Abstain from Lust

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Abstain from Lust

Flee also youthful lusts; but pursue righteousness, faith, love, peace with those who call on the Lord out of a pure heart

2 Timothy 2:22 NKJV

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Lust not after her beauty in thine heart;
neither let her take thee with her eyelids.
For by means of a whorish woman a man
is brought to a piece of bread:
and the adultress will hunt for the precious life.

Can a man take fire in his bosom,
and his clothes not be burned?
Can one go upon hot coals,
and his feet not be burned?
So he that goeth in to his neighbour's wife;
whosoever toucheth her shall not be innocent.

Proverbs 6:25-29 KJV

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Beloved, I urge you as aliens and strangers to abstain from fleshly lusts which wage war against the soul. Keep your behavior excellent among the Gentiles, so that in the thing in which they slander you as evildoers, they may because of your good deeds, as they observe them, glorify God in the day of visitation.

1 Peter 2:11,12 NASB

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Thanks be unto God for His wonderful gift:
Jesus Christ, the only begotten Son of God
is the object of our faith; the only faith
that saves is faith in Him.



Comfort for God's People

Our God has said:
"Encourage my people!
Give them comfort.

Speak kindly to Jerusalem and announce:
Your slavery is past;
your punishment is over.
I, the LORD, made you pay
double for your sins."

Someone is shouting:
"Clear a path in the desert!
Make a straight road
for the LORD our God.

Fill in the valleys;
flatten every hill
and mountain.
Level the rough
and rugged ground.

Then the glory of the LORD
will appear for all to see.
The LORD has promised this!"

Isaiah 40:1-5 CEV