Please read 1 Thessalonians 4.
Meditate on verse 3.
For this is the will of God, your sanctification, that is,
you abstain from sexual immorality.
Paul was concerned about the sanctification of the Thessalonian
Christians. The 1828 Webster’s
Dictionary defines sanctification as
“the act of God’s grace by which the affections of men are purified from sin
and the world and exalted to a supreme love to God.”
It is God’s will for you to be sanctified. In order to be in God’s will, you cannot be
living in sin. God commands you in 1
Thessalonians 4:4-5, to control your body in holiness and honor, not in lustful
passion.
How is your sanctification coming? Are you allowing sinful lusts to possess you,
or are you allowing the Holy Spirit to possess you for the purpose of becoming
more and more like Christ? This letter
to the Thessalonians is a letter written to you. God is exhorting you in your walk to please
Him and excel still more (1 Thessalonians 4:1, 10).
Pray 1 Thessalonians 4:1, 3-5, and 7 over yourself and those
for whom you are standing guard as a faithful, prayerful watchman (Isaiah
62:6-7).
“Lord, please let
____________ and me walk and please You.
Help us to excel
still more in pleasing You.
Let us abstain from
sexual immorality.
May we possess our
bodies for
sanctification and honor.
Do not let us allow
lustful passion to possess us.
God, You have not
called us for the purpose of impurity but for holiness.
Help us live in Your
calling.
For the sake of Your
name, Jesus~
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