Scripture

Matthew 5:27, 28 "The laws of Moses said, 'You shall not commit adultery.' But I say: Anyone who even looks at a woman with lust in his eye has already committed adultery with her in his heart."

Message

Oh the powers of the flesh when they tug at your emotions (or your loins). Satan will do anything to get you to sin. He dangles temptation in front of you like candy on a stick. If you are weak and hungry, and tired of struggling to make your marriage stronger and better, he may just get you to bite. He tells you it is love and that everything will be so wonderful when the two of you are finally together. He makes you believe that what you are doing is good because it feels good. Satan will use anything or anyone to make you fall. He will grind on your conscience until you have none, and tell you the grass on the other side is so much greener. But do not listen! He is a liar. Lust is a sin no matter what your heart or loin is saying! Contrary to what you may think, the grass is never greener over there! And you know what? It still has to be watered and mowed! Please don't do it. Think of all you will lose.

Ask God to help you overcome your fleshly desires. Remember the sacred vows you took of faith, trust, fidelity and love? Do not throw them away in a moment of weakness. It is not love! When you see someone that stirs your heart and heats up your blood, it is called lust. Love takes longer! It sometimes takes years to build a solid foundation, as you get to know the person God blessed you with, or possibly the one you chose on your own. If your spouse is not the one God would have chosen for you, but you did it anyway, be patient and faithful. Ask Him to change your heart. God will bless your decision someday. And your love will soar! You will be so comfortably peaceful and very sure that your first choice was the best choice after all.

Prayer

Dear Lord, I am humbly at your mercy once again. My evil thoughts and overwhelming desires are affecting my senses. I know better, and yet the temptation is too strong for me to handle by myself. Help me get through this, Father. Satan is playing with every fiber of my being and I am losing the battle. Do not let him win! Do not let my heart be swayed away from those I treasure the most. Do not let me live the rest of my life in regret. Change my heart, Dear God. Help me to see with my eyes and not with my foolish feelings of lust. The ideas that have been planted in my mind are eating at my every thought. The desire to give in has been made too easy for me. I am so weak. I know the consequences of my choice could haunt me forever. You are my saving grace, Father. I need you. Hear my prayer; listen to my cry. In Your precious and mighty Son Jesus, I pray. Amen.