[Be] a lover of what is good, sober-minded, just, holy, self-controlled.
Titus 1:8
It's hard to keep our language clean when everyone around us is cursing. It's hard to keep our minds clean when pornography is only a click away. And it's hard to keep our nerves healthy in a polarized and deteriorating culture. It's actually impossible without Christ.
When we receive Him as our Savior, He comes into our life by means of the Holy Spirit. Notice the word "holy"! It's the Holy Spirit who does a work of renewal inside us, surging through our mental catacombs and flushing out our emotional passageways. He breaks the power of canceled sin and sets the sinner free. He delivers us from the slavery of our habits and perfects that which concerns us (Psalm 138:
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It's easy to allow our environment to influence how we live, but when we live according to God's Word, He will bless us. Today ask the Holy Spirit to take the Holy Bible and by His power and grace make you an increasingly holy person. As the hymn "Take Time to Be Holy" says: "Take time to be holy, speak oft with thy Lord; abide in Him always, and feed on His Word."
The Word of God is the means employed by the Holy Spirit to transform us into the image of Christ.
