1. HELP! I want to fight lust

2. Raynald III

3. Christians who look at pornography regularly

4. Why does he need to fight lust? What happens if he doesn’t?  Cost to your Christian life  Hinders fellowship with God  Stifles prayer life  Can leads to more sin/worse sin  Decreases self-control in other areas  It enslaves you  Causes depression, anxiety, irritability  Cost to the church  Church needs leaders and a new generation to rise up  Hinders your fellowship and openness with other believer  Cost to your family and wife  Spiritual distance (even if not caught)  Emotional distance (even if not caught)  Pain caused to spouse  Lost trust and respect  Distorts your view of ‘normal’ sex  Cost to your neighbour  Causes eyes to wander in real life  Person in the pornographic image is your neighbour. Love them? Every woman is made in the image of God and is someone for whom Christ died  Not praying for non-Christians? Less focussed on your mission on earth.  Cost to your Saviour  Every sin that you commit is laid on Christ

6. How not to fight lust

7. How to fight lust – start with the Gospel  Awareness of our sin and how offensive it is to God  Awareness of our inability to turn from sin ourselves  Awareness that God has forgiven our sin and does not count it against us  Awareness that God is transforming us to be like his Son Jesus Christ, and he is the one who does this work, although he uses our efforts

8. Heath Lambert – Finally Free

9. Josh Harris – Sex isn’t the problem, lust is

10. Strategies 1. Sorrow 2. Radical measures 3. Accountability 4. The word of God

11. Bible passages that can be helpful in the battle  Proverbs 5-7  1 Corinthians 6:9-20  Colossians 2:20-3:17  Ephesians 5:3-15  1 Thessalonians 4:3-6

12. Strategies 1. Sorrow 2. Radical measures 3. Accountability 4. The word of God 5. Run to Jesus

13. Psalm 16:11  You make known to me the path of life; in your presence there is fullness of joy; at your right hand are pleasures forevermore.

14. Romans 15:13  May the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace as you trust in him, so that you may overflow with hope by the power of the Holy Spirit.

15. Jude 24-25  To him who is able to keep you from falling and to present you before his glorious presence without fault and with great joy— to the only God our Saviour be glory, majesty, power and authority, through Jesus Christ our Lord, before all ages, now and forevermore! Amen.