Love Dare #19

Love Dare #19

What do you lust after? Material Possessions? A higher position? Someone on the computer screen, at work, at church, or the corner store? *Lust is in opposition to love. It means to set your heart and passions on something forbidden. And for a believer it's the first step out of fellowship with the Lord and with others....Lust always breeds more lust. Lust will make you dissatisfied with [what you already have]. It breeds anger, numbs hearts, and destroys marriages. Rather than fullness, it leads to emptiness. "What is the source of the wars and the fights among you? Don't they come from the cravings that are at war within you?" (James 4:1).... Lust is a misguided thirst for satisfaction that only God can fulfill. Lust is like a warning light on the dashboard of your heart, alerting you to the fact that you are not allowing God's love to fill you. When your eyes and heart are on Him, your actions will lead you to lasting joy, not to endless cycles of regret and condemnation. .....Are you tired of being lied to by lust? Are you fed up with believing that forbidden pleasures are able to keep you happy and content? Then begin setting your eyes on the Word of God. Let His promises of peace and Freedom work their way into your heart. Daily receive the unconditional love He has already proven to you through the cross. Focus on being grateful for everything God has already given to you rather than choosing discontentment.

End it now. Identify every object of lust in your life and remove it. Single out every lie you've swallowed in pursuing forbidden pleasure and reject it . Lust cannot be allowed to live in a back bedroom. It must be killed and destroyed-today-and replaced with the sure promises of God and a heart filled with His perfect love. *

* Excerpt taken from The Love Dare by Stephen and Alex Kendrick