believers bear the fruit of the Spirit, and one of them is a little thing called self control.
don't leave that out of your thinking.
Honest question....why don't churches teach the best way to avoid fornication is to get married?
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believers bear the fruit of the Spirit, and one of them is a little thing called self control.
don't leave that out of your thinking.
Jesus and Paul were very clear self control is a gift from GOD. Not everyone has it If you don't have it, get married.
Not everyone is happy being single. Jesus and Paul said being happy in the singles life is a gift from GOD.
Believe it or not, some people hide those fears, thinking the will get past them once they are married. Know this BEFORE you get married. I have prayed and begged GOD for almost 40 years.....I get silence.
I've heard some married people say, "If you want to kill the sex drive, get married" LOL
From what Jesus and Paul have said, not when it comes to sex. Paul even set the sex drive as something special. Fornication is a sin against your body.
Perhaps if instead of denying the truth others have shared with you on a plethora of posts on this topic, you fall on your face before God and engage His power to live well and content in your current estate things might change for you.
That's called a bird point. Ones that go under your feet are worm points. Don't worry...bird points are always looking for worm points, especially early.
Oh don't get me started on mouse points. You better be squeaky clean even bringing it up.How relieved is the second mouse to be left out of that?
I have done that and it has never worked. 40 years later and it still does not work.
As a person who didn't date, or marry, until my 40s I can firmly say, there is always hope.
I don't mean to seem unsympathetic to your estate. But it does work. There is a life with God hid in Christ wherein we can be so satisfied in God that allows God's people to live well in any circumstance.
Try reading and meditating on Psalm 23...when the Lord is truly to us a Shepherd, we will not want.
Believing it is possible is the first step to it becoming a reality.
Get a few new songs for your jukebox. The same ole song will just get the same results. Wish you the best but until you expand your field of vision, the view will never change.
You might consider you do not understand Jesus nor Paul's view because you have tunnel vision on this very personal, to you, matter.
You talk about marriage as a solution to stop or prevent fornication.
It doesn't appear as if marriage makes you happy or content. So maybe resist telling others what is right according to Paul and Jesus and work on yourself.
I agree with Cameron's perspective and advice and wish you all the best.
May God help you.