SEP 1

Ephesians 5:1-14
Memorise 1 Thessalonians 4:3-4
"Through thy precepts I get understanding: therefore I hate every false way"

One very strong and sure defence against the moral desensitizing influences of the world is to hide God’s Word in our hearts. As we read, study and memorise the Holy Scriptures, our minds would be continually refreshed and realigned to the will of God. For our devotion today, let us spend some time meditating on these verses, and if possible, commit them to memory.

Proverbs 6:32 - “But whoso committeth adultery with a woman lacketh understanding: he that doeth it destroyeth his own soul.”

1 Corinthians 6:18-20 - “Flee fornication. Every sin that a man doeth is without the body; but he that committeth fornication sinneth against his own body. What? know ye not that your body is the temple of the Holy Ghost which is in you, which ye have of God, and ye are not your own? For ye are bought with a price: therefore glorify God in your body, and in your spirit, which are God’s.”

Matthew 5:28 - “But I say unto you, That whosoever looketh on a woman to lust after her hath committed adultery with her already in his heart.”

2 Timothy 2:22 - “Flee also youthful lusts: but follow righteousness, faith, charity, peace, with them that call on the Lord out of a pure heart.”

1 Peter 2:11-12 - “Dearly beloved, I beseech you as strangers and pilgrims, abstain from fleshly lusts, which war against the soul; Having your conversation honest among the Gentiles: that, whereas they speak against you as evildoers, they may by your good works, which they shall behold, glorify God in the day of visitation.”

1 Thessalonians 4:3-4 - “For this is the will of God, even your sanctification, that ye should abstain from fornication: That every one of you should know how to possess his vessel in sanctification and honour;”

May these verses be a light that will guide every path that we tread!

Thought: "Wherewithal shall a young man cleanse his way? By taking heed thereto according to Thy word." (Psalm 119:9)
Prayer: Lord, may You help me to hide Thy Word in my heart that I might not sin against You.