Monday, February 2, 2026

Chaque homme chrétien né de nouveau mène trois guerres simultanément.

 (Every born-again Christian man is fighting three wars at the same time)

¶ 3 combats auxquels tout homme chrétien est confronté • Le 3e va vous surprendre.


Vous devez naître de nouveau dans l'Esprit de Dieu.


Frère,


Tout homme chrétien né de nouveau mène trois combats simultanément. La plupart n'en ont pas conscience. Ils pensent lutter uniquement contre la convoitise, le doute ou le manque de discipline.


Mais la vérité est que vous ne menez pas un seul combat. Vous en menez trois, simultanément.


Et si vous ne savez pas dans quel combat vous êtes engagé à un instant donné, vous les perdrez tous les trois.


Voici les trois combats auxquels tout homme chrétien né de nouveau est confronté et la stratégie biblique pour remporter chacun d'eux.


La plupart des hommes perdent ces combats parce qu'ils utilisent les mauvaises armes.


¹ Ils mènent un combat mental avec la discipline physique.


² Ils mènent un combat spirituel avec la seule volonté humaine.


³ Ils mènent un combat physique avec la prière seule.


 Mais l'Écriture est claire : à chaque combat correspond une arme différente.


Éphésiens, chapitre 6, ne se contente pas de dire de revêtir une armure. Il indique précisément quelle pièce d'armure est adaptée à chaque type d'attaque.


Le casque protège l'esprit.


L'épée frappe l'ennemi.


Le bouclier bloque les mensonges.


Ainsi, pour remporter la victoire, il est essentiel de savoir quel combat vous menez et quelle arme utiliser.

Frère, analysons cela.


Le premier combat que tout homme chrétien né de nouveau doit mener est celui qu'il mène contre lui-même.


Il s'agit de la guerre des pensées. Les images qui vous traversent l'esprit. Les fantasmes qui tournent en boucle. Les mensonges qui vous disent : « Tu n'es pas assez bien. » « Tu ne changeras jamais. » « Tu ferais mieux d'abandonner. »


Ce combat peut se dérouler sous la douche, à votre bureau, ou en consultant votre téléphone à 23 h.


C'est la guerre des pensées intrusives, des imaginations lubriques et des spirales mentales qui vous éloignent de Dieu et vous plongent dans la honte.


Et voici ce que la plupart des hommes ignorent : vous ne pouvez pas empêcher ces pensées d'apparaître, mais vous pouvez les empêcher de s'installer.


Si ce combat mental semble impossible, c'est parce que vous pensez qu'avoir une mauvaise pensée signifie que vous avez déjà péché.


Mais ce n'est pas ce que Jésus a dit. Dans Matthieu 4, le diable attaque Jésus avec trois tentations. Et il ne s'agissait pas seulement d'offres extérieures. C'étaient des suggestions mentales, des pensées semées dans l'esprit de Jésus.


« Si tu es vraiment le Fils de Dieu, prouve-le. Transforme ces pierres en pain. Saute du haut du temple. Adore-moi et je te donnerai tout. »


Jésus n'a pas péché en entendant ces pensées. Il a péché en y adhérant.


La tentation n'était pas un péché. Y céder l'aurait été.


Ainsi, lorsqu'une pensée lubrique vous traverse l'esprit, ce n'est pas un péché. C'est l'ennemi qui attaque.


Le péché survient lorsque vous invitez la pensée à s'installer. Lorsque vous la nourrissez, la ressassez, l'alimentez.


Le champ de bataille ne se situe pas dans l'apparition de la pensée. Le champ de bataille se situe dans ce que vous faites dans les cinq secondes qui suivent.


Alors, comment vaincre ?


Trois armes.


Premièrement, maîtrisez toute pensée. 2 Corinthiens 10:5 dit : « Nous faisons captive toute pensée, pour la soumettre à Christ. » Cela signifie que dès qu'une pensée lubrique, honteuse ou mensongère vous traverse l'esprit, vous la saisissez. Vous ne la laissez pas vagabonder. Vous ne vous laissez pas entraîner dans ses méandres. Vous la capturez.


Concrètement, cela signifie interrompre la pensée, à voix haute si nécessaire. « Non, ce n'est pas vrai. Je le rejette ! »


Vous ne la discutez pas. Vous ne négociez pas.


Vous la capturez et la rejetez. Au nom de Jésus-Christ. Amen.


Deuxièmement, remplacez le mensonge par la vérité.


 Philippiens 4:8 dit : « Tout ce qui est vrai, tout ce qui est noble, tout ce qui est juste, que votre esprit s'y attache. »


On ne peut pas simplement chasser les mauvaises pensées ; il faut les remplacer par de vraies pensées.


Ainsi, lorsque la pensée vous dit que vous ne serez jamais libre, répondez immédiatement : « Je suis une nouvelle créature en Christ. L'ancien est passé. »


Lorsque la pensée vous dit que vous avez échoué trop de fois, répondez : « La miséricorde de Dieu se renouvelle chaque matin. Je ne suis pas défini par mon passé. » 


Troisièmement, renouvelez votre esprit chaque jour.


Romains 12:2 dit : « Soyez transformés par le renouvellement de votre esprit. »


On ne gagne pas la bataille mentale une seule fois. On la gagne chaque jour.


Cela signifie mémoriser les Écritures, s'imprégner quotidiennement de la vérité, et proclamer la parole de Dieu sur ses pensées avant même que les mensonges n'apparaissent.


La bataille pour votre esprit se gagne dans les cinq premières secondes après l'apparition d'une pensée.


Saisissez-la, remplacez-la, renouvelez-la chaque jour.


C'est ainsi que vous protégez votre esprit.

2. Le deuxième combat que tout homme chrétien né de nouveau doit mener est celui pour son corps.


C'est la guerre des désirs, des pulsions physiques, des envies charnelles, de la tension dans la poitrine lorsqu'on est provoqué, de l'attirance irrésistible pour ce qu'on sait être interdit.


Ce combat se déroule dans le corps avant même d'atteindre l'esprit.


C'est la montée d'adrénaline à la vue de l'interdit. C'est l'agitation nocturne, la pulsion physique qui semble plus forte que la volonté.


Et la plupart des hommes perdent ce combat car ils pensent que le désir est un péché. Or, le désir n'est pas un péché.


C'est l'usage que l'on fait de ses désirs qui détermine si l'on pèche.


L'apôtre Paul en parle dans Romains 7. Il dit : « Je ne comprends pas ce que je fais : je ne fais pas ce que je veux, mais je fais ce que je déteste. »


Il décrit ici le combat entre l'esprit et la chair. Entre ce que vous savez être juste et les désirs de votre corps.


