THE 23rd OF JANUARY
WE HAVE TO CRUCIFY OUR CARNAL NATURE DAILY AND OBEY GOD’S WILL
Therefore put to death your members which are on the earth: fornication, uncleanness, passion, evil desire, and covetousness, which is idolatry. Because of these things the wrath of God is coming upon the sons of disobedience. – Colossians 3:5-6
It is up to us to crucify our flesh daily, to kill our sinful nature and stop committing every sin.. How does something that is alive, die? It only dies if it is not fed. We must avoid what reminds us of that, including going to the places connected to that sin or avoiding the people whom we sinned with in the past; if anger is the problem, step back from the person or the problem that caused our anger; then open our hearts to the Lord, and pray for His help to calm down and to show us how to defuse the tense situation and what to do to stop vengefulness and further sin on our part.
Through the Holy Spirit, after we have been born-again, by our Baptism, we already have the fruit of “self-control” inside us. The devil uses our old lifestyle and habits to make us believe that we cannot change, but it is a deception, because in fact “we can do all things through Christ who strengthens us.” (Philippians 4:13).
SUGGESTED PRAYER
Thank You Jesus that You made it possible for me to be born again in the Spirit, because of which, I am no longer led by the soul, by the lust of the flesh, but I can live, led by Your Holy Spirit! Through Him, I have the power to control and master any sinful temptation, to keep me bound and to destroy me. Lord please help me to never forget that through You I have died to sin and sin no longer has control over me, so that I will not fall into the trap of the evil one. In the Name of Jesus. Amen
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