Thursday, July 12, 2012

Just Friends~Chapter 12~

CHAPTER 12-Choose Purity-Part two
  • Staying pure before marriage is well worth it,-Pg. 117
IMMORALITY COMES WITH A HIGH PRICE TAG
  • Immorality is the most personally devastating sin you could commit.-Pg. 117
1.It robs you of your peace with God
  • The sweetness,rest,joy,and comfort you once had is gone.-Pg. 118
2.it leaves you filled with guilt
  • Your actions stay in your memory.They are never forgotten.-Pg. 118
3.It breaks your fellowship with God
  • Psalm 66:18-The sin of immorality breaks your close walk with Him.-Pg. 118
4.It hinders your usefulness for God
  • God desires to use you for a great purpose,but He commands you to be a vessel fit for His use.-Pg. 118
5.It prevents the blessing of God
  • Remember how David was chastened because of his sin with Bathsheba?-Pg. 118
6.It destroys you emotionally
  • Your young heart and mind is not equipped to handle this,and your youth is too valuable to throw away.-Pg. 118
7.It destroys the relationship
  • A relationship and two lives are never the same after immorality.-Pg. 118
8.It robs your marital intimacy
  • your body belongs to God and a future spouse-don't ever give it to anyone else.-Pg. 118-119
9.It risks disease
  • If a person will be immoral with you,chances are that they have been with others before you.-Pg. 119
10.It breaks trust
  • Physical intimacy prior to commitment instills trust.-Pg. 119
11.It leads others astray
  • Others are watching you,and someone like a younger sibling will likely follow you down the wrong path.-Pg. 119
12.It risks pregnancy
  • Every child deserves to be born into a home where the mom and dad are married,in love,and committed for life.-Pg. 119
13.It leaves you dissapointed and regretful
  • The aftermath is always guilt,pain,and regret.-Pg. 120
14.It destroys the first experiences of your future marriage
  • Someday God will bring you together for the first time with a wonderful spouse.-Pg. 120
  • Tough God can forgive and restore from immorality,sadly,it places scars upon your life that will remain for a lifetime.-Pg. 120
AVOIDING IMMORALITY
Traps:
1.Backsliding
  • Keep your heart soft,and walk closely and daily with God in His Word and prayer.-Pg. 121
  • Psalm 119:9
2.Rebellion
  • Choose to trust and obey those who love you.-Pg. 121
3.Sexual imagery
  • There's a difference between seeing and looking.You can see something by accident and look away.Looking is when you allow your eyes to linger or you choose to see.-Pg. 121
4.Physical contact
  • Touching in a guy/girl relationship is never a good thing until you are married.-Pg. 121
5.Emotional dependency
  • Emotional closeness always leads to physical closeness.-Pg. 121
6.Clothing styles
  • Be sure to wear clothing that contributes to holiness,modesty,and purity.-Pg. 122
7.Time alone with a guy/girl
  • If you have a personal policy to never be alone with the opposite gender,than you're pretty much guaranteed ti never loose your purity.-Pg. 122
8.Lack of accountability
  • Never be out of sight of authority.Whether in another room or another car-a lack of accountability always bring increased temptations.-Pg. 122
9.Impure imagination
  • Psalm 101:3,2 Cor. 10:5
  • What you see and hear become your thoughts,attitudes,desires,and eventually actions.-pg. 122
10.Corrupt communication
  • 1 Cor. 15:33
  • Guard your life from the worlds music,cursing,and dirty jokes.-Pg. 122
  • Your communication not only reveals your heart,it also directs your heart.-Pg. 123
11.Peer pressure
  • Stand strong in the Lord and choose to remain pure,no matter what everyone else is doing.-Pg. 123
12.Sinful media
  • Pro. 4:23
  • Lock up the doors of your heart,and refuse to allow any impurity!-Pg. 123
13.Desire to prove something
  • Find security in the Lord so that you have nothing to prove.-Pg. 123
14.Misunderstanding of love
  • True love always does what is best for the other person.Therefore,in your guy/girl relationships,true love will always protect purity.-Pg. 124
15.Curiosity
  • Take it to God and your parents or another godly leader.-Pg. 124
  • Proverbs 30:12
RECOVERING FROM PAST FAILURE
  • God loves you,and His grace can help you.His mercy can cleanse you and place you on a pathway of hope and blessing.-pg. 125
1.Confess sin to God if you have not already done so
  • 1 John 1:9,Psalm 51
2.Learn from past sin
3.Apologize to the person who was involved
4.Tell your parents,pastor,and/or counselor
5.Put it behind you,and do not bring it up again
6.Don't dwell on it
  • Phil. 4:8
7.Cleanse your heart in God's word
  • Young adults who spend much time in God's Word are stronger against temptation.-Pg. 126
THE PRODUCT OF PURITY
  • The product of purity is worth all the waiting,all the fighting,all the enduring.-Pg. 127
  • By staying pure and resisting temptation in life,you are building strength in your life.-Pg. 127

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