All of us have been confronted with situations when we have lacked the wisdom and the self-discipline to say, “No” to what is displeasing to God. As we grow in faith, though, we learn to “submit [our] selves . . . to God . . . [and to] resist the devil . . .” (James 4:7). “For the grace of God that brings salvation has appeared to all men. It teaches us to say “No” to ungodliness and worldly passions, and to live self-controlled, upright and godly lives in this present age . . .” (Titus 2:11-12). Although we are tempted daily to make choices that gratify our sense, by God’s grace, we can “live self-controlled, upright and godly lives.”
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