Remind Yourself




I will love you O Lord my strength

Psalm 18:1



        David CHOSE to love the Lord! "I WILL" is the key! David also SAID "I love you O Lord..." Loving God is a choice more than it is a feeling. Sometimes we are going to need to say it right out loud; "I LOVE GOD"

    Because we live in a world of temptation, lust, and demonic influence, we are going to have to remind ourselves often that the reason that we are going to live right and resist the temptation to enjoy the pleasures of sin for a season, is because WE LOVE THE LORD MORE! Our love for Jesus means more to us than anything and anyone!

    We are admonished to remember  many things in the New Testament. "REMEMBER from where you are fallen and repent." Revelation 2:4-5. Jesus was referring to church people leaving their first love! Even married people wear a ring to REMIND them of their love covenant with each other! Sometimes it's good to have things in the natural to remind us of our love for God! (see Numbers 15:37-40)

    The devil wants you to think that living right and saying no to sin is just some kind of religious duty and that it's not that big of a deal, because, "Hey, you can be forgiven anyway"

    Remember, living right is way more than duty, and that it's actually a love issue between you and your Lord. This will give you power to live a righteous life beyond just obeying out of duty.

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