7.9 Look for the Lie

Whenever you are tempted to sin, look for the lie. I promise it’s there. Every temptation involves at least one lie and probably many. One of the most common lies associated with sexual temptation is that you have an urgent need that has to be met right now! The pressure can seem enormous and overwhelming. [...]

7.1 Divide and Conquer

When word came to Sanballat, Tobiah, Geshem the Arab and the rest of our enemies that I had rebuilt the wall and not a gap was left in it – though up to that time I had not set the doors in the gates – Sanballat and Geshem sent me this message: “Come, let us [...]

5.16 Satan’s Stronghold

For though we live in the world, we do not wage war as the world does. The weapons we fight with are not the weapons of the world. On the contrary, they have divine power to demolish strongholds. (2 Corinthians 10:3-4)

We don’t fight against flesh and blood, and we don’t fight with worldly weapons. [...]

5.13 Designed to Initiate

Men are physiologically designed to initiate. Every 72 hours, the man has a physical need to empty his semen. Women do not have any type of similar need. Their readiness for sex changes with their reproductive cycle. God made the men the initiators, because we are the leaders of our homes. If you are waiting [...]

5.12 Is Masturbation Wrong?

The question of masturbation is central to the fight for sexual purity. There’s no direct answer to this question in the Bible, but I can find some related principles. I firmly believe that masturbation is wrong, particularly for married men, for the following reasons:

Matthew 5:27-28 – if you lust after [...]

5.10 Know Your Triggers

But the way of the wicked is like deep darkness; they do not know what makes them stumble. (Proverbs: 4:19)

Don’t imitate the wicked, who don’t even know why they are having problems. Know your triggers for sexual sin. Triggers are the conditions that lead you into sexual sin. They are the patterns of behavior, [...]

5.9 H.A.L.T.

Therefore I stationed some of the people behind the lowest points of the wall at the exposed places, posting them by families, with their swords, spears and bows. After I looked things over, I stood up and said to the nobles, the officials and the rest of the people, “Don’t be afraid of them. Remember [...]

5.8 Weary of Well-Doing

Meanwhile, the people in Judah said, “The strength of the laborers is giving out, and there is so much rubble that we cannot rebuild the wall.”

Also our enemies said, “Before they know it or see us, we will be right there among them and will kill them and put an end to the [...]

5.6 Satan’s Backup Battle Plan

Satan knows he lost the claim to your soul when you gave your life to Christ. So, his backup battle plan is to make you ineffective. The last thing he wants is for you to live out the Great Commission, drawing other lost souls to Christ, and people with strong walls do that. Satan’s primary [...]

5.3 What’s So Scary?

Nehemiah and the Israelites feared an imminent attack by Sanballat and his followers.  Some of us may fear Satan’s retaliation when we begin to build, but I think there is something scarier that influences our actions.  We fear success.  I know that sounds difficult to believe.  Let me explain why I think this fear has [...]