Votre corps a été créé par Dieu pour ressentir du désir.


Le désir sexuel n'est pas mauvais. Il fait partie de la nature humaine.


Le problème, c'est que nous vivons dans un monde déchu où ce désir est détourné, perverti, orienté vers des choses que Dieu n'a jamais voulues.


Le combat n'est donc pas d'éliminer le désir, mais de le maîtriser, de le diriger là où Dieu l'a voulu, de dominer son corps au lieu d'être dominé par lui.


1 Corinthiens 9:27 dit : « Je frappe mon corps et je le soumets, afin qu'après avoir prêché aux autres, je ne sois pas moi-même disqualifié. »


L'apôtre Paul ne parle pas de haine de soi, mais de maîtrise de soi, d'entraîner son corps à obéir à son esprit.


Alors, comment y parvenir ? Trois armes.


Premièrement, affamer sa chair. Galates 5:16 dit : « Marchez selon l’Esprit, et vous n’accomplirez pas les désirs de la chair. »


Vous ne pouvez pas nourrir votre chair et espérer qu’elle reste faible. Chaque image lubrique que vous regardez, chaque compromis que vous faites, chaque limite que vous franchissez, vous nourrissez précisément ce que vous essayez d’anéantir.


Affamer sa chair signifie se couper de tout, supprimer des applications, installer des filtres, changer ses habitudes, éviter les déclencheurs.


Vous ne négociez pas avec votre chair, vous la privez de tout. 


Deuxièmement, disciplinez votre corps.


1 Corinthiens 6:19-20 dit : « Votre corps est le temple du Saint-Esprit. Glorifiez donc Dieu dans votre corps. »


Cela signifie discipline physique : faire de l'exercice, bien dormir, bien manger, prendre soin de son corps pour qu'il ne vous domine pas.


Lorsque votre corps est discipliné dans un domaine, il devient plus facile de l'être dans d'autres.


Celui qui peut se lever tôt et faire de l'exercice peut aussi résister à la tentation de cliquer sur ce lien à minuit.


La discipline physique favorise la discipline spirituelle.


Troisièmement, orientez vos désirs vers Dieu. Ne les réprimez pas, redirigez-les.


Lorsque vous ressentez cet appel, cette envie, cette agitation, transformez-les en adoration, en prière, en soif de Dieu. Lisez la Bible, partagez les révélations. Priez pour les autres.


David l'a fait. Submergé par le désir, il écrivit dans le Psaume 42 : « Comme une biche soupire après l’eau des courants, ainsi mon âme soupire après toi, ô Dieu ! » Il transforma son désir physique en soif spirituelle.


La bataille pour ton corps se gagne par la privation, la discipline et la réorientation.


Maîtrise ton corps, sinon il te maîtrisera.


Le troisième combat que tout homme chrétien né de nouveau doit mener est celui pour son esprit.


C’est la guerre de la foi.


Les doutes qui s’insinuent après une chute.


La honte qui te fait croire que Dieu t’a abandonné.


Les mensonges qui te disent que tu es trop perdu, trop brisé, trop impur pour que Dieu puisse t’utiliser.


Ce combat se livre dans le silence.


Quand tu es assis à l’église, te sentant hypocrite.


Quand tu pries, mais as l’impression que Dieu ne t’écoute pas.


 Quand vous vous demandez si vous êtes vraiment sauvé.


C'est le combat le plus dangereux, car il ne s'attaque pas seulement à votre comportement. Il s'attaque à votre identité, à votre relation avec Dieu, à votre assurance du salut.


L'ennemi ne veut pas seulement que vous péchiez. Il veut vous faire croire que Dieu vous a abandonné à cause de vos péchés. Voilà la véritable attaque.


Apocalypse 12:10 appelle le diable l'accusateur de nos frères, qui les accuse devant notre Dieu jour et nuit.


Il ne se contente pas de vous tenter pour vous faire tomber. Il vous accuse après votre chute. Il murmure : « Dieu ne peut plus vous utiliser. Vous avez trop failli. » Tu ne lui appartiens pas vraiment. Et s'il parvient à te faire croire à ce mensonge, il n'a plus besoin de te tenter, car tu te disqualifieras toi-même.


Tu t'éloigneras de Dieu. Tu cesseras de lutter. Mais voici la vérité.


Ta foi ne repose pas sur tes actions. Elle repose sur l'œuvre accomplie par le Christ.


Romains 8:1 dit : « Il n'y a donc maintenant aucune condamnation pour ceux qui sont en Jésus-Christ. »


Pas de condamnation si tu cesses de pécher. Aucune condamnation. Point final.


Le combat pour ton esprit est le combat pour croire à cette vérité, même lorsque la honte te dit le contraire.


Alors, comment gagner ?


Trois armes.

Premièrement, tenez-vous fermement à votre identité en Christ. Lorsque la honte vous assaille, ne vous défendez pas. Tournez-vous vers Jésus : « Je suis en Christ. Mon identité est assurée. Mon salut est accompli. Je suis pardonné. »


Non pas parce que je le mérite, mais parce que Jésus-Christ a payé le prix.


Colossiens 3:3 dit : « Votre vie est désormais cachée en Christ en Dieu. »


Cela signifie que lorsque Dieu vous regarde, Dieu le Père voit la justice de Christ, et non votre péché.


Ce n’est pas une excuse pour pécher. C’est le fondement qui rend la repentance possible.


Deuxièmement, repentez-vous sans tarder.


Ne laissez pas la honte vous éloigner de Dieu. Courez vers lui, ne vous éloignez pas de lui.


1 Jean 1:9 dit : « Si nous confessons nos péchés, il est fidèle et juste pour nous les pardonner. »


Confessez immédiatement. N’attendez pas de vous sentir prêt.


Ne cherchez pas à vous purifier d’abord. Venez tel que vous êtes. 


Plus vous attendez, plus le mensonge se renforce.


Repentez-vous rapidement. Relevez-vous vite. Ne laissez pas la honte l'emporter.


Troisièmement, marchez selon l'Esprit.


Galates 5:25 dit : « Puisque nous vivons par l'Esprit, laissons-nous conduire par l'Esprit. »


Cela signifie se soumettre chaque jour, dépendre de Dieu chaque jour, et lui demander quotidiennement de vous remplir, de vous guider et de vous fortifier.


Vous ne pouvez pas mener le combat spirituel par vos propres forces.


Vous avez besoin du Saint-Esprit et il vit déjà en vous.


Demandez-lui de vous guider et de vous suivre.


La victoire pour votre esprit se gagne en restant fidèle à votre identité, en vous repentant rapidement et en marchant selon l'Esprit.


