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Love In Action
Today's
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Title:
Love In Action
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Date: 06/10/1999
Keywords:
"love" "words" "action"
Welcome
to eXXit, the web site designed to help you stand
strong in the face of sexual temptation.
eXXit advertises itself as a web site designed to help you "stand strong
in the face of sexual temptation." In Galatians 5:22-23, the apostle
Paul lists nine "fruit of the Spirit," fruit that the Holy Spirit
produces in the life of the believer. Each of these fruits - if produced
- will greatly aid a believer who seeks to "stand strong".
At eXXit, we believe:
that the fruit of the Spirit is produced in the life of a healthy
Christian, just as apples appear on a healthy apple tree;
that if there is any love or joy or peace in a Christian, it is
ultimately the work of God;
that Christians can cooperate with the Spirit's desire to produce His
fruit in their lives by yieldedness, faith, obedience and involvement in
ministry.
We hope you enjoy and benefit from the next month and a half's
meditations on Galatians 5! Send us any feedback. We'd love to know
what you think.
Passage:
1 John 3:18*
18. Dear children, let us not love with words or tongue but with actions
and in truth.
Questions
1. What is the key message of this verse?
2. How can we apply this message to our struggles with pornography?
Practical
help
The apostle John didn't have much truck with empty rhetoric. Talk that
wasn't backed up with actions mattered little to him.
Given that fact, John probably wouldn't be too impressed with how we handle
pornography. We like to talk about our plans: "I'll never go to that Web
site again." Or "That's the last time I'll go in that store!" But our empty
promises come to pieces when we fail to live up to them.
John would likely favor a more practical approach -- no talk, just action.
Action like getting an accountability partner to check your back. Action
like installing a porn screening device on your computer -- and making
someone else enter the password. Action like logging onto this site when
you feel tempted.
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Scriptures are from The Holy Bible: New
International Version, © copyright 1973, 1978, 1984
by International Bible Society. All rights reserved.
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