Week Five: Warrior (July 19th)
Title: Your Porn Battle Plan
Bible: 2 Samuel 11:1 – 4,
One Point (Big Idea): “Spiritual Battle Plans prepare us for physical PEACE.”
Acts 26:18 (NLT) 18 to open their eyes, so they may turn from darkness to light and from the power of Satan to God. Then they will receive forgiveness for their sins and be given a place among God’s people, who are set apart by faith in me.’
64% of Christian men and 15% of Christian woman watch porn monthly. 79% men between the ages of 18 – 30 years of age consume porn monthly.
“Spiritual Battle Plans prepare us for physical PEACE.”
2 Samuel 11:1-4a (NLT) 1In the spring of the year, when kings normally go out to war, David sent Joab and the Israelite army to fight the Ammonites. They destroyed the Ammonite army and laid siege to the city of Rabbah. However, David stayed behind in Jerusalem. 2 Late one afternoon, after his midday rest, David got out of bed and was walking on the roof of the palace. As he looked out over the city, he noticed a woman of unusual beauty taking a bath. 3 He sent someone to find out who she was, and he was told, “She is Bathsheba, the daughter of Eliam and the wife of Uriah the Hittite.” 4 Then David sent messengers to get her; and when she came to the palace, he slept with her.
Overconfident
1 Corinthians 10:12 (NLT) 12 If you think you are standing strong, be careful not to fall.
You are only as strong as you are HONEST & OPEN.
“To be prepared for war is one of the most effective means of preserving peace.” By George Washington
ENTITLED
1 Corinthians 6:18 (NLT) 18 Run from sexual sin! No other sin so clearly affects the body as this one does. For sexual immorality is a sin against your own body.
Psalm 32:3-4 (NLT) 3 When I refused to confess my sin, my body wasted away, and I groaned all day long. 4 Day and night your hand of discipline was heavy on me. My strength evaporated like water in the summer heat.
Psalm 32:5 (NLT) 5 Finally, I confessed all my sins to you and stopped trying to hide my guilt. I said to myself, “I will confess my rebellion to the Lord.” And you forgave me! All my guilt is gone.
FREEDOM BATTLE PLAN:
“The enemy isn’t attacking you because you are weak! The enemy is attacking you because you are a warrior. And you aren’t a warrior because you always win, you are a warrior because you are always in the BATTLE!”
Joel 3:9–11 (NLT) 9 Say to the nations far and wide: “Get ready for war! Call out your best warriors. Let all your fighting men advance for the attack. 10 Hammer your plowshares into swords and your pruning hooks into spears. Train even your weaklings to be warriors. 11 Come quickly, all you nations everywhere. Gather together in the valley.” And now, O Lord, call out your warriors!