Last Sunday, we were challenged together to purity in 1 Corinthians 6:12-20. If you missed it, you can listen to it here.
1-18-15-PursuingPurityInAnImmoralWorld.mp3
Below are some of the practical steps we talked about. One of the ideas was to read the Purity Principle by Randy Alcorn. As men of Purity, we’d like to read it together starting next week. Grab a book online, or in the library at Village ($5) and each week we’ll read a chapter and then post some thoughts about that chapter with opportunity for comments. This is a great book that will challenge us to purity and give a lot more great ideas to help us fight this fight. Join us and let’s stand for purity in a sexually immoral world!
Strategies:
- Be busy glorifying God with every moment
- Saturate your mind with truth
- Memorize some verses on purity (1 Cor 6:13, 19-20; Matt 5:27-30; Eph 5:3; Phil 4:8; 1 Thes 4:3; 2 Tim 2:22; Heb 13:4)
- The Purity Principle – Randy Alcorn
- Be captivated by your spouse!! (Prov 5:18-19)
- Remind yourself of the cost of sexual immorality of any kind. Satan will lie about these.
- Have accountability with your electronics
- Don’t isolate your computer from the family, isolate it from porn – http://covenanteyes.com
- Leave phone and computer accessible to your spouse or a friend
- Remember other electronic devices – Remove browser if needed from phones / game units
- Remind yourself of your relationships
- On trips, take along pictures of your wife and kids
- Take pictures of some friends at church reminding yourself your purity affects the body of Christ
- Ask, “How would I want my sister or brother treated?”
- Make sure you have same gender accountability
- Have a plan to protect yourself and others
- Porn free family plan – Your kids are not too young to be protected.
- http://www.challies.com/…/please-dont-give-them-porn-for-ch…
- Stay as far away from sexual immorality as possible
- Don’t allow situations where you are alone in private with the opposite sex
- No deep friendships with opposite sex other than your spouse
- Don’t go to movies, watch TV or read material with sexual content (remember the neighbor’s window!)
