“For
the grace of God has appeared, bringing salvation for all people, training us
to renounce ungodliness and worldly passions, and to live self-controlled,
upright, and godly lives in the present age.”
~Titus
2:11-12
Purity
and modesty seem irrelevant in today’s society. Both men & women wear less
clothes in public than what was once worn in private. Appearing scantily clad
or even nude in magazines and on TV is the norm for models & actors these
days. And what performers are doing on stage these days would’ve gotten them
arrested 50 years ago!
Our
lives are inundated with a perverted idea of ‘sexy’, and our children are
exposed to it from a very early age. But this idea of dressing and behaving in
a way that entices and invites is not part of God’s plan.
As
people of God, we are to model decency, modesty, and purity in our lives, in
dress and in actions. From the way we dress to the way we speak, we are to
model Jesus for the world to see. After all, if we look like the world and talk
like the world and act like the world, how will the world see Christianity as
anything different than everything else in the world?
Unless
there is true conversion of the heart, there cannot be conversion of life. We
cannot be Christians by words only; Christianity involves our entire being. It
is a complete change from our old lives into a brand new being, much like a
caterpillar becoming a butterfly.
1
Peter 1:14 tells us “As obedient children, do not be conformed to the former
lusts which were yours in your ignorance…”
Read Matthew 16-20
Shine His Light - Daily Devotional by Marie McGaha
Narrated by Christy Diachenko
Coming to Audible Spring 2019
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