http://www.girlsgonewise.com/archives/1279 Spiritual Smarts for Life and Love Tue, 07 Sep 2010 01:43:55 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 http://www.girlsgonewise.com/archives/1279#comment-1633 Sarah Tue, 12 Jan 2010 18:05:18 +0000 http://www.girlsgonewise.com/?p=1279#comment-1633 Mary makes an interesting point in suggesting that the young man did not enter the situation intending to sin. Unfortunatley it works both ways. As a young woman I became friends with a man, with good intentions only, but as time passed, I dropped my guard and fell into sin. As I spent more time with him, instead of focusing on God to lead the relationship, I instead allowed him to influence me, and I decided that he was more important than my relationship with God. Proverbs 4:23 says to "guard your heart, for out of it are the issues of life". We must be careful about what we focus on day by day. In James 1:14 it says "every man is tempted and drawn away of his OWN lust." When we are exposed day by day to things in the world, we begin to crave them and if we are not weighing it all by God's truth, the lines begin to blur and pretty soon we are okay with sin, because we do not see it as such. And finally, in James 1:15 it says "when lust has conceived, it brings forth sin, and sin, ultimately, brings death." A spiritual death, seperation from God. Oh how important it is to watch and pray. Matt 26:41. Mary makes an interesting point in suggesting that the young man did not enter the situation intending to sin. Unfortunatley it works both ways. As a young woman I became friends with a man, with good intentions only, but as time passed, I dropped my guard and fell into sin. As I spent more time with him, instead of focusing on God to lead the relationship, I instead allowed him to influence me, and I decided that he was more important than my relationship with God. Proverbs 4:23 says to “guard your heart, for out of it are the issues of life”. We must be careful about what we focus on day by day. In James 1:14 it says “every man is tempted and drawn away of his OWN lust.” When we are exposed day by day to things in the world, we begin to crave them and if we are not weighing it all by God’s truth, the lines begin to blur and pretty soon we are okay with sin, because we do not see it as such. And finally, in James 1:15 it says “when lust has conceived, it brings forth sin, and sin, ultimately, brings death.” A spiritual death, seperation from God. Oh how important it is to watch and pray. Matt 26:41.

]]> http://www.girlsgonewise.com/archives/1279#comment-1521 Alley Fri, 20 Nov 2009 22:03:02 +0000 http://www.girlsgonewise.com/?p=1279#comment-1521 I really enjoy your site and like the points of contrast because it helps show the differences between the world's way and God's way. One question, point 18 and point 19 on both the chart and in these articles seem to have wise and wild backward. I'm thinking it is just a typo. Wouldn't wise be the positive influence and the wild be the negative influence? And wouldn't relationships grow with the wise and deteriorate with the wild? Just a question. If I'm incorrect sorry =( ...Hope all is well with you, sister in the Lord! =) I really enjoy your site and like the points of contrast because it helps show the differences between the world’s way and God’s way. One question, point 18 and point 19 on both the chart and in these articles seem to have wise and wild backward. I’m thinking it is just a typo. Wouldn’t wise be the positive influence and the wild be the negative influence? And wouldn’t relationships grow with the wise and deteriorate with the wild? Just a question. If I’m incorrect sorry =( …Hope all is well with you, sister in the Lord! =)

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