Porting a New Tude Today's Three-minute Bible Study Print, Study and Apply Title: Porting a New Tude-------------------------- Date: 8/26/2001 Keywords: “attitude” “new self” "old self” “renewed mind" Welcome to eXXit, the web site designed to help you stand strong in the face of sexual temptation. Passage: Ephesians 4:22-24* 22. You were taught, with regard to your former way of life, to put off your old self, which is being corrupted by its deceitful desires; 23. to be made new in the attitude of your minds; 24. and to put on the new self, created to be like God in true righteousness and holiness. Questions 1. As Christians, what do we have the ability to do with the old self?   2. How does this passage describe the desires of the old self?   3. What can you do today to see the attitude of your mind change?   Practical help Because we are new creations in Christ, we now have the freedom to choose between dressing ourselves in our old self or our new self. The old has been corrupted by its own deceitful desires. The new has been created to be like God in true righteousness and holiness. We know very well how intense the struggle to choose rightly can become when we’re tempted to click our way to Web porn. What will you choose today? Have you ever thought about how deceitful sexual temptation is? It promises to bring satisfaction and fulfillment, but leaves only an empty and frustrated feeling in the pit of the stomach. Will we become willing victims again today of our own deceitful lusts? God loves us and wants more for us than the hollow and devastating effects of pornography in our lives. It would seem that what we need most in this is to experience a renewal in the attitude of our minds. We need to put on a new tude in regard to our relationship to Christ. We are now free to walk with Him in righteousness and holiness. Meditating daily on God’s Word will help us port a new tude. Talking to Jesus about our struggle with pornography and entrusting it to Him will also help in amazing ways. Go ahead. Port a new tude. Let your mind be renewed as you choose to walk with Jesus today. eXXit homepage Index of three-minute studies Copyright 2001 by eXXit *Scriptures are from The Holy Bible: New International Version, © Copyright 1973, 1978, 1984 by International Bible Society. All rights reserved.