Desejos
Os desejos revelam o que há no coração. A Bíblia nos ensina a purificar nossos desejos, submeter a carne ao espírito e buscar as coisas que são de cima.
Desejos da carne
A carne milita contra o espírito. O cristão é chamado a vigiar, resistir e não satisfazer os desejos da natureza pecaminosa.
If you are guided by the Spirit, you won’t obey your selfish desires.
My friends, you were chosen to be free. So don’t use your freedom as an excuse to do anything you want. Use it as an opportunity to serve each other with love.
My friends, you are spiritual. So if someone is trapped in sin, you should gently lead that person back to the right path. But watch out, and don’t be tempted yourself.
Stay awake and pray that you won’t be tested. You want to do what is right, but you are weak."
Keep us from being tempted
and protect us from evil.
Be on your guard and stay awake. Your enemy, the devil, is like a roaring lion, sneaking around to find someone to attack.
Our foolish pride comes from this world, and so do our selfish desires and our desire to have everything we see. None of this comes from the Father.
The world and the desires it causes are disappearing. But if we obey God, we will live forever.
Don’t be controlled by your body. Kill every desire for the wrong kind of sex. Don’t be immoral or indecent or have evil thoughts. Don’t be greedy, which is the same as worshiping idols.
Purificar os desejos
Guarda o teu coração. Das profundezas do interior do homem saem os desejos — bons ou maus, conforme o coração.
I promised myself
never to stare with desire
at a young woman.
if you step on hot coals,
you burn your feet.
But people who obey God
are always generous.
Your money flies away
before you know it,
just like an eagle
suddenly taking off.
The love of money causes all kinds of trouble. Some people want money so much they have given up their faith and caused themselves a lot of pain.
Some of you say, "We can do anything we want to." But I tell you not everything is good for us. So I refuse to let anything have power over me.
Well, having your own husband or wife should keep you from doing something immoral.
You are tempted in the same way that everyone else is tempted. But God can be trusted not to let you be tempted too much, and he will show you how to escape from your temptations.
Desejos santos
Como a corça deseja as correntes de água, minha alma suspira por ti, ó Deus. Os desejos do Espírito produzem vida e paz.
As a deer gets thirsty
for streams of water,
I truly am thirsty
for you, my God.
You are the one we trust
to bring about justice;
above all else we want
your name to be honored.
God made great and marvelous promises, so his nature would become part of us. Then we could escape our evil desires and the corrupt influences of this world.
You want something you don’t have, and you will do anything to get it. You will even kill! But you still cannot get what you want, and you won’t get it by fighting and arguing. You should pray for it.
Don’t blame God when you are tempted! God cannot be tempted by evil, and he doesn’t use evil to tempt others.
Does this mean that the Law is sinful? Certainly not! But if it had not been for the Law, I would not have known what sin is really like. For example, I would not have known what it means to want something that belongs to someone else, unless the Law had told me not to do this.
Have respect for marriage. Always be faithful to your partner, because God will punish anyone who is immoral or unfaithful in marriage.
Your heart will always be where your treasure is.