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Protect Your Heart From the Enticement of Sexual Sin

This is the final episode in a four-part series, “Ruling Over Our Sexuality for God’s Glory,” in which we view male sexual desire through the biblical lens of creation, fall, redemption/restoration. This episode is rooted in the profound wisdom of Proverbs 4: 23 Watch over your heart with all diligence, for from it flow the springs of life. We examine five ways we need to protect our hearts from the enticement of sexual sin, if we want to avoid falling into it.

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Directing Our Heart Passions to Defeat Lust

This article is the third in a four-part series, “Ruling Over Our Sexuality for God’s Glory,” in which we view male sexual desire through the biblical lens of creation, fall, redemption/restoration. In this week we begin to look at how Christ sets us free from slavery to lust. A good starting point is preemptively directing our heart into three particular channels that will strengthen us against the attacks of lust.

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Understanding Our Sex Drive Helps Us Fight for Purity

This message is the first in a four-part series, “Ruling Over Our Sexuality for God’s Glory,” in which we view male sexual desire through the biblical lens of creation, fall, redemption/restoration. This episode explores the nature of God’s gift to us of a strong sex drive, so that we can celebrate it and fight to rule it for Christ. Better understanding our sex drive helps us battle lust more effectively

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