Hello Friends,

In today’s Bible Bit, “Walking in Love”, I was reminded of how quickly we let the devil into our lives.  It starts with a thought and at that moment we have a choice.  We can either dismiss that thought, hand it to Jesus to handle, or we can dwell on it and find that it becomes a desire which leads to a fantasy and voila, we are succumbing to the sin.  It is that easy.  It starts with one bad decision and escalates into a downfall sometimes of epic proportion.  Now, I am not just talking about the sins that we label as big such as sins of commission where we are doing something egregiously contrary to the Word of God.  I am talking about sins of omission which are equally as egregious.  I am talking about not reading your Bible, not walking in love.  These are as bad as the lying, stealing, cheating, and walking in pride.  But for the average person that calls themselves a Christian, they walk right over these sins of omission, the sins of pride, and not walking in love.  But my friend these sins are the doors that open so quickly to let sin in our lives, fill our minds, and take us down the wrong path.

For most reading this blog, you have been on this journey with Christ for quite some time.  You walk with Him and talk with Him and like me have developed a close, personal relationship with Jesus.  But I find myself sometimes succumbing to the tricks of the devil because I don’t armor up with the whole armor of God and I forget that the devil is patrolling my life trying to sabotage me.  But praise be to God, the Jesus inside of me is greater than the devil around me. I am, and you are too, victorious through Christ Jesus.

This worldly flesh of mine must be crucified daily. I must train myself and practice the art of keeping my eyes upon Jesus and not on my circumstances or the people around me.  I must tune my ears to the words of Christ and not the crowd around me.  I must fix my eyes upon Jesus so that my heart is pure, my motives are in align with God’s commandments, and I am walking in love and in the ways of Jesus.  Sin doesn’t have dominion over me, and it doesn’t have dominion over you if you set your mind on things above and not on things of the earth.

Today I pray that I shut the door quickly on any attempt the devil tries to get into my life. I pray that I slam the door shut on him at his first knock on my door.  I pray that I don’t give any opening to the devil today in my life but that I walk in the love of Christ looking only for His approval, walking in the center of His will, and following Him closely.  Remember you are loved.  Jesus loves you.

In His Service,
Kim

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