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© Copyright 2010 Fireproof Ministries Purity in an Impure World Clay Crosse CCM Recording Artist, Dove Award Winner Co-Founder, Holy Homes Chapter 6

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Purity in an Impure World

Clay Crosse CCM Recording Artist, Dove Award WinnerCo-Founder, Holy Homes

Chapter 6

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I. Overview

• How can we live a pure life in an impure world?

• How can we manage our “external triggers”

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II. External Triggers - Definition

• Definition – something that turns you on that is external – outside yourself

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II. External Triggers - Characteristics

• Environmental

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II. External Triggers - Characteristics

• Environmental• Unavoidable

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II. External Triggers - Characteristics

• Environmental• Unavoidable• Billboards, watching sports,

commercials, etc.

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II. External Triggers – Why?

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II. External Triggers – Why?

• We live in a fallen world

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II. External Triggers – Why?

• We live in a fallen world• The goals of the world are not aligned

with God’s goals

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II. External Triggers – Why?

• We live in a fallen world• The goals of the world are not aligned

with God’s goals• I John 2:16 “For the world offers only the

lust for physical pleasure….”

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II. External Triggers – Why?

• We live in a fallen world• The goals of the world are not aligned

with God’s goals• I John 2:16 “For the world offers only the

lust for physical pleasure….”• It stinks being the alcoholic living in a

liquor store

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III. What can we do?

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III. What can we do?

1. Control your area of authority:• Change the part of the world you can control—

your space

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III. What can we do?

1. Control your area of authority:• Change the part of the world you can control—

your space• Your TV, movies, Internet actions, etc.

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III. What can we do?

1. Control your area of authority:• Change the part of the world you can control—

your space• Your TV, movies, Internet actions, etc.• There are things that draw you in—get rid of

those

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III. What can we do?

1. Control your area of authority:• Change the part of the world you can control—

your space• Your TV, movies, Internet actions, etc.• There are things that draw you in—get rid of

those2. Proverbs 22:3

• “The prudent man first sees evil….”• The foolish enters without seeing the traps

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III. What can we do?

3. Don’t stress-out about what you can’t change

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III. What can we do?

3. Don’t stress-out about what you can’t change

4. Not about legalism – about being successful in recovery

5. Do your entertainment choices match what you believe?

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IV. What can’t you do?

• You can’t get rid of all the triggers

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IV. What can’t you do?

• You can’t get rid of all the triggers

So…

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IV. What can’t you do?

• You can’t get rid of all the triggers

So…• Don’t go to extremes:

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IV. What can’t you do?

• You can’t get rid of all the triggers

So…• Don’t go to extremes:

– Don’t get give up or get frustrated– Don’t go too far and become legalistic.

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V. My Story

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V. My Story

• 1998 – Got honest with my wife

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V. My Story

• 1998 – Got honest with my wife• Did the temptation go away? NO.

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V. My Story

• 1998 – Got honest with my wife• Did the temptation go away? NO.

• James 1:12 “Blessed is the man that endures temptation….”

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V. My Story

• 1998 – Got honest with my wife• Did the temptation go away? NO.

• James 1:12 “Blessed is the man that endures temptation….”

NOTE: For the temptations (external triggers) you can’t remove, your goal is to RESPOND the right way to them.

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VI. Presence vs. Power of Sin

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VI. Presence vs. Power of Sin

• Sin is there– I John 1:8 – “If we say we have no sin, we

are fooling ourselves….”– But…it doesn’t have to control us

(Romans 6:14)

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VI. Presence vs. Power of Sin

• Sin is there– I John 1:8 – “If we say we have no sin, we

are fooling ourselves….”– But…it doesn’t have to control us

(Romans 6:14)

• Yes, external triggers will be there. No, you don’t have to indulge them.

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VII. Our Goals:

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VII. Our Goals:

1. Remove as many external triggers as possible.

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VII. Our Goals:

1. Remove as many external triggers as possible.

2. Respond appropriately to the triggers you can’t remove.

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Closing Questions:

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Closing Questions:

• Do my entertainment choices match what I believe?

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Closing Questions:

• Do my entertainment choices match what I believe?

• What steps do I need to take to align them with what I believe?