My Personal Journey

The Search for Significance

Ping Pong Analogy

Sitting on the sideline (Neutralized)

A letter to You

God’s Desire for You

1 Thessalonians 4:3-5 It is God’s will that you should be sanctified: that you should avoid sexual immorality; 4 that each of you should learn to control your own body in a way that is holy and honorable, 5 not in passionate lust like the pagans, who do not know God;

1 Peter 2:11 Beloved, I urge you as aliens and strangers to abstain from fleshly lusts which wage war against the soul.

God’s Desire for You

1 Peter 1:14-16 As obedient children, do not be conformed to the former lusts which were yours in your ignorance, but like the Holy One who called you, be holy yourselves also in all your behavior; because it is written, “You shall be holy, for I am holy”

Romans 13:13-14 Let us behave properly as in the day, not in carousing and drunkenness, not in sexual promiscuity and sensuality, not in strife and jealousy. 14 But put on the Lord Jesus Christ, and make no provision for the flesh in regard to its lusts.

Philosophy

PURITY SIN

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Philosophy 2 Timothy 2:22 Now flee from youthful lusts,

and pursue righteousness, faith, love and peace, with those who call on the Lord from a pure heart.

We are all pursuing something

Do not love the world, nor the things in the world. If anyone loves the world, the love of the Father is not in him. For all that is in the world, the lust of the flesh and the lust of the eyes and the boastful pride of life, is not from the Father, but is from the world. 1 John 2:15-16

We all serve something or someone

Principles of PurityNO SECRETS

Luke 8:17 “For nothing is hidden that shall not become evident, nor anything secret that shall not be known and come to light.”

1 Samuel 16:7 "Do not look at his appearance or at the height of his stature, because I have rejected him; for God sees not as man sees, for man looks at the outward appearance, but the LORD looks at the heart."

Principles of Purity

LOCATION, LOCATION, LOCATION

Proverbs 5:8 “Keep your way far from her, and do not go near the door of her house”

Proverbs 13:20 “He who walks with the wise, grows wise but a companion of fools suffers harm”

Principles of PurityTHOUGHT LIFE

2 Corinthians 10:3-5 For though we walk in the flesh, we do not war according to the flesh, for the weapons of our warfare are not of the flesh, but divinely powerful for the destruction of fortresses. We are destroying speculations and every lofty thing raised up against the knowledge of God, and we are taking every thought captive to the obedience of Christ

James 1:15 Then when lust has conceived, it gives birth to sin; and when sin is accomplished, it brings forth death. (progression)

Principles of Purity

THOUGHT LIFEMIND EMOTIONS WILL

(thought) (desire, lust) (choices, actions )

Principles of Purity THE EYE GATE

Psalm 119:37 Turn away my eyes from looking at vanity, and revive me in Thy ways.

Psalms 101:2b-4 I will walk within my house in the integrity of my heart. I will set no worthless thing before my eyes

Proverbs 6:25 Do not lust in your heart after her beauty or let her captivate you with her eyes

Real men bounce their eyes

Principles of Purity

THE EYE GATEJob 31:1 "I made a covenant with my eyes not to look with lust upon a girl. (living)

What am I looking at that I should not be looking at?

What has been dominating your thought life this week?

Could I walk into your home or into your browsing history, and examine the content of these areas, how would you feel about that?

There is no DELETE button!

Principles of Victory

VICTORY IS POSSIBLE“No temptation has overtaken you but such as is common to man; and God is faithful, who will not allow you to be tempted beyond what you are able, but with the temptation will provide the way of escape also, that you may be able to endure it.”

1 Corinthians 10:13

Principles of VictoryIRON SHARPENS IRON

ACCOUNTABILITYProverbs 27:17 Iron sharpens iron, so one man sharpens another.

Ecclesiastes 4:9-12 Two are better than one because they have a good return for their labor. 10

For if either of them falls, the one will lift up his companion. But woe to the one who falls when there is not another to lift him up. . . 12 And if one can overpower him who is alone, two can resist him. A cord of three strands is not quickly torn apart.

Principles of Victory

IRON SHARPENS IRON

WHO ARE YOU HANGING WITH

Proverbs 13:20 “He who walks with the wise, grows wise but a companion of fools suffers harm”

Would I say that I am aligned with those who are morally pure? (headed in the right direction)

Do I have someone in my life that cares for my soul, who is allowed to ask the hard questions?

Principles of VictoryALERT TO KNOWN “TIMES”

OF TEMPTATIONMatthew 26:36-42 Then Jesus came with them to a place called Gethsemane, and said to His disciples, ‘Sit here while I go over there and pray’

Matthew 4:1-2 Then Jesus was led up by the Spirit into the wilderness to be tempted by the devil. 2 And after He had fasted forty days and forty nights, He then became hungry

Luke 12:35 Be dressed in readiness, and keep your lamps alight. (Vigilance)

Principles of Victory

AVOID “AREAS” OF KNOWN WEAKNESS – TRAPS

Proverbs 1:17 Indeed, it is useless to spread the net in the eyes of any bird; (avoid the obvious trap)

Proverbs 5:8 Keep your way far from her, and do not go near the door of her house,

Location, Location, Location (who are you hanging with)

Principles of Victory

ARM YOURSELF WITH THE SWORD

Matthew 4:4 But He answered and said, "It is written, 'MAN SHALL NOT LIVE ON BREAD ALONE, BUT ON EVERY WORD THAT PROCEEDS OUT OF THE MOUTH OF GOD.'"

Ephesians 6:10-18 Therefore, take up the full armor of God, that you may be able to resist in the evil day, and having done everything, to stand firm . . . and the sword of the Spirit, which is the word of God. (Armor of God – Ephesians 6:10-18)

Principles of Victory

SEEK HIS POWER AND NOT YOURS

Ephesians 3:16 that He would grant you, according to the riches of His glory, to be strengthened with power through His Spirit in the inner man;

Ephesians 6:10 Finally, be strong in the Lord, and in the strength of His might.

Philippians 4:13 I can do all things through Him who strengthens me.

Principles of VictoryPRAYER and FOCUS

Matthew 26:40-41 And He came to the disciples and found them sleeping, and said to Peter, "So, you men could not keep watch with Me for one hour? 41 "Keep watching and praying, that you may not enter into temptation; the spirit is willing, but the flesh is weak."

Hebrews 12:2 fixing our eyes on Jesus, the author and perfecter of faith, who for the joy set before Him endured the cross, despising the shame, and has sat down at the right hand of the throne of God.

TIPS Walking to class Romans 6

Eyeballs. What are the color of her eyes

Perspective on Dating

We are a work in progress Philippians 1:6 “For I am confident of this very thing, that He who began a good work in you will perfect it until the day of Christ Jesus.”

CONCLUSION

The Christian’s resolute faith in the Lord can stop and extinguish all the flaming arrows of the evil one aimed at him—Bible Knowledge Commentary (Determination, Focus)

Titus 2:11-12 For the grace of God that brings salvation has appeared to all men. It teaches us to say "No" to ungodliness and worldly passions, and to live self-controlled, upright and godly lives in this present age,

CONCLUSION

Guard your heart Proverbs 4:23 “Watch over your heart with all diligence, For from it flow the springs of life.”

DRAW YOUR LINE IN THE SAND