by Admin Admin | Sep 8, 2026 | Advice to Young Adults, Homosexuality, Lust, Sexuality
Sex and Money
When the love of money meets a hungry body, purity is the first thing sold.
There is a story that keeps returning in different clothes. The names change. The cities change. The ending is almost always the same: a young person who thought money would heal hunger, and discovered that selling the body only multiplies the hunger.
This is not written to mock anyone. It is written because someone you love may already be standing where this young man stood tired of lack, ashamed of delay, and willing to trade what God called holy for what looks like a way out.
A young man and a lie that looked like opportunity
He was twenty-three. Old enough to feel his parents’ expectations. Young enough to believe a shortcut could still be clean. At home he was the son travelling to Ghana “for a job.” In secret he had already decided that his body would be the job.
Men paid. The money came. And once money has touched a hidden sin, the heart learns a new language: this is not wickedness; this is hustle. This is not rebellion; this is survival.
When he arrived, a relative who should have protected him opened the door. Family can be covering. Family can also become the marketplace. The first client paid well. Morning came with cash in hand. His eyes widened. From that moment the calculation changed: dress well, eat well, look attractive, return again. The body became an investment. The soul became the interest no one counted.
Then came the night that did not stay in the night. After an encounter that violated the design of his body, he grew terribly ill. Fear replaced appetite. He ran from place to place. He came home. His frightened parents took him to a spiritualist who said he had been used for ritual purposes.
What followed was panic, shame, and only partial recovery. A so-called solution was later offered: marry a woman and the trouble will settle. Marriage was treated like a charm. The crisis quieted for a time. A quiet crisis is not the same thing as a healed man.
The point is not the spectacle. The point is the pattern: poverty pressed him, money dazzled him, secrecy trained him, and sin billed him later with interest.
“For the love of money is a root of all kinds of evil. Some people, eager for money, have wandered from the faith and pierced themselves with many griefs.” — 1 Timothy 6:10
What this story is really about
Scripture does not bless sexual practice outside the covenant of marriage between a man and a woman. Selling the body is not clever entrepreneurship; it is merchandising a temple God already claimed.
But if we only scold the act and never name the hunger underneath, we will keep losing the same young people. This story is also about discontent. About a generation told that dignity waits until the account is fat. About homes that never talk about sex, money, and shame in the same room. About a church that sometimes preaches purity as a slogan and never as a shelter for the broke, the delayed, and the tempted.
“Better a little with the fear of the Lord than great wealth with turmoil.” — Proverbs 15:16
Lessons for the heart that is tired of waiting
- Sudden money is not the same as God’s provision. Cash that arrives by selling what God called holy is bait. The first payment is designed to widen the eyes. After that, the soul bargains more cheaply.
- The body is not a side hustle. “Flee from sexual immorality… You are not your own; you were bought at a price” (1 Corinthians 6:18–20). If Christ purchased you, no client and no “connection” has the right to lease you.
- A lie to the people who love you is already a wound. “I’m travelling for a job” is often the first brick in a secret life. When the story you tell at home cannot survive the light, do not go.
- Not every relative is covering. Blood is not the same as covenant. If someone close offers access to sin dressed as help, that is recruitment, not loyalty.
- Sin has a body. What begins as “just this once” can leave marks on health, mind, and future. “Whoever sows to please their flesh, from the flesh will reap destruction” (Galatians 6:8). Seek real medical care and wise pastoral help. Do not trade one darkness for another by running only to fear-based “solutions.”
- Marriage is not a ritual patch. A wife is not a charm to reverse consequences. Marriage is a holy covenant, not a reset button. If you marry to hide, you will carry the hiding into the home. Repent first. Be healed in the light. Then, if God gives marriage, enter it cleanly.
- Poverty is a test of worship, not a license to sin. Economic melt-down is real. None of that rewrites 1 Thessalonians 4:3–5: it is God’s will that you be sanctified and avoid sexual immorality. Purity is not only for people who already have enough. It is especially for those who do not.
- There is a way home that does not require another transaction. Christ does not buy you back with your body. He already bought you with His. Confession, accountability, honest work, and a church that will walk with the ashamed are slower than an envelope of cash. They are also the only path that does not steal your future to pay for your present.
A word to parents
Ask better questions than “Have you eaten?” Ask where the money is coming from. Ask who is “helping.” Create a home where a son can say “I am broke and tempted” before he says “I am travelling.” Shame grows in silence. So does the market that feeds on your child.
A word to the one who already went
If this sounds like your diary: you are not finished. The Gospel is not for people who never sold themselves. It is for people who did and still have a name God has not erased. Come out of the lie. Tell a trustworthy believer. Seek medical help if your body is unwell. Cut the contacts. Stop calling sin a job. Receive the mercy that does not require you to look attractive for it.
