DAILY TEXT, From today Saturday January 8, 2022, Teach me your rules (Ps. 119: 68).

DAILY TEXT, Today's Saturday, January 8, 2022

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Saturday, January 8, 2022

Teach me your standards (Ps. 119: 68).

A good student may learn what God's laws are and even admire them. But will you obey Jehovah because you have come to love him? Let us remember the case of Eva. She knew the law of God, but did not feel true love for him. And the same can be said of Adam (Gen. 3: 1-6). So we must not limit ourselves to teaching God's righteous standards and laws. Divine rules and laws are attractive and benefit us (Ps. 119: 97, 111, 112). But the student will not see them in the same way unless he understands that Jehovah has given them because he loves us. So we might ask him, “Why do you think God asks us to do or not do this? What does that teach you about him? By helping him to think of Jehovah and to truly love his glorious name, we are more likely to touch his heart. So not only will you love its laws,but will also love him. Your faith will grow stronger and you will be able to withstand very difficult trials (1 Cor. 3: 12-15). w20.06 10 pars. 10, 11

How can the fear of God protect us if we see provocative images?

For example, what do we do if we see an image or movie on television or on the Internet that could arouse immoral desires in us? It would be easy to justify ourselves by thinking that, strictly speaking, it is not pornography. But could Satan be using it to divide our hearts? (2 Cor. 2:11). This can be compared to the wedge someone uses to split a piece of wood. Perhaps you start by driving the thin edge of the wedge into the wood. And, as he sinks it, the wood is splitting. Provocative images can be like the thin edge of a wedge. At first they may seem small and harmless, but they can quickly divide our hearts and lead us to commit sins that break our integrity. For this reason, let us not allow anything inappropriate to enter our hearts.Let us make sure it is always united and fears the name of Jehovah.

What questions should we ask ourselves when faced with temptation?

In addition to provocative images, Satan sets many other temptations for us to sin. How do we react? It would be easy to justify ourselves by thinking something like: "At the end of the day, they are not going to expel me for doing this, so it will not be so bad." That way of thinking is totally wrong. We'd better ask ourselves questions like the following: “Is Satan using this temptation to divide my heart? If I indulge in bad desires, will I stain Jehovah's name? Will this bring me closer to my God, or will it move me away from him? Let's reflect on these questions. Let us ask Jehovah for wisdom to answer them sincerely, without deceiving ourselves (James 1: 5). This will be a real protection. It will help us reject temptation outright, just like Jesus did when he said, "Go away, Satan!" (Matt. 4:10).

Explain with an example why having a divided heart does us no good.

Having a divided heart does us no good. Let's imagine that the members of a sports team get on badly with each other. Some want all the glory for themselves, others do not want to follow the rules and others do not respect the coach. Such a team is unlikely to win a match. A team that was united would do much better. Our hearts will be like this second team if our thoughts, desires and emotions are “united” in serving Jehovah. Let's remember that Satan would love to divide our hearts. He wants us to have an internal struggle between what we know Jehovah wants us to do and our bad desires. If we want to serve Jehovah, it has to be with a whole heart (Matt. 22: 36-38). Let us never allow Satan to divide our hearts.

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