Instruments of righteousness

Romans 6:12-14
12Let not sin therefore reign in your mortal body, to make you obey its passions. 13 Do not present your members to sin as instruments for unrighteousness, but present yourselves to God as those who have been brought from death to life, and your members to God as instruments for righteousness. 14For sin will have no dominion over you, since you are not under law but under grace.

When sin reigned in my flesh, I was forced to obey its passions, impulses. However, now I am under God's grace through Jesus Christ and my body is free from sin's slavery. I no longer have to obey sin's impulse. Instead, I have the power through grace to overcome those desires and use my body as an instrument of righteousness.

I need to stand on this freedom. My body is an instrument of righteousness. I'm not the seductress that I used to be. For example, I used to kiss boys impulsively, but now, by the power of Christ, I can resist temptation and use my mouth for prayer and for blessing. I kiss my husband and that is righteous.

Heavenly Father, thank You for setting me free through Your Son, Jesus Christ. Jesus, thank You for being the Lord of my life and my body's members. Use me for righteousness. Forgive me for believing the lie that my body is sinful and junk. I know the truth now, that I am an instrument of righteousness for Your purposes. I love You. In Jesus' name I pray, Amen.