BornAgain

Lust is not your friend. Lust is your enemy. It creeps into your heart quietly, like a shadow in the dark, whispering lies, making promises it can’t keep. It presents itself as harmless, maybe even natural, but in the end, it comes only to steal, kill, and destroy. One of the greatest deceptions many people fall into is treating lust like a companion instead of an adversary. We excuse it. We make room for it. We say, “It’s not that serious,” or “At least I’m not acting on it.” But here’s the truth: lust tolerated becomes lust empowered. And lust empowered will lead you down a path of corruption, shame, and spiritual death. The Bible is clear— “Make no provision for the flesh, to gratify its desires” (Romans 13:14). We are not to pamper our sin. We are not to feed it snacks and hope it won’t bite us. Lust does not play fair. It grows in secret and strikes in the open. If you don’t deal with it, it will deal with you. Don’t Give the Devil a Foothold Paul writes in Ephesians 4:27, “...