Suppose you drop off your kids at Grandma’s for the weekend and decide to watch Forrest Gump with your wife.
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While I have scene the movie, Steve brings light into the darkness for those who are pursuing God’s standard for holiness by walking us through the stumbling blocks this movie throws at us at will:Īre you noticing (the stumbling blocks the movie threw at you)? Think about it. The movie in the book discussed is Forrest Gump. While it is easy to fall into a sexual pit and question every ounce of our being as men, Steve is quick to remind us in this chapter we are not alone in this battle and “These pitfalls happen easily since much of the sexual immorality in our society is so subtle we sometimes don’t recognize it for what it is.” He then moves to describe a situation we have all been in, discussing a movie that we all probably have enjoyed, but after working through this battle for a while, know the movie contains scenes that only create stumbling blocks for us in this battle. While I could always say no (to sexual impurity), I could never mean no. The sin remained because I’d never really changed, never rejected sexual sin, never escaped sexual slavery. I enjoy the self-actualizations he shares with us through his battle through these two pieces in this chapter: These were more than a hint of sexual immorality.įred later encourages us that total freedom from the ensnared sexual pits he shares he was in throughout this chapter is attainable. My mind continued to daydream and fantasize over old girlfriends. There were the ad inserts (from magazines in his home), the double entendres, the heat-seeking eyes. It soon became clear that I’d stopped far short of holiness. Clearly, I’d take steps towards purity, but I was learning that God’s standards were higher than I’d ever imagined.
By God’s standard of sexual purity, I wasn’t even close to living His vision for marriage.
I relished it all, and my Christian image shined brighter and brighter.
I threw myself into my sales career and my leadership roles at church. The author gets to the heart of this idea through this passage from the book: If this is how you feel you are not alone. It seems other areas are more easy or simple to move towards Him in than this one. Unimaginable because most have not even tried or have tried and failed to take the first step towards God’s calling in this area. The second is about stopping short of this unimaginable standard of God’s holiness. The first is the very clear standard God calls us to in sexual purity through the following verse:īut among you there must not be even a hint of sexual immorality, or of any kind of impurity. Our author, Steve, begins the book with a chapter labeled “our stories.” The chapter is gripping, and what resonates with me the most is the very humble and transparent stories they share about the beginning of their journey towards God’s standard to sexual purity and the following two aspects from their writings. Your Corral - Cherishing Your One and Only Stopping Short - Addiction or Something Else?Ĭounting the Costs - Just Part of Being Male? If you feel there is no hope for you to turn from the impurity the world goadingly presses onto men at every turn, feel alone in your pursuit of purity as a man or simply want to raise your level of service in His Kingdom, I highly recommend reading this book in its entirety. Topics also covered in the book are practical steps to combat the enemy when dealing with these cracks in our foundation as men to experience true freedom from this male epidemic that knows no bounds regardless of culture, creed, age, or ethnicity. Every Man’s Battle takes a head-on approach to bring to light the subject most men, regardless of age or marital status, cringe and avoid like the plague when the subject is brought up: God’s call for pursuing purity with our eyes, thoughts, emotions, and actions. Stephen Arterburn, Fred Stoeker and Mike Yorkey do some serious work to present God’s standard for male purity.