What Guys Think About Modesty (Godtube.com)
Here are some questions to consider on the topic of modesty:
Ladies, how much do we love our men and boys?
Are we so caught up in ourselves that we don't even care how our actions are effecting others?
As followers of Christ, aren't we supposed to think more highly of others than we do ourselves?
Do we find pleasure in being a source of temptation, causing others to sin?
Here are some questions to consider on the topic of modesty:
Ladies, how much do we love our men and boys?
Are we so caught up in ourselves that we don't even care how our actions are effecting others?
As followers of Christ, aren't we supposed to think more highly of others than we do ourselves?
Do we find pleasure in being a source of temptation, causing others to sin?
Some women in the church complain because the men will not stand up and be leaders, but have we ever thought about how we women may be hindering their leadership? Could it be that some men out there are swimming in a pool of defeat because of the guilt associated with their lack of control over lust, wanting victory, but finding no place for their eyes to rest from it?
Most men in this world could care less about their bondage to lust, they quite enjoy it, but as Christian women, let us not be their playground! And for those brothers who long for the freedom to be passionate for only one woman - their wife, may our company be a place of rest for them, where they can be free from the world's constant bombardment of lust before their eyes.
God created a man to passionately long for a woman, that was His design, but like everything good, Satan tries to destroy it by putting men in bondage to it. Are we women helpless to do anything for our brothers in this situation? We are not - COVER UP!
God created a man to passionately long for a woman, that was His design, but like everything good, Satan tries to destroy it by putting men in bondage to it. Are we women helpless to do anything for our brothers in this situation? We are not - COVER UP!
3 comments:
I think men fail to lead in church because they fail to lead at home, and often not of their own fault. Wives who micro-manage their husbands and don't show love and respect to them as men - they are the ones that do the damage to their husbands' potential to lead in church and business. At least that's what I've seen. I haven't seen it as a lust issue.
I totally agree that husbands need to be leaders in the home and wives who try to run the home destroy their husband's potential, but having a Godly wife doesn't change the fact that all men battle lust.
Maybe you didn't get a chance to watch the video, but the men talk about their struggles with lust. The pastor said that it's "not an unusual testimony", it's the "norm". That EVERY morning these brothers need to cry out for a renewed conviction to flee youthful lust. They said it takes much effort to make it through the day "unscathed". The video also talked about how the temptations toward lust do not stop for men..they are continual...bringing men down to death. He said that there's not a man that doesn't struggle.
It's pretty tough to be an effective leader when you are constantly battling temptation. When every day is a struggle, a man's potential to be all that he can be is diminished.
I think we women have a hard time getting our brains around this issue. We need more men to speak up!
My question is...what if lust IS part of the issue?
I watched the video :)
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