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Before the Wedding Bells

With nearly half of all new marriages in the West ending in divorce, more couples are careful before entering into it. They want to make sure it is the right decision, and they want to do everything they can within their capacity hoping to increase their chances of marital success. Before the Wedding Bells is a resource intended for singles who are pursuing a relationship or for engaged couples counting down to the big day in their life. This is designed to assist individuals and couples to develop a deeper understanding of marriage and in developing skills to navigate their way through marriage successfully.
A gospel of total salvation means we have a total relationship with Jesus. You know, evangelicals like to ask, “Do you have a personal relationship with Jesus?” You know how I answer that question today? “I don’t have a personal relationship with Jesus. I have a totalrelationship with Jesus.” Personal relationship means it’s an individualistic, one-on-one relationship, and it’s a private matter. It’s personal. It’s private. My relationship with Jesus is anything but private. My relationship with Jesus is not restricted to only my religious life, so to speak. All areas of my life, the totality of my life, my whole life – body, soul, mind, feelings – all my life is under the Lordship of Jesus Christ. We serve God not only in church, not only when we pray or lead a Bible study or evangelize. We serve God with all our lives, whether at work or play or school.

Missions - Measuring Depth of Commitment

Mission-minded churches attempt great things for God and expect great things from God. There are members who are good at making comments and criticism about what is and should be happening. As a result there is undue concern for self maintenance (cleaning nets), rather than obeying God’s voice or meeting people’s needs. Obedience always leads to blessing; delayed obedience is disobedience. Faith missions is simply taking God at his word. Attempt something so great, that it’s doomed to fail except God be in it!
Many people in the church are so emotionally incapacitated due to father or parental wounds they do not have a healthy view of any authority in their lives. When someone comes to Christ these emotional issues don’t automatically go away. Unless someone intentionally points out these areas and aids a person in repenting of their mistrust of authority, most with these wounds will have a hard time receiving correction from any form of spiritual authority. Satan will even plant seeds into the minds of Christians regarding blame shifting (blaming others for their own sins and failures, and not taking personal responsibility) when their pastor preaches a strong message involving correction for sin, or when a spiritual authority has to give them correction. Some get angry and might even leave the church.

Men and Porn

At the core of consuming porn is selfishness. I will get my fix. No one will know. It is my secret. It is what I do in private. My dad did it. Everyone does it and I am going to as well. Porn is a fantasy designed to do one thing - keep you completely to yourself. It is a lie. Porn tries to tell you what sex should feel like and look like. Porn will destroy the relationships around you. You will pull away from reality because of this dirty little secret. As you consume porn, it becomes your life and you will eventually lose control to addiction. Stop now. Be done with it all. Change today because there are much greater things than porn to give your time, money and energy to.

Porn Stats

Men Admitting To Accessing Pornography At Work - 20%. U.S. Adults Who Regularly Visit Internet Pornography Websites - 40 Million. Promise Keeper Men Who Viewed Pornography In Last Week - 53%. Christians Who Said Pornography Is A Major Problem In The Home - 47%. Adults Admitting To Internet Sexual Addiction - 10%. Breakdown Of Male/Female Visitors To Pornography Sites Is 72% Male & 28% Female. Internet Pornography Sales - $4.9 Billion. Pornographic Websites - 4.2 Million (12% Of Total Websites). Pornographic Pages - 420 Million. Daily Pornographic Search Engine Requests - 68 Million (25% Of Total Search Engine Requests). Daily Pornographic E-Mails - 2.5 Billion (8% Of Total Emails).
Internet Users Who View Porn - 42.7%

Why Won't/Don't Pastor's Post?

So maybe pastors aren't sharing their life out in the open because they are afraid of the consequences. Let's face it- all we have in ministry is our integrity. Once that is gone, it's gone. Most likely, if you're caught viewing porn or are caught in your addiction, you're toast at your job. This is what we face. Transparent living is crazy scary, but it's the life we have been called to lead. This issue is so "in our faces" that we can't ignore it anymore, no matter how it affects us personally. And it will affect us personally. It's all personal. When you uncover something that was buried for years, it hurts. When it's a loved one, it hurts.
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