Ne laissez pas la honte vous séparer du seul qui puisse vous sauver.


Voici donc la vérité que la plupart des hommes chrétiens nés de nouveau ignorent : vous n'êtes pas une victime de ces combats.


Vous êtes un guerrier dans ces combats.


 L'esprit, le corps, l'âme.


Ce ne sont pas des batailles que vous perdez.


Ce sont des batailles que vous apprenez à gagner.


Et chaque fois que vous maîtrisez une pensée, que vous disciplinez votre corps ou que vous rejetez la honte et vous tournez vers Dieu, vous ne faites pas que survivre, vous triomphez.


Éphésiens 6:10 dit : « Fortifiez-vous dans le Seigneur et par sa force toute-puissante. Non par votre force, mais par la sienne. »


Vous ne combattez pas seul. Vous combattez avec le Dieu qui a déjà vaincu.


Alors, cessez de vous voir comme celui qui échoue sans cesse. Vous êtes celui qui se relève toujours. C'est ce que fait un guerrier. Les guerriers ne gagnent pas en ne tombant jamais. Ils gagnent en refusant de rester à terre.


Vous menez trois batailles en ce moment : l'esprit, le corps et l'âme.


Et vous avez trois armes : la Parole de Dieu, le Saint-Esprit et votre identité en Christ.


Utilisez-les.


Combattez. 


Gagne.


Laissez un commentaire avec le mot « guerrier » si vous en avez assez de vous considérer comme une victime et que vous êtes prêt à combattre comme l’homme que Dieu vous appelle à être.


Ayez confiance en Jésus-Christ pour combattre et vaincre.


Vous ne combattez pas pour la liberté, vous luttez pour vous en libérer.


Maintenant, vivez en conséquence.



 (3 Battles Every Christian Man Faces • The 3rd Will Shock You.)

You Must Be Born Again in the Spirit of God. 

Brother, 

Every born-again Christian man is fighting three wars at the same time. Most do not realize it. They think they are just struggling with lust or doubt or discipline. 

But the truth is, you are not fighting one battle. You are fighting three battles, simultaneously. 

And if you do not know which battle you are in at any given moment, you will lose all three. 

Here are the three battles every born-again Christian man faces and the biblical strategy to win each one. 

Most men lose these battles because they are using the wrong weapons. 

¹ They are fighting a mental battle with physical discipline. 

² They are fighting a spiritual battle with human willpower. 

³ They are fighting a physical battle with prayer alone. 

   But scripture is clear. Different battles require different weapons. 

Ephesians  chapter 6 does not just say put on armour. It tells you exactly which piece of armour fights which attack. 

The helmet guards your mind. 

The sword strikes the enemy. 

The shield blocks the lies. 

So if you want to win, you need to know which battle you are in and which weapon to use.


Brother, Let us break it down. 

The first battle every born again Christian man faces is the battle for his mind. 

This is the war thoughts. The images that flash through your head. The fantasies that replay on loop. The lies that tell you, "you are not good enough." "You will never change." "You might as well give in." 

This battle may happens in the shower, at your desk, while scrolling your phone at 11 p.m. 

It is the war of intrusive thoughts, lustful imaginations, and mental spirals that pull you away from God and into shame. 

And here is what most men do not realize. You cannot stop these thoughts from showing up, but you can stop them from staying. 

The reason the mental battle feels impossible is because you think having a bad thought means you have already sinned. 

But that's not what Jesus said. In Matthew 4, the devil attacks Jesus with three temptations. And those were not just external offers. They were   mental suggestions, thoughts planted in Jesus' mind. 

"If you are really the son of God, prove it. Turn  these stones into bread. Jump off the temple. Worship me and l'll give you everything." 

Jesus did not sin by hearing those thoughts. He  sinned if he agreed with them. 

The temptation was not sin. Acting on it would have been. 

So when a lustful thought enters your mind, that's not sin. That is the enemy attacking. 

Sin happens when you invite the thought to stay. When you entertain it, replay it, feed it. 

The battlefield is not whether the thought shows up. The battlefield is what you do in the next 5 seconds. 

So, how do you win? 

Three weapons. 

First take every thought captive. 2 Corinthians 10:5 says,"We take captive every thought to make it obedient to Christ." That means the moment a lustful, shameful, or lying thought enters your mind. You grab it. You do not let it wander. You do not follow it down the rabbit hole. You capture it. 

Practically this means you interrupt the thought, out loud if you have to. "No, that is not true. I reject that.!" 

You do not debate it. You do not negotiate. 

You capture it and throw it out. In the name of Jesus Christ. Amen. 

 Second replace the lie with truth. 

Philippians 4:8 says, "Whatever is true, whatever is noble, whatever is right, think about  such things. 

You cannot just remove the bad thoughts. you have to replace it with a true one. 

So when the thought says you will never be free, you immediately counter, "I am a new creation in Christ. The old has passed away." 

When the thought says you have failed too many times, you counter,  "God's mercies are new every morning. l am not defined by my past. "


Third, renew your mind daily. 

 Romans 12:2 says, "be transformed by the renewing of your mind." 

You do not win the mental battle once. You win it every single day. 

That means scripture memory, daily truth, speaking God's word over your thoughts before the lies even show up. 

The battle for your mind is won in  the first 5 seconds after a thought appears. 

Capture it,  replace it,  renew daily. 

That's how you guard your mind.


2. The second battle every born-again Christian man faces is the battle for his body. 

This is the war of desires, the physical urges, the flesh cravings, the tension in your chest when you are triggered, the pull towards something you know you should not do. 

This battle happens in your body before it ever reaches your mind. 

It is the rush of adrenaline when you see something you should not. The restlessness when you are alone at night, the physical drive that feels stronger than your willpower. 

And most men lose this battle because they think desire itself is sin. But desire is not sin. 

What you do with desire determines whether you sin. 

Apostle Paul talks about this in Romans 7. He says, "I do not understand what I do. For what I want to do, I do not do, but what I hate, that I do." 

He is describing the war between spirit and flesh. Between what you know is right and what your body craves. 

Your body was designed by God to feel desire. 

 Sexual desire is not evil. It is part of how God made you. 

The problem is we live in a fallen world where that desire gets hijacked, twisted, redirected toward things God never intended. 

So the battle is not to eliminate desire. The battle is to steward it, to direct it where God intended, to master your body instead of being mastered by it. 

1 Corinthians 9:27 says, "I strike a blow to my body and make it my slave so that after I have preached to others, I myself will not be disqualified." 

Apostle Paul is not talking about self-hatred. He is talking about self-control, training your body to obey your spirit. 

So, how do you win? Three weapons. 

