Today's reading

… but each person is tempted when they are dragged away by their own evil desire and enticed. Then, after desire has conceived, it gives birth to sin; and sin, when it is full-grown, gives birth to death. –James 1:14-15 NIV

June 2, 2023

Altering Your Diet

… but each person is tempted when they are dragged away by their own evil desire and enticed. Then, after desire has conceived, it gives birth to sin; and sin, when it is full-grown, gives birth to death. –James 1:14-15 NIV

There’s heavy emphasis on developing a healthy diet and lifestyle today. Making better choices in what we eat requires great discipline, but when it comes to sin, believers in Jesus aren’t always as careful with their decisions. 

God has made it abundantly clear what happens when we ingest sin. And He offers us a fool-proof prescription for avoiding the consequences: when it comes to sin, don’t! But how many of His people still find themselves drooling over the world’s buffet of delectable, but deadly, treats? And even sneaking nibbles when they think no one is looking?

Of course, true spiritual health begins in the heart when a person accepts Jesus as their Savior, but it doesn’t stop there. It eventually requires alteration in the way you think to really begin to view sin as the poisonous threat to your well-being that it really is.

Remember this truth: how you think determines how you behave. Always.

So, the more you break contact with the attitudes and beliefs of the world, the more spiritually healthy and strong you’ll be. In this way, you can “Fight the good fight of the faith” and “Take hold of the eternal life to which you were called…” (1 Timothy 6:12 NIV). 

prayer focuses

Jesus, You are the source of all that is good. Help me to draw strength from You alone!

God, give me the wisdom and power to eliminate spiritually unhealthy things from my life.

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Karen Woodall

Karen is primarily a writer/editor for InTouch Ministries, but also pens for other ministries, and crafts discipleship posts for switchbacks.org. She lives near Atlanta, homeschools her kids, loves sports, and desires to help believers know Scripture and live for Jesus.