From: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> You probably saw Manny's post on alcohol abuse. The same principles apply to sex abuse and sex sin.
'In some circumstances we have gone out deliberately to get godless sex, feeling ourselves justified by nervousness, anger, worry, depression, jealousy or the like. But even in this type of beginning we are obliged to admit that our justification for a sex-sin spree was insanely insufficient in the light of what always happened. We now see that when we began to deliberately do and have sex sin, instead of casually, there was little serious or effective thought during the period of the premeditation of the sex sin of what the terrific consequences might be of such sex sin.' Adapted from c. 2001, Alcoholics Anonymous, page 37 Wings Devotional Daily Meditation Translation God gives a word picture of just such a male's sex sin incident, in Prov 7: 6*  Looking out from my house, and watching through the window, 7 I saw among the young men one without sense, 8 Walking in the street near the turn of her road, going on the way to her house [website], 9 At nightfall, in the evening of the day, in the black dark of the night. 10 And the woman came out to him, in the dress of a loose woman, with a designing heart; 11 She is full of noise and uncontrolled; her feet keep not in her house. 12 Now she is in the street, now in the open spaces, waiting at every turning of the road. 13 So she took him by his hand, kissing him, and without a sign of shame she said to him: 14 I have a feast of peace-offerings, for today my oaths have been effected. 15 So I came out in the hope of meeting you, looking for you with care, and now I have you. 16 My bed [at my website] is covered with cushions of needlework, with coloured cloths of the cotton thread of Egypt; 17 I have made my bed sweet with perfumes and spices. 18 Come, let us take our pleasure in love till the morning, having joy in loveâs delights. 19 For the master of the house, [my husband/father] is away on a long journey: 20 He has taken a bag of money with him; he is coming back at the full moon. 21 With her fair words she overcame him, forcing him with her smooth lips. 22 The simple man goes after her, like an ox going to its death, like a roe pulled by a cord; 23 Like a bird falling into a net; with no thought that his life is in danger, till an arrow goes into his side [to kill him]. 24  So now, my sons, give ear to me; give attention to the sayings of my mouth; 25 Let not your heart be turned to her ways [websites], do not go wandering in her footsteps [websites]. 26 For those wounded and made low by her are great in number; and all those who have come to their death through her are a great army. 27* Her house [website] is the way to the underworld, going down to the rooms of death. The word picture of such a FEMALE sex sin incident is not really that different from the male's --- - - adapted from Prov 7: 6*  Looking out from my house, and watching through the window, 7 I saw among the young women one without sense, 8 Walking in the street near the turn of his road, going on the way to his house [website], 9 At nightfall, in the evening of the day, in the black dark of the night. 10 And the man came out to her, dresssed like a horny man, with a designing heart; 11 He is full of noise and uncontrolled; his feet keep not in his own house. 12 Now he is in the street, now in the open spaces, waiting at every turning of the road. 13 So he took her by her hand, kissing her, and without a sign of shame he said to her: 14 I have a feast of peace-offerings, for today my oaths have been effected. 15 So I came out in the hope of meeting you, looking for you with care, and now I have you. 16 My bed [in my website] is covered with cushions of needlework, with coloured cloths of the cotton thread of Egypt; 17 I have made my bed sweet [for you] with perfumes and spices. 18 Come, let us take our pleasure in having sex till the morning, having joy in the delights of having sex. 19 For the master of the house, [my father] is away on a long journey: 20 He has taken a bag of money with him; he is coming back at the full moon. 21 With his sweet words he overcame her, forcing her with his smooth lips. 22 The simple woman goes after him, like an ox going to its death, like a roe pulled by a cord; 23 Like a bird falling into a net; with no thought that her life is in danger, till an arrow goes into her side [to kill her]. 24  So now, my daughters, give ear to me; give attention to the sayings of my mouth; 25 Let not your heart be turned to his ways [website], do not go wandering in his footsteps [website]. 