Purity

last night a friend of mine brought to my attention the verse in the Bible (1 Corinthians 7:1) it says that a man shouldn't even touch a women. (Abridged obviously)
Touch is something that we take so lightly. a hug goodbye, a pat on the back, those little things don't even seem important, but they SO are.
It isn't that hugging is illegal, and high fives are from hell, but many men, well most men, struggle with these things, and a lot of women do too. we have to confess our struggles to close friends, so that they can help us in our walk to become pure and holy with God. If we don't confess than we can not improve. It is not a man's fault if he hurts a girls feelings obliviously, yet repeatedly if she never tells him that it hurts her feelings. and it is not a womens fault if she creates lust in a mans sight repeatedly, yet obliviously, if he does not confess his issue.
we have to be open with each other about our struggles so that we can help each other, and hopefully attain purity together. when we confront each other, and share with each other, we are helping each other grow closer to God and seeing God.
this is my prayer for my worship team, and my peers. that we would be open with each other about our struggles and what God is doing, so that we can all together grow more pure and holy and righteous. I want the youth of this entire nation to yearn for purity, and group together with fasting and prayer to completely rid themselves of the murky sin that blotches out their sight to see God, and covers up their emotions for God to take over. Not even babies are born pure, for they are born under the curse of sin from previous generations. I cry out for children to begin being raised in purity, that they would have greater gifts from God than i can even dream of, and that they would speak into MY life, and the life of MY friends. That we would begin to look on purity as not something rare and unique, but normal, every day life that we need to be living by.
I want my nieces and nephews to have a hunger for God and God alone in their hearts even as babies. Because when God puts a greater hunger in their hearts they are going to show the rest of the church that has grown cold, and away from God, how awesome and powerful God really is. We so need purity!