Prepared Through Purity
taken from a booklet - "Young Ladies for God's Glory"
written by Mrs. Rebekah E.

 

You need to keep yourself pure for the one God has for you.

"Let no man despise thy youth;but be thou an example of the believers,...in purity." 1 Timothy 4:12
By yielding yourself to God, you can be the proper example of purity. Write down some guidelines for yourself so that when you are tempted to go astray, you can remind yourself of what God expects you to do.

Guard your Thoughts

If you dwell on sinful thoughts, it becomes sin. Throw sinful thoughts out of your mind by God's power and replace those thoughts with a Scripture verse or a hymn. Avoid things that would encourage wrong thoughts, like TV, magazines, sensual (to be physically attracted to) music, and books (especially love stories). Fill your mind with things that are true, honest, just, pure, lovely, virtuous, and praise worthy, as we are commanded to think on in Philippians 4:8. Proverbs 23:7 reminds us, "for as he thinketh in his heart so is he..." Your thoughts will become actions sooner or later, if you dwell (think) on them.

You may think that you could never fall. After all, you are faithful in your church attendance and in reading your Bible and praying. You tell others of Christ and serve him by teaching Sunday School or singing. 1 Corinthians 10:12 teaches, "Wherefore let him that thinketh he standeth take heed lest he fall." It is God's grace that keeps us from falling! "Pride goeth before destruction and a haughty spirit before a fall" (Proverbs 16:18). Never develop a trust in yourself. Your trust MUST be ONLY in the Lord (Isaiah 26:4).

 

 

 

 

 

 

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