If you want to escape the domination of desires that would get the upper hand in your life and control you, you simply have to make up your mind that you’re going to give in to somebody else.
The way a spouse behaves is being observed by the other. Your lifestyle can win over the unbeliever. The wife’s lifestyle includes the presence of God and respect. True beauty comes from what’s inside the person.
All of our sins, failures are nailed to the cross with Christ. Count on the fact that your sins are forgiven and we are made alive in Christ, dead to sin.
Following our own desires, what we want instead of what God wants for us is what shapes us. Our desires need to line up with God’s plan and a holy lifestyle.
The definition of girding up your mind is ready to work. We won’t always understand why God is calling us to obey Him, but it is so He can do His work in our lives.