Welcome back to the podcast men! We’re in our sixth episode of the Stormproof series, where we’ve been discussing the the book “Stormproof Men’ by Roger Fankhauser. Listening to this podcast is great, but just listening isn’t going to give you victory in this area. You need to implement the principles we’re talking about.
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James 1:22-25 says: "But don’t just listen to God’s word. You must do what it says. Otherwise, you are only fooling yourselves. 23 For if you listen to the word and don’t obey, it is like glancing at your face in a mirror. 24 You see yourself, walk away, and forget what you look like. 25 But if you look carefully into the perfect law that sets you free, and if you do what it says and don’t forget what you heard, then God will bless you for doing it."
Control Your Thoughts
The first key to controlling our thoughts is replacing our thoughts. You have to fill the void with something else, or the initial thoughts will just creep back in. The longer we think on sinful things, the more enticing they become and the more we begin to justify them.
- You might respond to “control your thoughts” with “that’s easier said than done” or “how can I do that?”. I can’t help the thoughts that come into my mind. I would agree with you that to some extent you can’t help the thoughts that pop into your mind, but you can control what you do with them when you recognize they’re there.
Romans 12:2 Don’t copy the behavior and customs of this world, but let God transform you into a new person by changing the way you think. Then you will learn to know God’s will for you, which is good and pleasing and perfect.
Philippians 4:8-9 And now, dear brothers and sisters, one final thing. Fix your thoughts on what is true, and honorable, and right, and pure, and lovely, and admirable. Think about things that are excellent and worthy of praise. 9 Keep putting into practice all you learned and received from me—everything you heard from me and saw me doing. Then the God of peace will be with you.
- Killing sin when it is small
- Process - become aware of the thought, evaluate the thought, replace inappropriate thoughts
Control Your Eyes
God made men visual creatures . That isn’t an invitation to look lustfully at women or images of women. Controlling what we’re looking at is critical to victory in the area of sexual purity.
Job 31:1I made a covenant with my eyes not to look with lust at a young woman.
- Job is protesting his innocence here. He’s saying, “I was successful at this. I kept the covenant.” I hope that is encouraging to us.
Matthew 6:22-23 Your eye is like a lamp that provides light for your body. When your eye is healthy, your whole body is filled with light. 23 But when your eye is unhealthy, your whole body is filled with darkness. And if the light you think you have is actually darkness, how deep that darkness is!
- Story of David and Bathsheba
