Topic: GUARD YOUR HEART FROM SIN  [Church of God Mission International] Above Only Daily Devotional 31 May  2023

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ABOVE ONLY DAILY DEVOTIONAL

BY: ARCHBISHOP M. E. BENSON IDAHOSA

WEDNESDAY MAY 31ST 2023

GUARD YOUR HEART FROM SIN

MATTHEW 24:12 (KJV, TPT), HEBREWS 3:13 (LB) And because iniquity shall abound, the love of many shall wax cold. *There will be such an increase of sin and lawlessness that those whose hearts once burned with passion for God and others will grow cold. *Speak to each other about these things every day while there is still time so that none of you will become hardened against God, being blinded by the glamor of sin.

As a believer, one thing you must continue to guard your heart against is sin. Sin always starts from the heart. Do not allow that evil thought stay in your heart and conceive (James 1:15). Abort it immediately. Sin is highly dangerous and very deceitful. Though it may look harmless and pleasurable, sin can distract a believer from God’s will and plan. Sin can bring pain and shame and it can destroy a believer’s life. Sin can harden a believer’s heart against God and make a believer lose his zeal and eventually turn away from his faith in Christ.

The grace of God is not a license to sin, it is an empowerment to live above sin. The grace of God teaches and empowers you to say no to sin, (Tit.2:11-12, NIV). You are dead to sin (Rom.6:1-14). Jesus died to set you free from the power of sin.

God wants you to hate sin and love righteousness, (Heb.1:9). God wants you to run away from sin, (1Thes.5:22, 1Cor.6:18a). Don’t cast and bind it. Run! Do you remember how Joseph ran away from Potiphar’s wife? (Gen.39:12) Run away from sin and run towards righteousness (1Tim. 6:11-12a). Stay away from people and things that you know will lure you into sin, (Psa.1:1, Prov.1:10). “Be not deceived: evil communications corrupt good manners,” (1Cor.15:33).

FAITH DECLARATION:
I hate sin and I love righteousness. Jesus has set me from sin. I am dead to sin. I always run away from sin

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