Teaching from Your Book of Life, Part 7: Create Your Own Book of Life

Older women teach younger womenTitus 2:5 To be discreet, chaste, keepers at home, good, obedient to their own husbands, that the word of God be not blasphemed.

In Part 6, we studied teaching younger women to be discreet. We will continue with older women are to teach younger women to be chaste. Chaste in the Greek means to be clean, pure, holy, and uncontaminated by sin. Each of these definitions for the word chaste is relevant to developing character that is pleasing to God. Teach younger women to be chaste in their conduct, speech, thoughts, and appearance. Teach them to have clean hands: 1.) so that there will be no blemish on their record. 2.) so that they will not have a guilty conscience from murdering another person’s character, livelihood, or relationships. Teach them to be pure. This does not mean perfect, but rather, it means to be spiritually pure in heart through repentance and faith in the LORD, Jesus Christ. Teach them to be holy. Holy is not defined by wearing long unattractive clothing however, modesty in wearing apparel is always appropriate. Holiness is a lifestyle. We are commanded to be holy because God is holy and you were created in His image and in His likeness. Therefore, to be holy means to be different from the world, and to demonstrate the LORDs image, likeness, and nature. Teach them to be uncontaminated, free from sin and sinful affections. Teach them that they do not have to succumb to sin. The Holy Spirit is their power source to resist, escape, and overcome temptation. In Part 8, we will continue our study on the practical and spiritual things that older women should impart to younger women, thereby giving us all an opportunity to write or rewrite the pages of our lives.

Scripture References: I Samuel 25:31; Matthew 5:8; I John 1:9; I Peter 1:16; Genesis 1:27; Genesis 5:1; James 4:7; I Corinthians 10:13-14; Revelations 12:11a

Prayer for today: Father, thank you for the opportunity to rewrite my life. I ask for Holy Spirit’s help to make the pages of my life worthy of following to bring glory to you. In JESUS name, AMEN.

Whatever you must do today, there is a grace for that. Accept the grace and make it a sweatless day.

Love

Dianne