Teach Your Heart What to Believe and Love

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1 Teach Your Heart What to Believe and Love -1- Heart-training: Turning from Sexual Things as an Emotional Addiction (from the Elective Section in the Heart-training) Contents Page 2 Turning away from Self-sabotage Page 4 Turning away from Sexual Things as an Emotional Addiction Barry Hall 2013 What is Heart-training? Heart-training is a tool for removing obstacles between us and God. By speaking these statements out loud and focusing on listening to what you are saying, damaging ways of thinking will change. Why should I use Heart-training? All people have needs. God designed us this way. Over the years we have all learned habit patterns of thinking about how to best meet our needs. Some of those ways of thinking are hurtful and damaging. According to the Bible, it is the way our heart thinks that needs to change. For as he thinks within himself, so he is... (Pro 23:7)....the heart of man reflects man. (Pro. 27:19). For from within, out of the heart of men, proceed the...evil things... (Mark 7:21-23a). They always go astray in their heart... (Heb. 3:10). Science and the Bible, agree that our heart thinks;...they were thinking in their heart... (Luke 9:47). Science knows today that our heart has transmitters and process information like our brain. But, our heart has far fewer transmitters and receptors than our brain. So, our heart learns slowly, with much repetition, and best also, where emotion accompanies what is being learned. Your heart can learn new ways of thinking, but you have to become the teacher and your own heart has to become your student. Fears will decrease. You will learn to experience God as what makes you feel secure and confident. Your heart will learn to believe and love and enjoy God much more than ever before. How to use it Speak the statements out loud and focus on listening to what you are saying. But please note that the speed of processing thought is MUCH slower with your heart. So when you say these statements you have to go slowly or it won t work. You also have to pause between the statements to give your heart time to agree and receive it as truth. Let me say again, that there has to be a lot of repetition because the patterns of thinking you have now, were learned by life experiences over the course of many years. Also, to be most effective, it helps your heart to hear, if you use joy in your tone of voice as you read the statements. It is hard to do this at first but try to read with joy in your tone of voice even if you aren t feeling joy at the moment. Your heart-training will be more effective if you can learn to do it that way. More heart-training sections are available. But, you should know that heart-training is like taking your heart to college and is organized into sections called, core classes and electives. If you are working on one of the elective sections in the heart-training and are having difficulty getting your heart to hear it, you may need to go back and do some of the core classes for your heart so that you can break up the hardness in more basic areas before you can hear and believe what you find in the elective you are working on. Blessings on you! Location for these pages:

2 Turning Away from Self-Sabotage 2 Barry Hall (Your name), let your heart find joy and delight that the protection I need......is not by escaping through self-induced and self-controlled failure. I can keep doing good because even if there is failure outside my control, I can be confident that God will be right there to soothe me and love me through it... (pause to let yourself feel confidence and be reassured by God s presence!)...is not to make myself fail in order to avoid uncontrolled failure in the future. Lord God, it is Your presence that is my security, my refuge of power and strength. You are the One who soothes my fears......is not from self-sabotage because of fear that I might not be able to keep doing the right things. It is God who is my righteousness and my perfection... (pause to hear, believe, and love it as the truth!)...is not to use sin as a way to sabotage myself with the hard shell of depression that results I don t have to be afraid to draw near to God. It is safe and right and good to stand open before God and enjoy receiving the Holy Spirit being radiated into me and all around me......is not to force myself to fail by because of insecurity or fear God is always gracious and giving. He never stops radiating the Holy Spirit upon those who draw near......is not to sabotage or distract myself from entering into the throne room or from confidently trusting that God is with me here. My eyes are on You Lord. The safest thing for me to trust that the glorified Jesus and the Father are right here with me right now... (pause to hear, believe, and love it as the truth!)...i grab my soul and turn it from having to damage myself in order to feel protected from failure. My hope is in God not in how well I achieve and then maintain human success. Lord God, I love Your grace to draw near to me intensely... (pause to let yourself feel confidence because of the truth!) My help comes from the Lord, Who made heaven and earth. (Psa. 121:2)... The Lord is my light and my salvation; Whom shall I fear? The Lord is the defense of my life; Whom shall I dread? (Psa. 27:1) (let yourself feel confidence from the closeness of God s power and glory!) Behold, God is my helper; The Lord is the sustainer of my soul. (Psa. 54:4)... You are my hiding place and my shield... (Psa. 119:114) O Lord, You are my God; I will exalt You... (Isa. 25:1)...Lord, You are my hiding place and my shield... (Psa. 119:114)... I have set the Lord continually before me...therefore my heart is glad and my glory rejoices; my flesh also will dwell securely. (Psa. 16:8,9) (pause to hear, believe, and love the God who is close!) God is my protection:...my heart trusts in Him, and I am helped... (Psa. 28:7) When I am afraid, I will put my trust in You. In God, whose word I praise, In God I have put my trust; I shall not be afraid. What can mere man do to me? (Psa. 56:3,4)...I have access to enter and draw near to God by faith in the Holy Spirit to make it happen. for through Him we...have our access in one Spirit to the Father. (Eph. 2:18)....have boldness and confident access through faith in Him (Eph. 3:12)....O Lord God, You are my confidence... (Psa. 71:5)... My...confidence...is...through Christ before God...competence comes from God (2 Cor. 3:4,5 NIV)....You, O Lord, are...the lifter of my head. (Psa. 3:3 TAB).

