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.
16 I say, walk by the Spirit, and you will not fulfill the lust of the flesh.
13 For you brothers, were called for freedom; only do not use your freedom for an occasion to the flesh. Serve one another through love!
1 Brothers, if someone is caught in any kind of wrongdoing, those of you who are spiritual should set him right. But you must do it in a gentle way. And keep an eye on yourselves, so that you will not be tempted, too.
41 »Watch and pray continually that you do not enter into temptation!«
13 »And lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil the wicked one. (Psalm 82:4) (Psalm 97:10) (Matthew 13:19) (John 17:15) (1 John 5:19)
8 Be sober, be watchful: your adversary the devil, as a roaring lion walks about, seeking whom he may devour consume.
16 The entire world, the desire of the flesh and the lust of the eyes and the boastful pride of material wealth, is not from the Father, but is from the world.
17 The world and its desires lusts are passing away; but he who does the will of God lives forever.
5 Make your members that are upon the earth dead with regard to fornication, uncleanness, passion, evil desire, and covetousness greed, which is idolatry.
Purificar os desejos
Guarda o teu coração. Das profundezas do interior do homem saem os desejos — bons ou maus, conforme o coração.
1 »I made a covenant with my eyes not to look lustfully at a young woman.
28 Can one walk on hot coals, and his feet not be burned?
26 He coveted greedily all the daylong, but the righteous gives and does not spare.
5 Will you look for things that do not exist? Riches grow wings and fly away like a bird.
10 For the love of money is a root of all kinds of evil. Some by longing for it have been led away from the faith. They have pierced themselves through with many sorrows.
12 All things are lawful to me, but all things are not expedient profitablegood. All things are lawful for me, but I will not be brought under the authority powercontrol of anything.
2 Nevertheless, to avoid fornication, let every man have his own wife, and let every woman have her own husband.
13 No temptation has overtaken you except what is common to man. God is faithful and he will not allow you to be tempted beyond your limits. He will make a way out, that you will be able to endure it.
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.
1 As the deer desires the water brooks, so I desire you, O God.
8 Yes, Jehovah, walking in the way of your Laws, we wait for you. Your name and your fame are the desire of our hearts.
4 He offered us his precious and exceedingly great promises. Through these you may become partakers of the divine nature. You will escape from the corruption that is in the lust-filled world.
2 You lust, and do not have. You murder and covet and cannot obtain! You fight and war. You do not have because you do not ask.
13 Let no man say when he is tempted: "God tempts me." God cannot be tempted with evil, and he tempts enticesteststrys no one.
7 What shall we say then? Is the law sin? God forbid! I had not known sin except through the law. For I had not known coveting except the law had said: You should not covet.
4 Let marriage be honorable among all, and let the marriage bed be undefiled: for God will judge fornicators and adulterers.
21 Your heart will be where you keep your wealth.