 First, starve the flesh. Galatians 5:16 says, "Walk by the spirit and you will not gratify the desires of the flesh." 

You cannot feed your flesh and expect it to stay weak. Every lustful image you look at, every compromise you make, every boundary you cross, you are feeding the very thing you are trying to kill. 

Starving the flesh means cutting off access, deleting apps, installing filters, changing your routine, avoiding triggers. 

You do not negotiate with your flesh, you starve it. 


Second, discipline your body. 

1 Corinthians 6:19-20 says, "Your bodies are temples of the Holy Spirit. Honour God with your bodies."

 That means physical discipline, exercise, sleep, eating well, taking care of your body so it is not ruling you. 

When your body is disciplined in one area, it becomes easier to discipline in others. 

The man who can wake up early and work out can also resist the urge to click that link at midnight. 

Physical discipline trains spiritual discipline. 

Third, redirect desire toward God. Do not just suppress desire, redirect it. 

When you feel that pull, that craving, that restlessness turn it into worship, turn it into prayer, turn it into hunger for God. Read the Bible, share the revelation. Pray for others. 

David did this. When he was overwhelmed with desire, he wrote in Psalm 42. As the deer pants for streams of water, so my soul pants for you, my God. He turned physical longing into spiritual thirst. 

The battle for your body is won through starvation,   discipline. and redirection. 

Master your body or your body will master you. 

The third battle every born-again Christian man faces is the battle for his spirit. 

This is the war of faith. 

The doubts that creep in after you fall. 

The shame that tells you God is done with you. 

The lies that say you are too far gone, too broken,  too dirty to be used by God. 

This battle happens in the quiet moments. 

When you are sitting in church feeling like a hypocrite. 

When you are praying but feeling like God is not listening. 

When you are wondering if you are even saved at all. 

This is the most dangerous battle because it does not just attack your behavior. It attacks your identity, your relationship with God, your assurance of salvation. 

The enemy doesn't just want you to sin. He wants you to believe God has given up on you because you sinned. That's the real attack. 

Revelation 12:10 calls devil the accuser of our brothers who accuses them before our God day and night

He does not just tempt you to fall. He accuses you after you fall. He whisper God cannot use you now. You have failed too many times. You are not really his." And if he can get you to believe that lie, he does not need to tempt you anymore because you will disqualify yourself. 

You will walk away from God. You will stop fighting. But here is the truth. 

Your faith is not based on your performance. It's based on Christ's finished work. 

Romans 8:1 says, "There is now no condemnation for those who are in Christ Jesus. 

Not no condemnation if you stop sinning." No condemnation. Period. 

The battle for your spirit is the battle to believe that truth when shame tells you otherwise. 

So how do you win? 

Three weapons. 

First, stand on your identity in Christ. When shame attacks, you do not defend yourself. You point to Jesus. "I am in Christ. My identity is secure. My salvation is finished. I am forgiven." 

Not because I deserve it, but because Jesus Christ paid for it. 

Colossians 3:3 says, "Your life is now hidden with Christ in God." 

That means when God looks at you, God the Father sees Christ's righteousness, not your sin. 

That's not an excuse to sin. It's the foundation that makes repentance possible. 

Secondrepent quickly. 

Do not let shame keep you from God. Run to Him, not away from him. 

First John 1:9 says, "If we confess our sins, He is faithful and just to forgive us.

Confess immediately. Do not wait until you feel ready. 

Do not try to clean yourself up first. Come as you are. 

The longer you wait, the stronger the lie becomes. 

Repent fast. Get back up fast. Do not let shame win. 


Third walk in the spirit. 

Galatians 5:25 says, "Since we live by the spirit, let us keep in step with the Spirit." 

That means daily surrender, daily dependence,   daily asking God to fill you, guide you, empower you.

You cannot fight the spiritual battle in your own strength. 

You need the Holy Spirit and He is already living inside you. 

Ask Him to lead and follow. 

The battle for your spirit is won by standing on your identity, repenting quickly, and walking in the spirit. 

Do not let shame separate you from the only One who can save you. 

So here is the truth most born-again Christian men never realize. You are not a victim of these battles. 

You are a warrior in them. 

The mind, the body, the spirit. 

These are not battles you are losing. 

They are battles you are learning to win. 

And every time you capture a thought, discipline your body or reject shame and run to God, you are not just surviving, you are conquering. 

Ephesians 6:10 says, "Be strong in the Lord and in His mighty power. Not your power, His." 

You are not fighting alone. You are fighting with the God who already won.


 So stop seeing yourself as the guy who keeps failing. You are the guy who keeps getting back up. That's what a warrior does. Warriors do not win by never falling. They win by refusing to stay down. 

You are in three battles right now. the mind, the body, the spirit. 

And you have three weapons: God's word, the Holy Spirit, and your identity in Christ. 

Use them. 

Fight. 

Win. 

Drop warrior in the comments, if you are done seeing yourself as a victim and ready to fight like the man God called you to be. 


Trust the Lord Jesus Christ with you to fight and win. 

You are not fighting for freedom, you are fighting from it. 

Now live like it.








Every born-again Christian man is fighting three wars at the same time

 3 Battles Every Christian Man Faces • The 3rd Will Shock You.

You Must Be Born Again in the Spirit of God. 

Brother, 

Every born-again Christian man is fighting three wars at the same time. Most do not realize it. They think they are just struggling with lust or doubt or discipline. 

But the truth is, you are not fighting one battle. You are fighting three battles, simultaneously. 

And if you do not know which battle you are in at any given moment, you will lose all three. 

Here are the three battles every born-again Christian man faces and the biblical strategy to win each one. 

Most men lose these battles because they are using the wrong weapons. 

¹ They are fighting a mental battle with physical discipline. 

² They are fighting a spiritual battle with human willpower. 

³ They are fighting a physical battle with prayer alone. 

   But scripture is clear. Different battles require different weapons. 

Ephesians  chapter 6 does not just say put on armour. It tells you exactly which piece of armour fights which attack. 

The helmet guards your mind. 

The sword strikes the enemy. 

The shield blocks the lies. 

So if you want to win, you need to know which battle you are in and which weapon to use.


Brother, Let us break it down. 

The first battle every born again Christian man faces is the battle for his mind. 

This is the war thoughts. The images that flash through your head. The fantasies that replay on loop. The lies that tell you, "you are not good enough." "You will never change." "You might as well give in." 

This battle may happens in the shower, at your desk, while scrolling your phone at 11 p.m. 

It is the war of intrusive thoughts, lustful imaginations, and mental spirals that pull you away from God and into shame. 

And here is what most men do not realize. You cannot stop these thoughts from showing up, but you can stop them from staying. 