3 Turning Away from Self-Sabotage 3... (Your name), let your heart find joy and delight that the protection I need......is not by sabotaging myself with distractions that keep me away from God or, that keep me from doing God s will... (pause to hear, believe, and love it as the truth!)...is not to sabotage myself with sin or with failure because of fear that I might not be enough somehow. I is God who is my adequacy. Lord God I love that I can turn to You and don t have to depend on myself......is not to sabotage myself by holding firmly to disbelief God is a better fortress for protection......is not by forcing myself to fail because of fear that God might not like me back. I don t have to agree with demonic lies. God is kind. He loves me and wants to draw near to me......is not to use sin as a way to prevent my willingness to stand before God, or my willingness to open up and welcome His presence... (pause to hear, believe, and love it as the truth!)...is not by escaping through self-induced and self-controlled failure......i grab my soul and turn it from fear about not having enough discipline to be faithful at drinking from God. I will open up to the fountain of God that I am trusting is before me here, and I will drink like a branch drinks from the trunk of the tree and like it s leaves drink from the rain. God is here... (Your name), I love that I can receive from the radiance of God like a sponge. I CAN draw near to God and my need is so great, that the more I love and enjoy being secure and strong in God s presence, the more it helps motivate me to keep the drinking straw of my inner being, pointed toward the closeness of Lord and His kingdom 24 hours-a-day. My flesh and my heart may fail, but God is the strength of my heart and my portion forever. (Psa. 73:26 NIV). I don t have to escape by forcing myself to fail because,...you are my hope; O Lord God, You are my confidence... (Psa. 71:5);...My soul clings to You... (Psa. 63:8) I...have boldness and confident access through faith in Him (Eph. 3:12)....Hope in God, for I shall again praise Him for the help of His presence. (Psa. 42:5)......as for me, I will hope continually, and will praise You yet more and more. (Psa. 71:14) God has promised with an...everlasting covenant, to be God to you and to your descendants... (Gen. 17:7; and also Gal. 3:29) Be strong, and let your heart take courage, all you who hope in the Lord. (Psa. 31:24)... The Lord is near to the brokenhearted, and saves those who are crushed in spirit. (Psa. 34:18) The Lord is my portion, says my soul, Therefore I have hope in Him. (Lam. 3:24)... Though the fig tree should not blossom and there be no fruit on the vines, though the yield of the olive should fail and the fields produce no food, though the flock should be cut off from the fold and there be no cattle in the stalls, yet I will exult in the Lord, I will rejoice in the God of my salvation. The Lord God is my strength, and He has made my feet like hinds' feet, and makes me walk on my high places. (Hab. 3:17-19). (pause to hear, believe, and love the God who is close!) And, I will say to the Lord, My refuge and my fortress, My God, in whom I trust! (Psa. 91:2)......the eyes of the Lord move to and fro throughout the earth that He may strongly support those whose heart is completely His... (2 Chron. 16:9)... (pause to hear, believe, and love the God who is close!) My help comes from the Lord, Who made heaven and earth. (Psa. 121:2)... I love You, O Lord... (Psa. 18:1);...My soul clings to You... (Psa. 63:8)

