JUST SAY NO!
I just watched the movie “Did you hear about the Morgans?” about two successful New Yorkers, Paul (Grant) and Meryl (Parker), who are at their wits’ ends with repairing their strained marriage. She knows of his unfaithfulness to her and while in Wyoming on a witness protection plan she shares with him the news that she has also been unfaithful to him. Needless to say it’s very painful to accept the news and even more painful in real life!
Preachers, politicians, hollywood actors, sports figures, etc. in our day are really struggling with this problem on a daily basis also. It’s very painful to watch even more so when it happens in your own family.
The solution? SAY NO! Say no to sex outside of marriage!
Check out Proverbs 7- The whole chapter (especially verse 25)
What steps can we take to avoid the sexual pitfalls?
1. GUARD YOUR MIND- Don’t read books, look at pictures, or encourage fantasies that stimulate the wrong desires.
2. AVOID CERTAIN PLACES AND PEOPLE- Any place or people that would encourage or tempt you to sin.
3. FOCUS ON THE FUTURE- Count the cost! Ask yourself “how will this feel after it’s over”? “Would I want my spouse and children to know?”
At the end of the movie the couple seems happy enough to be headed back to New York together. But there is always that lack of trust issue that they must fight with so let us learn from the sin of others. You can find forgiveness but it’s hard to forget!
JUST SAY NO!
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