26 For those wounded and made low by him are great in number; and all those who have come to their death through him are a great army. 27* His house [pad-car-website] is the way to the underworld, going down to the rooms of death. ********************************** When we reflect on that process when we have gone out to "use sex", we must admit that we were trying to show someone, something, even if it was just ourselves we wanted to assure or impress. No matter how we attempted to justify the need for a sex sin binge/spree, nothing really was good enough to justify that behavior. Deliberate sex sin or just casually using sex sin is a serious problem that will lead us back to our old ways and slow dying. Maybe in some cases even sudden death. When the sex sin spree/binge was over, we had that same feeling of sorrow and regret, which started the vicious cycle of addiction once again. Remember it is not about US â it is about God's will and power in us. That will never lead you to justify or rationalize why you should "use" sex sin to fill the "aching need." His desire is to keep you clear minded â and looking up -- to Him. A horse is a vain hope for deliverance; despite all its great strength it cannot save. But the eyes of the LORD are on those who fear him, on those whose hope is in his unfailing love, to deliver them from death and keep them alive in famine. We wait in hope for the LORD; he is our help and our shield. -- Psalm 33:17-20 Remember that His Word is ***Rom 10:13 For every one whosoever, who shall call on the name of the Lord, shall be saved. Can't save yourself from you sins, especially sins to which you are addicted or particularly prone. Salvation comes from Jesus and we have to believe that He alone can save us, believe Him that if we call out to Him to save us that He will save us, believe His Name which tells us Jesus is the One chosen (Christ) by God to be the Way to Father and to be our King, Master and Ruler of all of our lives. Such a God can indeed save us if we sincerely call on Him. His part is to work and will in us His will after we have called on Him alone to save us (Phil 2:13; 4:13; Heb 13:20,21). Our part is to agree with Him about our sins, confessing them to Him (1Jn1:9); and give Him our bodies, souls and minds to work and will in us godly repentance, "your having sorrowed with a godly sorrow--what earnestness it has called forth in you, what eagerness to clear yourselves, what indignation, what alarm, what longing affection, what jealousy, what meting out of justice! You have completely wiped away reproach from yourselves in the matter." WEY (Prov 28:13; 2 Cor 7) Specifically that means you ask and let Him work and will in you so that you don't go to the sex sinner's website or walk in the street near the turn of her/his road, going on the way to her/his house, at nightfall, in the evening of the day, in the black dark of the night. Specifically that means you ask Him to work and will in you to avoid the websites of sex sinners and avoid people wearing sexually provocative clothing, people who plan and think of doing sex sin, people who are noisy and uncontrolled, and don't like to stay home; people who hang out in the streets and party places; people who eagerly, slyly and shamelessly take your hand, kiss you, flatter you and sweet talk you and invite you to have sex sin with them Specifically that means you ask Him to work and will in you to pay attention to the Word of God, that you ask and trust Him to work and will in you so that your heart won't go to the sex sinner's website, won't be turned to her/his sinful ways, do not go wandering in her/his footsteps. For those wounded and made low by such people are great in number; and all those who have come to their death through their sex sin are a great army. Their house/website is the way to the underworld, going down to the rooms of death. To God be the Glory Ron http://profiles.yahoo.com/anoldservant http://hometown.aol.com/oldservant8/myhomepage/profile.html Remedy4DeliberateUseOfSexSin If you are not a member of one of my groups and you wish to repond to me, please do so directly to one of my email addresses. Because of my job and my other responsibilities I am no longer able to daily keep up with all the groups of which I am a member and to which I post. The Most High God loved the people of the world so very much that He sent and gave His only Son born of a woman, God with us, to be our Passover Lamb to cover our sins if we sincerely and genuinely call and depend on King Jesus of Bethlehem ALONE to save us from our sins and present us covered with His perfect righteousness to Abba Father in Heaven. [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor ---------------------~--> Yahoo! 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