Where Love Gets Lost

Every form of love gets lost because we don’t use the gifts of love and intimacy the way they were designed by the Creator God. By what standard are we determining truth? Our own Standard – Changes constantly by what we “feel” to be ___________ (and not on what we _________). Devil’s Standard – _________ (do whatever you want). The World’s Standard – _________________ rules. God’s Standard – Jesus Christ, the ________________. John 1:1 In our relationship with our Creator, we must look at everything through the lens of God’s and not through the lens of the world, our , or even our ___________. When sex is taken outside of God’s standard it brings _________, ______, destruction and death. We have been _______________ by the evil one, by the world and even by ourselves when it comes to sex. Jeremiah 17:9 We’ve believed the we tell ourselves that sex = &. Freedom does not equal ________________________. License says, “I have the right to do __________________.” Freedom says I have the responsibility to manage the right to remain ___________. 34

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Sex is like . Fire the____________; fire can an entire .

The Standard of God: Genesis 2:15-25 Mark 10:5-9

These things are outside the standard of God’s intention for sex: Sex ______________________ (worship of self). Sex outside of ____________________ (worship of pleasure). Sex with the ________ ________ (worship of man). The Compassion of God: Jesus understands that we’ve been been caught making the wrong __________the hurt, He intended. John 8:1-11 , and that we’ve ... Jesus Christ came to the sin and lead us to a life that

Jesus condemns the __________; He wants to ________the person. The desire for intimacy and closeness is good and right and from God; but we’ve turned sex into a function of pleasure only and not the bond of intimacy in marriage that God intended. Sex is a gift from God, not just for procreation but for enjoyment as well. Sex has been hijacked by the enemy from what God intended. There are ______________________ for our sexual behavior and many of them are life-altering. 35

But there is ___________ that God offers.... If we haven’t experienced something sexual in our lives yet, _________ sex as a _________ and as an _________ to God that you give to that person you will be married to for the rest of your life. If we’ve already “done the deed”, there’s hope and , and a road to recovery, renewal and . If we are in a lifestyle that is _________ of God’s design for sex, there’s a path to understanding the truth, and a road to recovery, renewal and ___________.