Don't Let It Rule You: You Have the Power!
Do you remember Paula Patton's character in the rom com "Jumping the Broom"? Well, for most of my adult dating life, I was her before the vow of celibacy. For a long time, it didn't occur to me that I had the power to resist urges and make better judgment calls, at least not until I met a man named Jesus. That's when everything in my life changed.
Since my transformation, I do everything in my power to stay on the straight and narrow path, which is why I have so many emails still to check this week. You see, I have been on a two-week long “Internet fast.”
It all began with a voluntary challenge our pastor posed, specifically aimed toward those of us who are a part of the singles ministry. We were encouraged to fast from something we really enjoy for a two-week period, as a way of training ourselves not to gratify our flesh, even when we want to.
Oh boy.
Our pastor told us to let 1 Corinthians 9:27 be our guide: “But I keep under my body, and bring it into subjection: lest that by any means, when I have preached to others, I myself should be a castaway.”
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