Warfare!

"..I beseech you as strangers and pilgrims, abstain from fleshly lusts, which war against soul". 1 Peter 2:11. Humm! My friend, realize there is a war we must fight as a Christian! The conflict between flesh and Spirit, and not only with reference to sexual temptation, is intense and unrelenting. One of the greatest dangers in the Christian life is complacency, the temptation to imagine oneself invulnerable, and hence impervious, to the allurement of the flesh. Here Peter's words were addressed to the entire believing community. My friend, NO Christians are sooo spiritually strong or mature that they need not heed this warning, but neither are any sooo weak or vacillating that they cannot be free from the tyranny of the the power of the Spirit. Although the Christian life is warfare, it is in which victory is always possible. How you may ask? Well, 1) You must have a resolve to triumph. Don't be a yoyo Christian. There is power in resolution. 2) Guard and fortify with prayer. "Watch and pray that ye enter not into temptation". 3) Strengthen yourself with the Word. "Thy Word have I hid in my heart. that I might not sin against thee". 4) Fight off evil by staying busy doing good. Idleness makes one vulnerable to attack. Bro: You can do it, no excuse, I don't want to hear any excuse, you hear? JUST DO IT!!