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How can a young man keep his ways pure?

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Recently one young man with whom I am on a spiritual Journey asked me, “ bro, tell me how can I live a holy life, how can I stay pure ?” This is probably the most pertinent question that has been troubling young men who long to live a life pleasing to the lord. In the longest Psalm that King David wrote; Psalm 119 verse 9 , he raises this same profound question and then he goes on to answer it by making it look so simple, “ by keeping it according to your word ”. One starts wondering, what! Is that so easy? I have been trying my best, but somehow missing the mark, I can’t figure out where exactly I am going wrong. How on earth can I keep all of God’s words and be pure? Every young believer, whom I have come across, genuinely desires to live a life that is holy and pure, the intentions are all there and it is good but most of them fail miserably, it is a struggle for many- falling, failing and scrambling to stand up somehow and moving forward. Well that might be the summ