The reason the mental battle feels impossible is because you think having a bad thought means you have already sinned. 

But that's not what Jesus said. In Matthew 4, the devil attacks Jesus with three temptations. And those were not just external offers. They were   mental suggestions, thoughts planted in Jesus' mind. 

"If you are really the son of God, prove it. Turn  these stones into bread. Jump off the temple. Worship me and l'll give you everything." 

Jesus did not sin by hearing those thoughts. He  sinned if he agreed with them. 

The temptation was not sin. Acting on it would have been. 

So when a lustful thought enters your mind, that's not sin. That is the enemy attacking. 

Sin happens when you invite the thought to stay. When you entertain it, replay it, feed it. 

The battlefield is not whether the thought shows up. The battlefield is what you do in the next 5 seconds. 

So, how do you win? 

Three weapons. 

First take every thought captive. 2 Corinthians 10:5 says,"We take captive every thought to make it obedient to Christ." That means the moment a lustful, shameful, or lying thought enters your mind. You grab it. You do not let it wander. You do not follow it down the rabbit hole. You capture it. 

Practically this means you interrupt the thought, out loud if you have to. "No, that is not true. I reject that.!" 

You do not debate it. You do not negotiate. 

You capture it and throw it out. In the name of Jesus Christ. Amen. 

 Second replace the lie with truth. 

Philippians 4:8 says, "Whatever is true, whatever is noble, whatever is right, think about  such things. 

You cannot just remove the bad thoughts. you have to replace it with a true one. 

So when the thought says you will never be free, you immediately counter, "I am a new creation in Christ. The old has passed away." 

When the thought says you have failed too many times, you counter,  "God's mercies are new every morning. l am not defined by my past. "


Third, renew your mind daily. 

 Romans 12:2 says, "be transformed by the renewing of your mind." 

You do not win the mental battle once. You win it every single day. 

That means scripture memory, daily truth, speaking God's word over your thoughts before the lies even show up. 

The battle for your mind is won in  the first 5 seconds after a thought appears. 

Capture it,  replace it,  renew daily. 

That's how you guard your mind.


2. The second battle every born-again Christian man faces is the battle for his body. 

This is the war of desires, the physical urges, the flesh cravings, the tension in your chest when you are triggered, the pull towards something you know you should not do. 

This battle happens in your body before it ever reaches your mind. 

It is the rush of adrenaline when you see something you should not. The restlessness when you are alone at night, the physical drive that feels stronger than your willpower. 

And most men lose this battle because they think desire itself is sin. But desire is not sin. 

What you do with desire determines whether you sin. 

Apostle Paul talks about this in Romans 7. He says, "I do not understand what I do. For what I want to do, I do not do, but what I hate, that I do." 

He is describing the war between spirit and flesh. Between what you know is right and what your body craves. 

Your body was designed by God to feel desire. 

 Sexual desire is not evil. It is part of how God made you. 

The problem is we live in a fallen world where that desire gets hijacked, twisted, redirected toward things God never intended. 

So the battle is not to eliminate desire. The battle is to steward it, to direct it where God intended, to master your body instead of being mastered by it. 

1 Corinthians 9:27 says, "I strike a blow to my body and make it my slave so that after I have preached to others, I myself will not be disqualified." 

Apostle Paul is not talking about self-hatred. He is talking about self-control, training your body to obey your spirit. 

So, how do you win? Three weapons. 

 First, starve the flesh. Galatians 5:16 says, "Walk by the spirit and you will not gratify the desires of the flesh." 

You cannot feed your flesh and expect it to stay weak. Every lustful image you look at, every compromise you make, every boundary you cross, you are feeding the very thing you are trying to kill. 

Starving the flesh means cutting off access, deleting apps, installing filters, changing your routine, avoiding triggers. 

You do not negotiate with your flesh, you starve it. 


Second, discipline your body. 

1 Corinthians 6:19-20 says, "Your bodies are temples of the Holy Spirit. Honour God with your bodies."

 That means physical discipline, exercise, sleep, eating well, taking care of your body so it is not ruling you. 

When your body is disciplined in one area, it becomes easier to discipline in others. 

The man who can wake up early and work out can also resist the urge to click that link at midnight. 

Physical discipline trains spiritual discipline. 

Third, redirect desire toward God. Do not just suppress desire, redirect it. 

When you feel that pull, that craving, that restlessness turn it into worship, turn it into prayer, turn it into hunger for God. Read the Bible, share the revelation. Pray for others. 

David did this. When he was overwhelmed with desire, he wrote in Psalm 42. As the deer pants for streams of water, so my soul pants for you, my God. He turned physical longing into spiritual thirst. 

The battle for your body is won through starvation,   discipline. and redirection. 

Master your body or your body will master you. 

The third battle every born-again Christian man faces is the battle for his spirit. 

This is the war of faith. 

The doubts that creep in after you fall. 

The shame that tells you God is done with you. 

The lies that say you are too far gone, too broken,  too dirty to be used by God. 

This battle happens in the quiet moments. 

When you are sitting in church feeling like a hypocrite. 

When you are praying but feeling like God is not listening. 

When you are wondering if you are even saved at all. 

This is the most dangerous battle because it does not just attack your behavior. It attacks your identity, your relationship with God, your assurance of salvation. 

The enemy doesn't just want you to sin. He wants you to believe God has given up on you because you sinned. That's the real attack. 

Revelation 12:10 calls devil the accuser of our brothers who accuses them before our God day and night

He does not just tempt you to fall. He accuses you after you fall. He whisper God cannot use you now. You have failed too many times. You are not really his." And if he can get you to believe that lie, he does not need to tempt you anymore because you will disqualify yourself. 

You will walk away from God. You will stop fighting. But here is the truth. 

Your faith is not based on your performance. It's based on Christ's finished work. 

Romans 8:1 says, "There is now no condemnation for those who are in Christ Jesus. 

Not no condemnation if you stop sinning." No condemnation. Period. 

The battle for your spirit is the battle to believe that truth when shame tells you otherwise. 

So how do you win? 

Three weapons. 

First, stand on your identity in Christ. When shame attacks, you do not defend yourself. You point to Jesus. "I am in Christ. My identity is secure. My salvation is finished. I am forgiven." 

Not because I deserve it, but because Jesus Christ paid for it. 

Colossians 3:3 says, "Your life is now hidden with Christ in God." 

That means when God looks at you, God the Father sees Christ's righteousness, not your sin. 

That's not an excuse to sin. It's the foundation that makes repentance possible. 

Secondrepent quickly. 

Do not let shame keep you from God. Run to Him, not away from him. 

