restoring emotional and spiritual [margin]

1. OUR MISSION: To guide those far from God into the new start found in Jesus Christ.

2. restoring emotional and spiritual [margin]

3. restoring emotional and spiritual[margin] If normal isn’t working, then extraordinary is the only other place we can go James 1:13-15 When tempted, no one should say, ‘God is tempting me.’ For God cannot be tempted by evil, nor does he tempt anyone;but each person is tempted when they are dragged away by their own evil desire and enticed. Then, after desire has conceived, it gives birth to sin; and sin, when it is full-grown, gives birth to death. "I never thought it would happen to me...” Creating distance between you and temptation

4. restoring emotional and spiritual[margin] When tempted, no one should say, ‘God is tempting me.’ For God cannot be tempted by evil, nor does he tempt anyone;but each person is tempted when they are dragged away by their own evil desire and enticed. Then, after desire has conceived, it gives birth to sin; and sin, when it is full-grown, gives birth to death.– James 1:13-15 • “enticed” = δελεάζω[deleazō] • To entrap • To allure • To entice • To hook • To catch with bait 1 Corinthians 6:18-20 “Flee from sexual immorality. All other sins a person commits are outside the body, but whoever sins sexually, sins against their own body. Do you not know that your bodies are temples of the Holy Spirit, who is in you, whom you have received from God? You are not your own; you were bought at a price. Therefore honour God with your bodies.” • “flee” = φεύγω[pheugō] • To run away • To shun • To escape • To distance oneself

5. restoring emotional and spiritual[margin] When tempted, no one should say, ‘God is tempting me.’ For God cannot be tempted by evil, nor does he tempt anyone;but each person is tempted when they are dragged away by their own evil desire and enticed. Then, after desire has conceived, it gives birth to sin; and sin, when it is full-grown, gives birth to death.– James 1:13-15 1 Corinthians 6:18-20 “Flee from sexual immorality. All other sins a person commits are outside the body, but whoever sins sexually, sins against their own body. Do you not know that your bodies are temples of the Holy Spirit, who is in you, whom you have received from God? You are not your own; you were bought at a price. Therefore honour God with your bodies.” Ephesians 5:3“But among you there must not be even a hint of sexual immorality... • Sexual Immorality = πορνεία[porneia] • lit. “anything that causes arousal outside of marriage”

6. restoring emotional and spiritual[margin] When tempted, no one should say, ‘God is tempting me.’ For God cannot be tempted by evil, nor does he tempt anyone;but each person is tempted when they are dragged away by their own evil desire and enticed. Then, after desire has conceived, it gives birth to sin; and sin, when it is full-grown, gives birth to death.– James 1:13-15 Society and culture dictate what is normal • A better place to draw the ‘line’ • Dress for spiritual success • Keep four feet on the floor • No sleep over’s • Avoid dangerous places • Monitor your internet activity • Avoid time alone with the wrong people Job 31:1 “I made a covenant with my eyes not to look lustfully at a young woman.”

7. restoring emotional and spiritual [margin]

8. OUR MISSION: To guide those far from God into the new start found in Jesus Christ.