“If we confess our sins, He is faithful and just and will forgive us our sins and purify us from all unrighteousness.” 1 John 1:9
The ministry’s charge
Holiness is not a luxury for comfortable seasons. It is obedience when the economy shakes and the phone lights up with an offer. Stay sexually pure in difficulty. Do not let lack become a pimp. Do not let family become a broker. Do not let marriage become a cover. Sudden wealth is not the answer to poverty. Christ is not late, and your body is not for sale.
by Admin Admin | Aug 7, 2026 | Lust, Masturbation, Sexual Purity, Sexuality
Grace, mercy, and peace to you from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ.
Today we turn our attention to a subject that many carry in silence and shame: sexual purity and the reality of sexual addiction. Whether it is pornography, lust, compulsive sexual behavior, or any other form of sexual sin, this struggle is far more common than most people admit—even in the church. Yet the Word of God does not leave us without hope or direction.
Sexual purity is not about willpower alone. It is about belonging to Christ.
More Than a Habit — A Spiritual Battle
When a person is trapped in sexual addiction, they are not simply struggling with a bad habit that can be broken by trying harder. They are engaged in a spiritual battle for the ownership of their body and mind. The enemy of our souls understands the power of sexual desire. He knows that if he can capture the mind and body in this area, he can keep a person in cycles of guilt, secrecy, and defeat.
The apostle Paul speaks with striking clarity in 1 Corinthians 6:18:
“Flee from sexual immorality. Every other sin a person commits is outside the body, but the sexually immoral person sins against his own body.”
Notice the command is not “manage it carefully” or “reduce it gradually.” The command is to flee. Sexual immorality is unique because it is a sin against one’s own body. It is not merely an external action; it reaches into the deepest places of who we are. This is why addiction in this area feels so powerful and so personal. It is a battle for ownership.
You Are Not Your Own
Paul continues in the very next verses:
“Or do you not know that your body is a temple of the Holy Spirit within you, whom you have from God? You are not your own, for you were bought with a price. So glorify God in your body.” (1 Corinthians 6:19–20)
This is the foundation of biblical sexual purity. Your body does not belong to you. It does not belong to your desires. It does not belong to the images on a screen or the fantasies in your mind. It belongs to the Lord Jesus Christ, who purchased it with His own blood. The Holy Spirit has taken up residence within you. Therefore, every decision about purity is ultimately a decision about whose authority you will live under.
Willpower alone is not enough because the problem is deeper than behavior. The problem is one of ownership and identity. As long as a person believes they still have the right to use their body however they please, the addiction will continue to find strength. But when a person truly grasps that they have been bought with a price and now belong fully to Christ, a new power begins to operate.
Addiction Is Real — and So Is Freedom
Let us be honest: addiction is real. The pull of sexual sin can feel overwhelming. It rewires the mind, creates deep patterns, and often leaves a person feeling powerless. Many have cried out in private, “Why can’t I stop?” The answer is not that they are uniquely weak. The answer is that they are fighting a spiritual enemy who uses the flesh as his battlefield.
Yet the same Bible that tells us the battle is real also declares that the power of God is greater. Jesus said, “Everyone who practices sin is a slave to sin… So if the Son sets you free, you will be free indeed” (John 8:34, 36). Freedom is not found in stronger self-discipline alone. Freedom is found in a Person—Jesus Christ—who breaks the power of sin and sets captives free.
The gospel does not merely forgive the addicted person. It also empowers them to walk in newness of life. Romans 6:6–7 tells us that our old self was crucified with Christ so that we would no longer be enslaved to sin. The same resurrection power that raised Jesus from the dead is available to the believer who turns to Him in repentance and faith.
A Call to Belong Fully to Christ
If you are reading this and you know the grip of sexual addiction, hear this with both truth and compassion: You are not beyond the reach of God’s power. Your struggle does not disqualify you from His love. But it does require a decisive response.
Flee. Do not negotiate with the sin. Do not manage it in secret. Bring it into the light through confession to God and to trusted believers who can walk with you. Seek accountability. Fill your mind with the Word of God. Ask the Holy Spirit daily for the strength you do not possess in yourself.
Sexual purity is not first about rules. It is about relationship. It is about belonging. When you belong to Christ, your body is no longer available for the use of sin. It has a higher Owner and a higher purpose—to glorify God.
May the Lord open our eyes to see the seriousness of this battle. May He also open our hearts to receive the greater reality of His power to set free. And may every one of us who names the name of Christ live as those who have been bought with a price—body, mind, and soul.
To Him who is able to keep us from falling and to present us blameless before the presence of His glory with great joy, be glory, majesty, dominion, and authority, both now and forever. Amen.
by Admin Admin | Aug 5, 2026 | Lust, Masturbation, Messages from God, Sexual Purity, Sexuality
Sex toys—whether for men or women—are tools designed to stimulate lust, feed self-gratification, and pursue pleasure apart from God’s design for sexuality. Scripture does not leave this gray. Sexual purity is not optional; it is a command rooted in the holiness of God and the dignity He gives the human body.