First John 1:9 says, "If we confess our sins, He is faithful and just to forgive us.

Confess immediately. Do not wait until you feel ready. 

Do not try to clean yourself up first. Come as you are. 

The longer you wait, the stronger the lie becomes. 

Repent fast. Get back up fast. Do not let shame win. 


Third walk in the spirit. 

Galatians 5:25 says, "Since we live by the spirit, let us keep in step with the Spirit." 

That means daily surrender, daily dependence,   daily asking God to fill you, guide you, empower you.

You cannot fight the spiritual battle in your own strength. 

You need the Holy Spirit and He is already living inside you. 

Ask Him to lead and follow. 

The battle for your spirit is won by standing on your identity, repenting quickly, and walking in the spirit. 

Do not let shame separate you from the only One who can save you. 

So here is the truth most born-again Christian men never realize. You are not a victim of these battles. 

You are a warrior in them. 

The mind, the body, the spirit. 

These are not battles you are losing. 

They are battles you are learning to win. 

And every time you capture a thought, discipline your body or reject shame and run to God, you are not just surviving, you are conquering. 

Ephesians 6:10 says, "Be strong in the Lord and in His mighty power. Not your power, His." 

You are not fighting alone. You are fighting with the God who already won.


 So stop seeing yourself as the guy who keeps failing. You are the guy who keeps getting back up. That's what a warrior does. Warriors do not win by never falling. They win by refusing to stay down. 

You are in three battles right now. the mind, the body, the spirit. 

And you have three weapons: God's word, the Holy Spirit, and your identity in Christ. 

Use them. 

Fight. 

Win. 

Drop warrior in the comments, if you are done seeing yourself as a victim and ready to fight like the man God called you to be. 


Trust the Lord Jesus Christ with you to fight and win. 

You are not fighting for freedom, you are fighting from it. 

Now live like it.







Saturday, January 31, 2026

耶稣,救我脱离肤浅的信仰和空洞的宗教表演

 耶稣,救我脱离肤浅的信仰和空洞的宗教表演


在我们祷告之前,让我们先花点时间聆听神的话语,然后一起祷告。当有人口里称自己是基督的信徒,但他们的意图、动机和私生活却与祂的主权背道而驰时,这令人担忧。一个人可能外表属灵,内心却抵挡神;一个人可能积极参与教会活动,却仍然为自己而活;一个人可能做着基督徒该做的事,却忽略了这些事本应引领他走向的那位。耶稣对此直言不讳。祂说,不是所有称祂为主的人都能进天国,唯有遵行天父旨意的人才能进去。祂甚至进一步描述了一群人,他们将满怀信心地站在祂面前,列举他们的属灵事迹,说他们奉祂的名说预言、赶鬼、行神迹。 然而,他会回应说:“我从来不认识你们。你们这些作恶的人,离开我去吧!”


这真是当头棒喝。这意味着,那些激动人心的时刻、公开的布道和宗教演讲,并不等同于完全降服于神的生命。那么,耶稣指出,认识他的真正证据是什么呢?他指出的是出于爱的顺服,一颗聆听神声音的心。而神的声音就在他的话语中。当你研读圣经时,你就会明白为什么经文如此重要。“太初有道,道与神同在,道就是神。” 这意味着神的话语揭示了他的本性,揭示了他的心意,揭示了他所爱的和所恨恶的,揭示了什么引领你走向生命,什么又会毁灭你的灵魂。所以,当你打开圣经,带着祷告的心阅读时,你就是在学习神的道路,学习神的旨意。许多人会问:“神对我的人生有什么旨意呢?” 他们的意思是:“我应该去哪里?我应该找什么样的工作?我应该和谁结婚?” 

这些都是很实际的问题,上帝非常关心你的生活。但在你急于探究细节之前,上帝呼召你去做一件更根本的事情:降服于耶稣基督,并每天跟随他。上帝的旨意始于救恩。 “信靠主耶稣基督,你和你一家都必得救。”上帝寻找的不是懂得宗教语言的人。耶稣基督寻找的是一颗相信的心,一颗倚靠基督寻求怜悯的心,一颗说“耶稣,我需要你”的心。救恩是个人性的。如果你口里承认耶稣是主,心里相信上帝叫他从死里复活,你就必得救。请注意这两者之间的紧密联系。口里和心里,公开的和私下的,你所宣告的和你真正相信的。上帝关心这两方面。

当你与耶稣基督同行时,上帝的旨意会持续改变你。你不能跟随耶稣基督却一成不变。你不能继续沉溺于黑暗,却指望你的灵魂保持洁净。你不能继续用邪恶的思想滋养你的心灵,甚至摧毁你的灵性,却仍然声称与上帝亲近。当你持守神的话语,持守祷告,并让圣灵纠正你、塑造你、坚固你时,你的思想就会更新。上帝的旨意也包括…… 即使世人嘲笑,也要保持纯洁。因为神的旨意就是要你们成为圣洁,远避淫行。罪的代价总是远超其所承诺的。神的旨意包含谦卑,因为骄傲会使人刚硬。这提醒我们,神阻挡骄傲的人,赐恩给谦卑的人。谦卑的信徒保持谦逊受教的态度。

谦卑的信徒迅速悔改,不为罪辩护,不为罪开脱,也不粉饰罪。神的旨意包含信靠。你要专心仰赖耶和华,不可倚靠自己聪明,在你一切所行的事上都要认定他,他必指引你的路。许多人渴望得到神的指引,却仍然执意掌控方向盘。信靠意味着即使你尚未完全理解,也要顺服。神的旨意包含忠诚。“除了我以外,你不可有别的神。”偶像不仅仅是雕像。 偶像就是你爱它胜过爱耶稣的任何东西,你顺服它胜过爱上帝的任何东西,你无法放手的任何东西,即使它正在把你拉离上帝。所以,要向上帝祈求顺服的信心。要行道,不要单单听道,自己欺哄自己。

上帝正在呼召你走出自欺,回归真实的生活。亲爱的弟兄姊妹,请明智地利用你的时间。投资于永恒的事物。投资于你与耶稣基督的关系。不要等到你的心冷漠,或罪恶成为常态才悔改。回到神的话语和祷告中。回到顺服之中。人生的目标是认识基督,爱基督,并以一颗真诚的心为基督而活。


现在,让我们一起祷告片刻。


亲爱的主,感谢你即使在我失败的时候也爱我。感谢你在我迷失的时候呼召我回来。求你赦免我的罪,无论它们是说出口的还是隐藏的,无论是公开的还是默默藏在心里的。主啊,求你洁净我,除去我里面一切不合乎你样式的东西。求你赦免我那些为自己而活,而不是为你的荣耀而活的日子。 请原谅我,我曾追逐个人利益、关注、舒适或自私的野心,以至于我的心偏离了最重要的事。请原谅我,我曾将自己的欲望置于你的旨意之上。请原谅我,我曾为自己试图纠正的事辩解。


