SHARE Magazine January 2021

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# youth

SHARE It’s not worth it! I

If 2020 has taught us anything it has revealed the true reality of the coming persecution in the world we live in. By the grace of God, you were able to overcome and continue to overcome the troubles of this life but now is not the time to fall back into bondage to the habitual sin that oppressed us. It’s 32

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simply not worth it.

Without getting overly spiritual, I want you to think of the effort and strides you took in denying yourself by beating the flesh into submission to the Spirit in order to overcome and not fall into temptation. Try to remember the physical pain and

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emotional longing you felt when the body wanted to delve into past sin, the lightheadedness and dizziness when you fasted for the first time to starve your body and feed the spirit, and the many opportunities you denied yourself of sin and its temporary enjoyment and relief. All these tremendous efforts you’ve


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