By Douglas Weiss (summary by Jeffrey Bush)
- The plan of the enemy (devil) is to seduce then reduce. He seduces you through
sexual thoughts and then reduces you for participating. - Your sexual body parts do not belong to you. They first belong to God, then to your
wife, and then only use for you is to use the restroom. - Love and lust are polar opposite; one cannot exist while the other is present.
- Treat women as God teaches — as mothers or sisters.
- Sexually clean men make better husbands, dads, and men as a whole.
- What you love, you protect. This is the reason many men protect their sexual sins
instead of confessing and getting clean. - Many men travel the road to trouble and think they will not have to pay the tolls, but
they are wrong. - Principles to keep you off the road to trouble:
- Fear God — Proverbs 8:13
- Be honest — past and present
- Talk to your wife — your wife wants to be with you forever, and is a great
person to talk to - Don’t believe in a secret — Luke 12:2-3; Rev 2:23. There’s no such thing
as a secret. - Imagine the worst — list all the people your sin will affect. Imagine how
they will feel, and imagine the consequences you will receive from the sin.
Knowing the impact of your actions can help you stay away from the road
to trouble. - Exit and entrance signs — if you get involved in sexual sins, you are
exiting from your wife, exiting from God’s plan for your life, and from
God’s best for your life. When you’re tempted, imagine an exit sign above
that girl’s head. Your wife, and only your wife, is the only entrance sign to
God’s blessings for you. She is your only entrance for your romantic and
sexual expressions. - Praise and touch — are you praising your wife, and are you touching her
in non sexual ways? - Respect — men need respect from their wives, and if you’re respect
needs are being met outside of your marriage, you need to get help and
not stay on the road to trouble. - Daily declaration — there’s a need to make daily commitments to stay off
the road to trouble. James 1:14. - Prayer — ask God’s strength and help.
- Hero to one woman — you can’t be a hero to every woman, but you can
to your wife. Let God be the hero to others.