主耶稣,我祈求你怜悯我。求你保守我不致口称你为主,生命却抵挡你的人。我一想到有一天站在你面前,却发现自己虽然知道你,却并不真正认识你,就战栗不已。求你救我脱离肤浅的信仰,救我脱离毫无真情实感的宗教仪式。愿我与你的关系是亲密而鲜活的。求你教导我每日与你同行,无论境遇如何。我祈求你除去我心中想要取悦他人的欲望,救我脱离过分注重外表和忽略内心的渴慕。 我不想只关注自己在人前是否显得圣洁,而内心却毫无改变。


我愿专注于你的话语、你的旨意和你的同在。愿我对你的爱超越对人或人认可的渴望。愿我的顺服比我的名誉更重要。主啊,当我呼求耶稣基督的名时,愿它源于真诚的关系。当我赞美你时,愿它出于感恩,而非出于表现。当我敬拜你时,愿它源自我内心深处,让我确信你真实地存在。求你教导我以诚实敬拜。如果我疲惫,就让我坦诚面对你。如果我软弱,就让我承认。如果我犯了罪,就让我认罪。求你除去我一切虚伪的伪装和自以为义,使我的敬拜纯洁无瑕。你的话语提醒我,你渴望那些用心灵和诚实敬拜你的人。所以,主啊,求你使我的心在你面前诚实。 赐我一颗柔软的良心。


让我迅速感到愧疚,而不是在犯错之后才悔改。让我迅速悔改,而不是在伤害造成之后才悔改。帮助我不为罪恶辩护、开脱或掩盖。赐我勇气,将一切都带到你的光中,因为你的光能医治黑暗试图束缚的一切。天父,我祈求我的信徒生命有实质。愿我的信仰有分量,有真诚。愿它体现在我的言谈举止、思想思考、待人接物以及面对考验时的回应中。主啊,请将我深深栽种在你的话语中,使我的生命成为活生生的见证。赐我勇气,让我在有机会和恩典与人分享你的爱时,都能满怀信心地传讲耶稣基督的福音。帮助我顺服你的旨意,远离肉体的道路。


世界和其上的情欲都要过去,惟独遵行神旨意的人永远活着。主啊,请帮助我认真对待这一点。 世界提供的享乐转瞬即逝,掌声转瞬即逝,欲望永无止境。求你教我看穿罪恶的虚幻光芒,教我渴慕永恒。求你保守我的心远离可耻的追求和不敬虔的道路。当诱惑来临时,求你赐我力量说“不”。当我的肉体拉扯我时,求你提醒我,你拥有更美好的事物。主耶稣,求你使我的心思意念在天上的事上,教我拥有更高的思想,教我渴望你所渴望的。你呼召我寻求天上的事,思念天上的事。求你更新我的思想,纠正我的欲望,引导我的焦点。愿我的内心成为你真理的所在,成为你同在的荣耀之地。

天父,你的圣言说,因为这是神的旨意,要你们行善,堵住愚昧人的口,使你们虽是自由的,却不可借着自由遮盖恶行,总要作神的奴仆。要尊重所有人,要爱弟兄姊妹,要敬畏神,要尊荣君王。主啊,求你帮助我活出这些教导。愿我的生命在你面前蒙福。使我成为一个正直的人。帮助我在无人监督时也能忠心。你赐给我良心,也赐给我选择的能力。求你赐给我神圣的意识,让我与你同心。所以,天父,我祈求你,不要让我滥用我的自由,走向黑暗。帮助我选择正义和纯洁。帮助我选择那些能坚固我灵性而非削弱我灵性的事物。让我脱离罪恶,喜乐地服侍你。


天父,我需要你。我无法靠自己的力量活下去。求你从我里面动工。改变我的爱与恨。 塑造我的渴望。求祢在我里面动工,使我立志行事,成就祢美好的旨意。主啊,求祢在我里面动工。当我软弱时,求祢加添我力量;当我迷茫时,求祢指引我;当我疲惫时,求祢更新我。求祢教导我凭信心而行,不凭恐惧而行;教导我以纯洁的方式敬畏祢,使我的心谦卑谨慎;教导我以爱心顺服祢。当我跌倒时,求祢迅速扶起我;当我迷失时,求祢迅速将我拉回正途。求祢为我造一颗清洁的心。主啊,我赞美祢。祢配得一切荣耀和尊崇。奉耶稣基督的名祷告。阿们。


读者朋友,如果这篇祷告触动了你的心,请以“阿们”作信心的见证。我祈求这篇祷告中的所有祝福都临到你,奉耶稣基督的名。如果你需要特别的祷告,请随时告诉我们。我们很荣幸为你祷告。 愿我们主耶稣基督的恩典与平安常与你们同在。

 


Jesus, Save Me From Shallow Faith and Empty Religious Performance

 Jesus, Save Me From Shallow Faith and Empty Religious Performance 

Before we pray, let's first take a moment to listen to God's word and then we'll pray together.  It is alarming when someone claims Christ with their mouth, but their intentions, motives, and private life do not reflect His lordship. It is possible to look spiritual on the outside and still be resisting God on the inside. It is possible to be active in church and still be living for self. And it is possible to do Christian things while ignoring the very person those things are meant to lead you to. Jesus speaks directly about this. He says that not everyone who calls him Lord will enter the kingdom of heaven but the one who does the will of our Father in heaven. He goes even further and describes a group of people who will stand before him with confidence listing their spiritual activities saying they prophesied, drove out demons and did miracles in His name. Yet he will respond, "I never knew you. Depart from me, you who practice lawlessness."

That is a wake-up call. It means that powerful moments, public ministry, and religious speech are not the same as a surrendered life. So what does Jesus point to as the true evidence of knowing him? He points to obedience that comes from love, a heart that yields to God's voice. And his voice is within his Word. When you look at the Bible, you see why scripture matters so much. "In the beginning was the Word and the Word was with God and the Word was God." This means God's Word reveals His nature. It reveals His heart. It reveals what he loves and what he hates. reveals what leads you into life and what destroys your soul. So when you open the Bible, and read prayerfully, you are learning the ways of God. You are learning the will of God. Many people ask, "What is God's will for my life?" And they mean, "Where should I  go? What job should I take? Who should I marry?

