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Philippians 4:6-7
Be anxious for nothing, but in everything by prayer and supplication with
thanksgiving let your requests be made known to God. And the peace of God, which
surpasses all comprehension, will guard your hearts and your minds in Messiah
Yahshua.

I Peter 5:6-7
Therefore humble yourselves under the mighty hand of God, that He may exalt you
at the proper time, casting all your anxiety on Him, because He cares for
you.

We must come to a mindset where we treat fear and anxiety as an enemy that has
taken up residence in our frame. Whenever we find it arising we must do battle with
it and cast it off. It seems that many of us have developed an attitude toward fear
where we do not view it as an evil thing. We think it is just a part of our make-up, for
it is resident in us and it serves a purpose of helping to keep us safe. This is not true,
however.

Suppose we treated lust the same way, for lust is present in us, and there are some
humanistic psychologists who have said that lust is a good thing for it leads to
procreation and this has the positive effect of insuring the survival of the human
species. We know immediately that this is nonsense, and it is both immoral and
unrighteous. We can read the words of Christ where He said:

Matthew 5:28
But I say to you that everyone who looks at a woman with lust for her has already
committed adultery with her in his heart.

There is little argument in the church today that lust is an evil thing and it should be
resisted at all costs. What was Yahshua’s advice to those who were struggling with
lust?

Matthew 5:29-30
"If your right eye makes you stumble, tear it out and throw it from you; for it is better
for you to lose one of the parts of your body, than for your whole body to be thrown
into hell. If your right hand makes you stumble, cut it off and throw it from you; for
it is better for you to lose one of the parts of your body, than for your whole body to
go into hell.”

Some have taken these words literally, but what Yahshua is saying is that we must
identify the source of lust in our members and get rid of it. We must not make peace