Summary

The Damaging Effects of Sexual Fire Outside the Fireplace

Proverbs 6:26-32; 1 Corinthians 6:13-18; Ephesians 5:3; 2 Timothy 2:22; 1 Thessalonians 4:3-6

It damages:

1. Your relationship with God
2. Your own personality
3. Your relationship to each other:
   1. It prevents the deeper intimacy of the mind and the spirit
   2. Sexual involvement (outside marriage) also injects fear and guilt into the relationship
   3. Sexual involvement (outside marriage) lays a foundation of distrust
   4. Sexual involvement (outside marriage) also breeds a lack of respect, and one or both parties sooner or later feel used
   5. Sexual involvement (outside marriage) causes you to compare one person with others
   6. Sexual involvement (outside marriage) deceives you into thinking you are in love

The Warmth and Glow of Sexual Fire in the Fireplace

Pretty much the whole book of Song of Solomon; Genesis 2:24-25; Proverbs 5:18-19; 1 Corinthians 7:1-5

1. A one flesh union
2. Unashamed and guilt free physical pleasure
3. Full emotional, intellectual, and physical satisfaction
4. Strengthens the marriage bond when handled appropriately

If Your House Has Been Burned Down: How To Rebuild

Story of King Manasseh in 2 Chronicles 33; Psalm 103:10-13; Isaiah 1:18-19, 43:25; 2 Corinthians 5:17; Hebrews 9:13-14; James 5:16

Strategies to Keep Sexual Fire In The Fireplace

Job 31:1; Proverbs 25:28; 1 Corinthians 9:27, 10:13; Galatians 5:16; Philippians 4:8; 1 Thessalonians 4:4-5; 2 Timothy 2:22