Those are real questions and God cares about your life deeply. But before you rush into the details, God calls you to something more foundational.  Surrender to Jesus Christ and follow him daily. God's will begins with salvation. Believe on the Lord Jesus Christ and you will be saved, you and your household." God is not looking for a person who knows religious language. Jesus Christ is looking for a heart that believes, a heart that leans on Christ for mercy, a heart that says, "Jesus, I need you." And salvation is personal.If you confess with your mouth that Jesus is Lord and believe in your heart that God raised him from the dead, you will be saved. Notice how close this is. Mouth and heart, public and private, what you declare and what you truly believe. God cares about both.

Then as you walk with Jesus Christ, God's will continues into transformation. You cannot follow Jesus Christ and stay the same. You cannot keep drinking from the same darkness and expect your soul to stay clean. You cannot keep feeding your mind or destroys your spirit and still claim closeness with God. The renewing of your mind happens as you stay in the word, stay in prayer, and let the Holy Spirit correct you, shape you, and strengthen you. God's will also includes purity even when the world laughs at it. For this is the will of God, your sanctification that you abstain from sexual immorality. Sin always costs more than it promises. God's will includes humility because pride hardens a person. This reminds you that God resists the proud but gives grace to the humble. A humble believer stays teachable.

A humble believer repents quickly and does not defend sin, excuse sin, or decorate sin. God's will includes trust. Trust in the Lord with all your heart and do not lean on your own understanding. In all your ways acknowledge him, and he will make straight your paths. Many people want God's direction, but they still insist on holding the steering wheel. Trust means you obey even when you do not understand yet. God's will includes loyalty. You shall have no other gods before me." Idol are not only statues. An idol is anything you love more than Jesus, anything you obey more than God, anything you cannot let go of, even when it is pulling you away from him. So ask God for a faith that obeys. Be doers of the word and not hearers only, deceiving yourselves.

God is calling you out of self-deception and into real life. Dear brother, dear sister, use your time wisely. Invest in what is eternal. Invest in your relationship with Jesus Christ alone. Do not wait until your heart becomes cold or sin becomes normal. Return to the Word and prayer. Return to obedience. The goal in life is to know Christ, love Christ, and live for Christ from a sincere heart. 

Now, let's take a moment to pray together. 

Dear Lord, thank you for loving me even when I have failed. And thank you for calling me back when I have wandered. Forgive me for my sins, whether they were spoken or hidden, whether they were done openly or carried quietly in my mind. Cleanse me, Lord, from anything in me that is not like you. Forgive me for the times I have lived for myself instead of living for your glory. Forgive me for the times I chased personal gain, attention,  comfort, or selfish ambition while my heart became distracted from what matters most. Forgive me for every moment I placed my desires above your will. And forgive me for the ways I justified what you were trying to correct. 

Lord Jesus,  I ask you to have mercy on me. Keep me from becoming a person who calls you Lord with my mouth while resisting you with my life. I tremble at the thought of standing before you one day and realizing I knew about you, but I did not truly know you. Save me from a shallow faith. Save me from a religious routine that has no surrender in it. Let my relationship with you be personal and alive. Teach me to walk with you daily and in every season. I ask you to remove the desire in me to impress people. Deliver me from caring too much about exterior appearances. And neglect the inner man. I do not want to be focused on whether I look holy in front of others while my heart stays unchanged.

I want to be focused on your Word, your Will, and your Presence. Let my love for you grow deeper than my love for approval from men or women. Let my obedience become more important to me than my reputation. Lord, when I say the name of Jesus Christ, let it come from genuine relationships. When I praise you, let it rise from gratitude, not from performance. When I worship you, let it come from a deep place within my heart where l am aware that you are truly here. Teach me to worship with honesty. If l am tired, let me be honest with you. If I am weak, let me admit it. If I have sinned, let me confess it. Strip away all false pretenses and self-righteousness so that my worship becomes clean and true. Your Word reminds me that you desire your worshippers who worship you in spirit and in truth. So make my heart truthful before you Lord. Give me a soft conscience.

Let me feel conviction quickly, not after I have gone far. Let me repent quickly, not after damage has been done. Help me not to defend sin, excuse it, or hide it. Give me courage to bring everything into your light because your light heals what darkness tries to keep bound. Father, I pray that there would be substance in my life as a believer. Let my faith have weight and sincerity. Let it show in how I speak, how I think, how I treat people, and how I respond when l am tested. Plant me deeply in your Word, Lord, so that my life becomes a living testimony. Give me boldness to speak the gospel of Jesus Christ with conviction whenever I am given the opportunity and grace to share your love with anyone. Help me to live in obedience to your ways and to turn away from the ways of the flesh. 

The world and its desires pass away, but whoever does the will of God lives forever. Help me take this seriously, Lord. The world offers pleasure that fades. It offers applause that disappears. It offers cravings that never satisfy.  Teach me to see through the temporary shine of sin. Teach me to desire what lasts. Keep my heart away from shameful pursuits and ungodly paths. When temptation comes, give me strength to say no.  When my flesh pulls me, remind me that you have something better. Lord Jesus, set my mind on heavenly things. Teach me to think higher. Teach me to want what you want. You call me to seek the things above and to set my mind on things above.  So renew my thoughts, correct my cravings, redirect my focus. Let my private mind become a place where your truth is welcomed and where your presence is honoured.

Father, your Word says for this is the will of God, that by doing good, you may silence the ignorance of foolish men, as free, yet not using liberty as a cover for evil, but as bondervants of God. Honor all people. Love the brotherhood. Fear God. Honor the King. Lord, help me live that out. Let my life be honourable before you. Make me be a person of integrity. Help me to be faithful when no one is watching. You have given me a conscience and you have given me the ability to choose. Grant me your divine consciousness to think with you, Lord. So l ask you, Father, do not let me take my freedom and use it to walk into darkness. Help me choose what is right and pure. Help me choose what strengthens my spirit instead of what weakens it. Let me be free from sin and to serve you with joy. 

Father, I need you. I cannot live this life by my own strength. Work in me from the inside. Change what I love and hate. shape my desires. You work in me to will and to act according to your good purpose.  So do that work in me, Lord. When I feel weak, strengthen me. When I feel confused, guide me. When I feel tired, renew me.  Teach me to walk by faith and not by fear. Teach me to fear You in a clean way that keeps my heart humble and careful. Teach me to obey with love.  And when I fall, lift me quickly. When I stray, pull me back quickly. Create in me a clean heart. I praise you, Lord. You deserve all the glory and honor. In Jesus Christ'y name l pray. Amen. 


Reader, if this prayer has touched your heart, please say amen as a sign of faith. I pray that every blessing in this prayer is now upon you in the name of Jesus Christ. And if you need a special prayer, feel free to let us know. We would be honored to pray for you. May the grace and peace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with you always.