This Week’s Experience – 10/13/2024 What's Happening Ministry OpportunitiesMessage Leave this field blank You have heard that it was said, ‘You shall not commit adultery.’ But I tell you that anyone who looks at a woman lustfully has already committed adultery with her in his heart.-Matthew 5:27-28Temptation comes from our own desires, which entice us and drag us away. These desires give birth to sinful actions. And when sin is allowed to grow, it gives birth to death.-James 1:14-15How We Get Hooked...1. I get to some sort of stimuli.2. My gets chemically altered.3. I become about what is and .I don’t understand why I act the way I do. I don’t do what I know is right and I end up doing the things I hate.-Romans 7:15Therefore, I urge you, brothers and sisters, in view of God’s mercy, to offer your bodies as a living sacrifice, holy and pleasing to God—this is your true and proper worship. Do not conform to the pattern of this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind. Then you will be able to test and approve what God’s will is—his good, pleasing and perfect will.-Romans 12:1-2If I don't like the outcomes of my life it's not about going back and making different decisions but rather going back and changing my thinking which leads to my decision making.How to Defeat Lust...1. Run from sexual sin!-1 Corinthians 6:182. I’d say you’ll do best by filling your minds and meditating on things true, noble, reputable, authentic, compelling, gracious— the best, not the worst; the beautiful, not the ugly; things to praise, not things to curse.-Philippians 4:8-9LIFE APPLICATIONTo discuss during the week with your family, Life Group, or Campus.1. Share a time when you were enticed by something impure. How did you respond?2. What kind of lustful wound might you need to protect?3. What steps do you need to take to fully pursue the life God wants you to have?4. What scripture(s) stood out to you in this message?5. What else stood out to you?6. What is my next step to take after hearing this message? Notes Where should we send your notes? Legal Yes, I accept terms and conditions Send my notes Save draft
This Week’s Experience – 10/13/2024 What's Happening Ministry OpportunitiesMessage Leave this field blank You have heard that it was said, ‘You shall not commit adultery.’ But I tell you that anyone who looks at a woman lustfully has already committed adultery with her in his heart.-Matthew 5:27-28Temptation comes from our own desires, which entice us and drag us away. These desires give birth to sinful actions. And when sin is allowed to grow, it gives birth to death.-James 1:14-15How We Get Hooked...1. I get to some sort of stimuli.2. My gets chemically altered.3. I become about what is and .I don’t understand why I act the way I do. I don’t do what I know is right and I end up doing the things I hate.-Romans 7:15Therefore, I urge you, brothers and sisters, in view of God’s mercy, to offer your bodies as a living sacrifice, holy and pleasing to God—this is your true and proper worship. Do not conform to the pattern of this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind. Then you will be able to test and approve what God’s will is—his good, pleasing and perfect will.-Romans 12:1-2If I don't like the outcomes of my life it's not about going back and making different decisions but rather going back and changing my thinking which leads to my decision making.How to Defeat Lust...1. Run from sexual sin!-1 Corinthians 6:182. I’d say you’ll do best by filling your minds and meditating on things true, noble, reputable, authentic, compelling, gracious— the best, not the worst; the beautiful, not the ugly; things to praise, not things to curse.-Philippians 4:8-9LIFE APPLICATIONTo discuss during the week with your family, Life Group, or Campus.1. Share a time when you were enticed by something impure. How did you respond?2. What kind of lustful wound might you need to protect?3. What steps do you need to take to fully pursue the life God wants you to have?4. What scripture(s) stood out to you in this message?5. What else stood out to you?6. What is my next step to take after hearing this message? Notes Where should we send your notes? Legal Yes, I accept terms and conditions Send my notes Save draft