The Biblical Standard
God created sex as a good gift exclusively for the covenant of marriage between one man and one woman (Genesis 2:24; Hebrews 13:4). Outside that boundary, every form of sexual activity—including the use of devices that arouse and satisfy lust—is sexual immorality.
- 1 Corinthians 6:18-20: “Flee from sexual immorality. Every other sin a person commits is outside the body, but the sexually immoral person sins against his own body. Or do you not know that your body is a temple of the Holy Spirit within you, whom you have from God? You are not your own, for you were bought with a price. So glorify God in your body.”
- Matthew 5:28: Looking with lustful intent is already adultery of the heart. Devices that deliberately cultivate and satisfy that lust compound the sin.
- 1 Thessalonians 4:3-5: “For this is the will of God, your sanctification: that you abstain from sexual immorality; that each one of you know how to control his own body in holiness and honor, not in the passion of lust like the Gentiles who do not know God.”
- Ephesians 5:3: “But sexual immorality and all impurity or covetousness must not even be named among you, as is proper among saints.”
Sex toys train the heart and body to seek satisfaction in objects and self rather than in the self-giving love of marriage. They normalize lust as a private right, dull the conscience, and open the door to deeper bondage. Whether marketed as “harmless self-care,” “marital aid,” or “empowerment,” they remain instruments of impurity when used outside (or even inside) God’s narrow design.
True purity is not merely the absence of certain acts; it is the positive pursuit of holiness—guarding the eyes, the mind, the hands, and the heart so that the body remains a living sacrifice (Romans 12:1). For the unmarried this means complete abstinence. For the married it means exclusive, selfless intimacy with one’s spouse alone, free from fantasy, images, or devices that introduce third parties (even plastic ones) into the marriage bed.
Call to Freedom
If you have used these things, the gospel offers real cleansing. “If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just to forgive us our sins and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness” (1 John 1:9). Throw them away. Delete the accounts. Cut off the sources of temptation. Seek accountability. Fill the emptiness with Scripture, prayer, and the presence of Christ. The Holy Spirit is stronger than any habit.
Purity is possible because Jesus is better. He bought your body at the price of His blood. Glorify Him with it.
by Admin Admin | Jul 29, 2026 | Decency, Lust, Messages from God, Sexual Purity
For this is the will of God, your sanctification: that you abstain from sexual immorality; that each one of you know how to control his own body in holiness and honor.”
— 1 Thessalonians 4:3–4
Beloved, sexual purity is not a suggestion from God—it is His clear will.
Your body is not your own. It is the temple of the Holy Spirit (1 Corinthians 6:19–20). When you engage in sexual immorality—whether in thought, word, or deed—you are not merely “making a mistake.” You are bringing defilement into the very place God has chosen to dwell.
Jesus raised the standard higher than the world wants to hear: “Everyone who looks at a woman with lustful intent has already committed adultery with her in his heart” (Matthew 5:28). Purity begins long before the body acts. It begins in the eyes and in the mind.
God’s design is beautiful and narrow: one man, one woman, in the covenant of marriage (Hebrews 13:4). Everything outside that boundary is rebellion against the Designer.
So flee. Do not negotiate. Do not manage. Flee sexual immorality (1 Corinthians 6:18). Guard your eyes. Guard your phone. Guard your heart. Ask the Holy Spirit daily to keep your temple clean, because the One who lives inside you is holy.
The world says purity is outdated.
Heaven still calls it beautiful.
May the Lord make you pure in body, soul, and spirit—until the day you see Him face to face.
Amen.
by Admin Admin | Apr 23, 2026 | Lust, Relationships, Sexual Purity
A married woman faces a quiet but serious test—tempted by her husband’s closest friend, yet choosing not to give in.
The truth remains: sexual purity is not just about what you do, but what you allow and conceal.
The Bible calls us to honor marriage and walk in the light, not in secret.
“Marriage should be honored by all, and the marriage bed kept pure” (Hebrews 13:4).
No benefit, favor, or fear should make you compromise what is right.
Choose integrity. Choose truth. Choose purity—even when it is difficult.
by Admin Admin | Apr 9, 2026 | Advice to Young Adults, Lust, Sexual Purity, Sexuality
One evening a mother spoke to her daughter with deep love:
“My child, sexual purity is one of the greatest gifts you can give yourself and your future husband.”
The world celebrates casual relationships, but it rarely shows the pain, heartbreak, and regret that often follow.
Purity is not weakness.
Purity is strength.
Purity is self-respect.
When you choose purity, you are saying:
“I value my future more than temporary pleasure.”
A mother’s prayer is that her daughter grows into a woman who knows her worth and protects it.
Save the best gift of intimacy for marriage.
