Pinky Promise + Honouring God With Your Body
Hello Beauties. Today as the
Lord leads, I want to discuss the importance of honouring God with ourselves
wholeheartedly. I believe a big topic is the whole boyfriend-girlfriend
paradigm that has evolved into a breeding ground for sin. This type of relationship
is actually not biblical. I am referring to the ways of the world and how I
used to be. Having a boyfriend or girlfriend is temporary, the Bible teaches us
to either get married or stay alone [1 Corinthians 7:2]. Thus, if I meet a man,
he needs to be talking about marriage and asking questions leading towards
that, not inviting me to his house or manipulating me to have sex with him.
I was once the type of girl
that just wanted the “perfect” relationship. I just wanted a man that I could
rely on and felt like I could do this without consulting God. It was only when I was disappointed by many that is when I truly learnt - EVERYONE will disappoint at one point, I will even let myself down. I can rely ONLY on God. Often, I would
expect God to verbally tell me NO, but He was showing me all the signs, I just
chose to go ahead foolishly. But praise God because I finally saw the light. I
was the type that was excited about the idea of marriage, but did not know the
true meaning and worth. At the time I did not take the time to get to know
myself, I was more concerned with trying to ‘fit in’ to the world’s standards
and the worldly man’s idea of beauty i.e. tight clothes revealing what God told
me to preserve for my husband.
God did not create the body
for sexual immorality, but rather the body is a temple of the Lord that should
remain pure. The body is not meant for
sexual immorality, but for the Lord and the Lord for the body [1 Corinthians
6:13].
I just felt like every time I
tried to be single and dedicate my life to the Lord, the devil would bring one
of his sons that would try to take me off track. Yes the weapon was formed
against me but it did not prosper, because I now know the truth. I came across
the Pinky Promise Movement in 2013 and at first I felt like I just could not do
it. I heard the Lord pulling and tugging me away from particular relationships,
but I just felt too weak to leave at the time. You know when you are just
deluded and fool yourself into thinking that God may suddenly turn your impure
relationship to marriage? Yea, that was once me.
A promise to honor God with your
body and your life. To refuse to give your body to anyone that hasn't paid the
price for you called marriage. It's a promise to stay pure before God in EVERY
single way. It's a promise that says, I won't test the boundaries in my
relationship to see how far I can push it sexually--but instead--I want God to
have my heart.
It's a promise to God that you
will honor your marriage covenant. It's saying that I promise not to step
outside of my marriage, cheat on my spouse and that I'll work through every
issue.
Thanks for
joining Pinky Promise. Find a group or start a group in your area, and lets
encourage each other and build a bond between sisters in Christ.
I first came across Heather Lindsey early last year. I was glad to see that
there was a Pinky Promise community in London, as it is was founded in the US
(see website for more info). Going forward I am now single
and celibate. I have come to the conclusion that I would rather be single for
the rest of my life to have another meaningless relationship. It is really not
worth it. Sometimes you have to cut all ties in order to hear God's voice clearer and grow. Even if it means you have NO FRIENDS for a season. Better that than to miss out on Jesus. I encourage you today to take control over your body as a woman and
live like the Queen that He called you to be. He is so worth it. When you get
closer to Him you begin to hate the sin you once found comfort in. What a fool
I was! But praise God because I am saved.
The Pinky Promise Movement
has been a constant reminder that I am not alone and that there are people out
there who understand. But there is nothing like getting quiet before the Lord
and having faith, it is important to have a personal relationship with Him. It
just gets to a point where you no longer care about what people think. It is
God I have to answer to and besides everyone is facing their own battle. But if
I am going to be a Christian, I must do it with my whole heart. That means
dying to self and changing my mentality. It gets lonely sometimes, you feel
like you are the only one that understands the love of Jesus. You may need that
season to just be alone and spend time on your face with the Lord. Singing
songs of worship and getting deep into His word. Once you know the truth
nothing else matters. Its ok if people think you are crazy or a loner, let them
think what they like. My mission is to serve God and that is at the top of my
list.
For me, if I need to refocus
I just need to spend time alone in God’s word. That is how I regain my
strength. So ladies, if you think your man will change you are mistaken. A man
does not like being told what to do but rather created to be a leader. I have
so been there with previous relationships, “Are you going to Church?”, “Lets
pray together?”, “At what age do you see yourself married?”. Nah, I cannot be
the leader, but rather I need to be led. God is the head of man and man the
head of woman. Don’t let this new age way of behaving deceive you [1 Corinthians
11:3].
I just opened an Instagram account for East London - @PinkyPromiseEastLondon as the Lord leads. Lets see what will come out of this!!
I just opened an Instagram account for East London - @PinkyPromiseEastLondon as the Lord leads. Lets see what will come out of this!!
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