13 Be watchful, stand firm in the faith, act like men, be strong. 14 Let all that you do be done in love.- 1 Corinthians 16:13-14

This verse can apply to all Christians to keep watch to not fall into temptation, stand strong in faith, and to not give up on God when life gets hard. But I want husbands to focus on this verse today. I want them to act like men and be faithful to God and their wives. Next to your relationship to Jesus Christ, the relationship with your wife is the most important one you will have in this life,so honor it, love it,and protect it. Sexual sin is running wild in the church today, and most churches are turning a blind eye to it. In particular, porn addiction seems to be the devil’s weapon of choice in keeping men enslaved to their sin. So many men are missing their calling to greatness because they can’t put porn to death. It’s time! If your a man and your letting porn rule you, trust God to help you act like a man and kill it before it kills you. you will lose everything if you don’t. Stop justifying your sin by saying I’m not really cheating on my wife by watching porn, because Jesus says:

27 “You have heard that it was said, ‘You shall not commit adultery.’ 28 But I say to you that everyone who looks at a woman with lustful intent has already committed adultery with her in his heart.-Matthew 5:27-28

So many Christians have said that porn is bad but it’s not really cheating, but their most likely saying this because their looking at porn, and don’t want to stop. It’s childish sneaking around on the computer looking at porn or watching late night tv. That’s not being a man, little boys do that.  Are you a boy, a man, or a man of God? Stop playing games with Jesus.

22 So flee youthful passions and pursue righteousness, faith, love, and peace, along with those who call on the Lord from a pure heart.- 2 Timothy 2:22

  But stopping the behavior is not enough. You must deal with the root of the problem. Your problem is a heart problem. You need to dig deep down into the core of who you are and check your heart. Check out what Jesus said about the heart in Mark 7:20-23:

20 And he said, “What comes out of a person is what defiles him. 21 For from within, out of the heart of man, come evil thoughts, sexual immorality, theft, murder, adultery, 22 coveting, wickedness, deceit, sensuality, envy, slander, pride, foolishness. 23 All these evil things come from within, and they defile a person.”

    So what can you do about your heart? That’s not the question to ask. The question to ask is  what does God do about man’s heart problem? He gives us a new heart and new desires with a new life that can be lived free from sin, and to live for him and with him forever.

And I will give you a new heart, and a new spirit I will put within you. And I will remove the heart of stone from your flesh and give you a heart of flesh. 27 And I will put my Spirit within you, and cause you to walk in my statutes and be careful to obey my rules-Ezekiel 36:26-27

  This is the beautiful doctrine of regeneration that happens when one comes to faith in Jesus Christ. Once where a hard heart beat for sin and folly now sits a new heart which longs to worship Jesus, pray to Jesus, serve Jesus and others, witness to others about what God has worked in you, and with the Spirit’s help the power to kill sin in your life. This is why Jesus proclaims we must be born again. We need a new heart to ever see Jesus as worthy of our devotion. When you are a Christian you are given a new heart, new desires, and a new life. The very core of  who you are is changed forever. Your desires are about Jesus Christ. You love him, you want to worship him, pray to him, serve others, read your bibles, and go to church. Being a Christian is not about what you don’t get to do, but what you get to do. Which are the things I just mention. We see them as a joy not a duty. In Christ, we are new creations(2 corinthians 5:17). A Christian deepest desires will be all about God, but because of our sin nature we will have conflicting desires, these lesser desires we call temptations, but the more we focus on the True desires of our hearts, the lesser desires will lose power over us.  This fact should bring you great joy. You can have victory over porn. Check out these verses from Scripture:

 5 The purpose in a man’s heart is like deep water,
but a man of understanding will draw it out.- Proverbs 20:5

Delight yourself in the Lord,
and he will give you the desires of your heart.- Psalm 37:4

What are your Deepest Desires?

Are they for Jesus or something else?

Your God, your wife, your children, and the body of Christ is counting on you to step up and start acting like a man. Be Strong, Be Faithful, for God is with you.

14 But you say, “Why does he not?” Because the Lord was witness between you and the wife of your youth, to whom you have been faithless, though she is your companion and your wife by covenant. 15 Did he not make them one, with a portion of the Spirit in their union?  And what was the one God  seeking?  Godly offspring. So guard yourselves  in your spirit, and let none of you be faithless to the wife of your youth. 16 “For the man who does not love his wife but divorces her,  says the Lord, the God of Israel, covers  his garment with violence, says the Lord of hosts. So guard yourselves in your spirit, and do not be faithless.”- Malachi 2:14-16

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