Being There: A Study of Godly Manhood

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Being ThereA Study of Godly Manhood

• Lesson 7 Being There for Your Wife (part 5)

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Being There for Your Wife
Will to Obey
Work to Do
Woman to Love
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Every Mans Battle

• Nature of the battle
• What were susceptible to as males
• Gods standard
• Our responsibility to be pure
• Our battle plan

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Every Mans Battle

• Youre involved in anongoing battle against
  satan
• With Gods help, thisbattle can be won!

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Every Mans Battle
0 lt Fractional Addiction lt 1
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Every Mans Battle
80 Fractional Addiction
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Every Mans Battle
Colossians 35-6
Matthew 528
Galatians 516, 19
1 Corinthians 613
Revelation 220
Romans 1312-13
Revelation 214
Acts 1529
1 Corinthians 511
2 Corinthians 1221
Hebrews 134
1 Thessalonians 43-5, 7
Mark 721-23
Ephesians 53-4
Jude 7
1 Peter 43
Revelation 218
1 Corinthians 618
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Every Mans Battle

• Male Physiology
• Males experience accumulating physiological
  pressure
• This pressure does not justify seeking release
  sinfully
• There are times we are more prone to be tempted

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Every Mans Battle

• By means of our eyes,we can achieve sexual
  gratification
• Visual sexual gratification(outside of
  marriage) sexual impurity sin (Matthew
  527-28)

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Every Mans Battle
Sexual impurity is a series of bad decisions.

• Youve just got to make a decision
• God will run with you, but he wont run for
  you.
• Youre already free from thepower of sexual
  immorality
• Youre not free from the habituntil you make the
  choice

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Every Mans Battle

• You are sexually pure whenno sexual
  gratification comesfrom anyone or anythingbut
  your wife.

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Every Mans Battle

• Two means of drawing sexual gratification outside
  of marriage
• Our eyes
• Our mind
• Want healthy, positive affectionswithin marriage

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Every Mans Battle

• Build 3 perimeters

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Every Mans Battle

• Characteristics of Impurity
• Lives like a habit
• Works like a habit
• Fights like an addiction
• Spiritual Opposition

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Every Mans Battle

• Israelites left enemies in Canaanit was their
  downfall
• To succeed with sexual purity,eliminate every
  hint of sexual immorality

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Every Mans Battle

• 1st Perimeter Eyes
• Bouncing your eyes
• Starving your eyes
• Sword and Shield
• How to set up your own perimeter
• Study yourself
• Define defenses for your enemies

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Every Mans Battle
Sword I have made a covenant with my
eyes. (Job 311)
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Every Mans Battle
Shield Flee from sexual immorality You are not
your own you were bought with a price.
Therefore, honor God with your body. (1
Corinthians 618-20)