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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?