church to help others flee from those lustful patterns of sin and to serve the Lord for His glory.   The ministry is called ”Battle Plan Ministry;” and my readers can google it to learn more.  But PTL, … God will always give His empowering grace to help any surrendered Christian to run to our Lord and to flee from lustful sin.  And I pray that for anyone, reading here, who needs to flee to God’s freedom today.         

My THANKFULNESS: ... Oh, Abba Father, thank You, King Jesus, … for showing me Your way to flee from sexual sin and to walk in Your freedom, Lord, today.            

My Prayer Today: Oh Abba Father, ... King Jesus, ... . I pray that all reading here will join me, … flee from all youthful and lustful sin, which Satan will use to do battle against God’s chosen ones.     … AMEN 

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