The Importance of Over Desire

The word for desire is epithymia, which means over desire. When we get to the point where we're willing to even consider lying or cheating in order to move forward in our career, that's become our over desire. King David had an Albert Camus experience, right? There was a season in David's life where sex and power became the functional Lord and Savior for him. And it ruined him. He writes a Psalm later about how he felt like his bones were wasting away because he was chasing after something other than God. Here is the truth that will set us free from this. Jesus is the Supreme Lord and Savior. The only way to break the hold of a