Teaching Nine – Point One
12 Questions and Answers at the end of teaching three on this topic
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Goal: Controlling Our Inner World
One Can Have No Smaller Or Greater Mastery Than The Mastery Of Oneself
Leonard Da Vinci
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Our God Is: Our Deliverer
2 Samuel 22:2 He Said:
The LORD Is My Rock – My Fortress – And My Deliverer
(NIV)
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Point One:
My Great Concern Is Not Whether You Have Failed But
Whether You Are Content With Your Failure
Abraham Lincoln
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When One Speaks Of Sexual Addiction Words From The Bible Like
Strongholds
Idolatry
Slavery
Cursed
Sin And Death,
Come To Mind
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Strongholds =
A Mindset That Accepts As Unchangeable Conditions That Are Contrary
To God’s Will And The Bible
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Question = What Are Strongholds?
For Though We Live In The World
We Do Not Wage War
As The World Does
The Weapons We Fight With
Are Not The Weapons Of The World
On The Contrary They Have Divine Power
To Demolish Strongholds
We Demolish Arguments And Every Pretension (Claim)
That Sets Itself Up Against The Knowledge Of God
And We Take Captive Every Thought
To Make It Obedient To Christ
(NIV)
We Take Captive Every
Reasoning
Every Imagination
Every Daydream
Every Fantasy
Every Feeling
Because If We Let These Thoughts Go Out Of Control
They Can Turn Into Unreasonable Ideas Or Feeling
Which Can Turn Into The Beginnings Of A Lustful Disturbing Preoccupation
Or A Persistent Obsession
That Is Habit-Forming
Therefore, The Battle Takes Place In The Mind First
Strongholds Are Lies That We Believe And The Three Main Lies That Men Who Are Addicted To Sex
Believe Are
#1 = I ‘m Basically A Bad And
Unworthy Person
#2 = No One Loves Me As I Am
#3 = My Needs Are Never Going To Be Met If I Am Going To Have To Depend On Others
(From Patrick Carnes (Out Of The Shadows)
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Always Remember
To Believe A Lie is To Empower A Lie
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Reality Check =
Sexual Addiction Originates First And Foremost In Our Inner World Through Lust
If You Are Consumed By Lust That In And Of Itself Does Not Necessarily Mean That You Are
A Sex Addict
That Is You Are Not A Sex Addict In Your Outer World
Yet For All Intents and Purposes You Are One In Your Inner World
Addiction And Lust Are Alike Because
They Always Take More And More Energy And Focus To Be Satisfied And They Do Not
Satisfied Both Are A Bottomless Pit
To Say It Another Way
Lust Is The Foundation That Sexual Addiction Stands Upon
When Men Lust This Is What Is Going On In Their Inner World With Lust
They Allow Themselves To Be Deceived Into Believing
Feeling Loved
Feeling Accepted
Feeling Affection
Feeling Affirmation
Feeling Approval
Feeling Validation
Feeling Strong
Feeling In Control
Feeling Connected
Escaping For A While From
Any Failures Or Rejections
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Christian Men Can Look Great On The Outside And Be Totally Drunk With Lust On The Inside
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The Reality Is That Sex Addicts Choose To Use Sex As
A Drug
A Medication
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Before God Can Deliver Us We Must Undeceive Ourselves
(Augustine Of Hippo Church Leader 4th Century)
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Point One:
My Great Concern Is Not Whether You Have Failed But
Whether You Are Content With Your Failure
Abraham Lincoln
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Goal:
Controlling Our Inner World
One Can Have No Smaller Or Greater Mastery Than The Mastery Of Oneself
Leonard Da Vinci
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Our God Is: Our Deliverer
2 Samuel 22:2 He Said:
The LORD Is My Rock – My Fortress – And My Deliverer
(NIV)
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Pray
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The LORD Mighty In Battle (NIV)