Mon. 6-4; Proverbs 4

Joyce had a rough night last night - lot's of pain in her hips mostly. She sleeping well this morning but could you take a moment and just lift her up to the Lord today?

In Proverbs 4 we have a compact strategy for avoiding temptation and particularly for navigating thru the flood of immorality all around us today.

6 actions in these 2 verses if practiced, will see you thru.

14 Do not enter the path of the wicked, and do not walk in the way of evil.
15 Avoid it, do not travel on it; turn away from it and pass on.

1. Don't enter the path (don't go thru the door) Don't even start in the direction of the way of the wicked.

2. Don't walk in the way; give no appearence of evil; don't allow your lifestyle to be associated in any way with evil.

3. Avoid it! Pretty simple but so difficult for many. Don't bring it into your house; don't go out of your way to find it; and if it pops up in front of you - flee from evil.

4. Don't travel upon it - not even once in a while;

5. Turn away from it! Guys especially - it's that look of lust that opens the door and starts you down the path of sexual sin. Guard your eyes. Starve your eyes from looking and your mind won't dwell on it. Bounce your eye's - turn away from the pretty girl who is not your wife! Remember this fellows - sexual sin is getting a "buzz" from any woman or depiction of a woman other than your wife. Wisdom says turn away - if you do you'll guard your heart.

6. Pass on. Don't linger around the evil way. It calls out to you - you pass right on by.

We're all confronted with evil every day - try putting into practice these "power verses' from Proverbs 4 today and walk in the right, good way!

In His Arm's, Pat