4 Turning Away from Sexual Pursuits as an Emotional Addiction 4 Barry Hall don't have to feed my soul by dominance and control from lustful pursuits God is all-powerful. It is the kingdom of God and His power that I long for. Believing and loving the closeness and the touch of the presence and power of Almighty God is far more thrilling... (pause to love the closeness of God s beauty!)...i am repenting of letting myself be awed by the appearance of women (or, men) it results in comparing myself to them and needing to reassure myself sexually. I set my heart to believe and love the closeness of God as what reassures me. I am trusting that God s beauty is all around and touching me....i don t have to give up and feed on sexual things when people turn away and reject me. I grab my soul and I turn it from pressure to have people want me. I set my longings on God. His love for me is real. Heart let yourself hear and believe that God s love for me is strong. I turn from fear about being close to God and set my desires on Him. The closeness of God is what thrills me, not sexual things......the reassurance I need will never be found by turning my soul toward them and feeding myself through lust or sexual sin the reassurance and pleasure of having the presence of God is far more thrilling and fulfilling. Instead of earthly things, I am looking at Your beauty close around and touching me......the thrill and pleasure I need is not from sexual stuff on TV, videos, or pornography it feeds me better to thrill myself with the beauty and majesty of the closeness of God s presence to me... am believing the glory of God is close to me. And, His presence touching me is FAR more beautiful and attractive than anything else I could ever see or touch here. And, I set my heart to monitor and guard against reaching out from inside toward the beauty of another god, because If we had...extended our hands to a strange god, would not God find this out? For He knows the secrets of the heart (Psa 44:20)... (pause to let yourself be thrilled and enjoy the closeness of God s shining beauty!) Lord, I rest into believing that You are radiating Your Holy Spirit at me and are washing me clean:...the Lord has washed away the filth of the daughters of Zion...by the spirit of judgement and the spirit of burning (Isa. 4:4). (pause to let yourself feel confidence because of the truth!)...i will sprinkle clean water on you, and you will be clean; I will cleanse you from all your filthiness and from all your idols (Eze. 36:25)....we have confidence to enter the holy place by the blood of Jesus...draw near with a sincere heart in full assurance of faith, having our hearts sprinkled clean and our bodies washed with pure water (Heb. 10:19, 22) (let yourself feel confidence from the closeness of God s power and glory!) Heart hear and believe this!...the Lord God, the Holy One of Israel, has said, In repentance and rest you will be saved, in quietness and trust is your strength... (Isa. 30:15)....God...gives strength and power to the people. Blessed be God! (Psa. 68:35)....You are my God...My soul thirsts for You, my flesh yearns for You...Thus I have seen You in the sanctuary, to see Your power and Your glory...my soul is satisfied... (Psa. 63:1,2,5). Splendor and majesty are before Him, Strength and beauty are in His sanctuary. (Psa. 96:6)... Out of Zion, the perfection of beauty, God has shone forth (Psa. 50:2)....Around God is awesome majesty (Job 37:22). (pause to believe and love the God who is close!) Seek the Lord and His strength; seek His face continually (1 Chron. 16:11). Lord, You are my God,...My soul clings to You... (Psa. 63:8);...I shall seek You earnestly... (Psa. 63:1)

5 Turning Away from Sexual Pursuits as an Emotional Addiction 5...I am repenting of comparing myself to the sexual attractiveness of others. I turn from reassuring myself with sexual sin because of doubts about my not being enough. God is my adequacy, my strength, I will not be afraid. It is the closeness and the touch of God in me and all around me that I love......i am turning my desires for pleasure, control, and reassurance from sexual sin. I reject pornography and masturbation as ways to feed and reassure myself. Sexual things are not my friend. God is what I love......the strength I love to possess is not by exalting myself when I feed on their appearance without my getting caught. Feeding myself by believing and loving that God s beauty and strength are close is far better. The kingdom of God is what thrills me. By faith, I shake off this earthly realm, I enter and I stand before God with His kingdom all around me here... (pause to thrill yourself about the touch of God s shining beauty!)...what I long to feed myself with, is not the glory of their appearance the intensity, the greatness, and the closeness and touch of God s glory all around me is far more attractive. I turn my heart away from fear about letting God and His beauty close to me... (pause to hear, believe, and love it as the truth!)...i don t have to push myself until I achieve perfection in the eyes of women (or, men). I turn my heart from wanting their sexual respect. I repent of loving their envy. The Lord is my God, my thrill, and my pleasure. God is my strength. I turn my heart to love the touch and the closeness of God s power......i repent of agreeing with lies about being helpless. I set my heart to believe that God is my protection. I am trusting that any and every time I draw near to God, He draws near to me bringing His kingdom all around me here. God is my strength. And I set my heart to keep believing that my eyes are focused on the beauty and power of His presence touching and all around me here... (pause to love the closeness of God s beauty!) am believing the glory of God is close to me and I am trusting that Your intensely beautiful radiance is washing me clean. Heart, God s presence with me is my greatest pleasure! I set my heart be thrilled by the beauty of God s presence touching me here, and to NOT let myself reach out from inside toward the beauty of another... (pause to let yourself enjoy the closeness of God s shining beauty!) Heart hear this: that even when I do wrong, God s word to me is,...do not fear. You have committed all this evil, yet do not turn aside from following the Lord, but serve the Lord with all your heart (1 Sam. 12:20). (pause to hear, believe, and love it as the truth!) IT IS WRITTEN: Do not fear...rejoice and be glad, for the Lord has done great things (Joel 2:21). Heart hear this:...you shall not fear man, for the judgement is God s... (Deut. 1:17)....God has made me alive to Himself and dead to sin. I am presenting my body to God and not to this world... (pause to let yourself feel confidence because of this truth!)...consider yourselves to be dead to sin, but alive to God in Christ Jesus...and do not go on presenting the members of your body to sin...but present yourselves to God... (Rom. 6:11,13). Like Elijah and Elisha, I am [your name] who stands before the Lord God is HERE. (1 Kings 17:1; 18:5; 2 Kings 3:14). Jesus answered, "My kingdom is not of this world...not of this realm (John 18:36). The kingdom I receive is NOT of this world! I love the kingdom of God and the Holy Spirit all around me. (pause to let yourself feel confidence and be reassured by God s presence!)

6 Turning Away from Sexual Pursuits as an Emotional Addiction 6...the power I long to glory in, is not in how well I feed myself with what I steal from the glory of a woman s (or, man s) appearance standing in the radiance around God is far greater and more thrilling......the reassurance I need is not from sexual fantasy the closeness of God is far more intense and touches me best. Lord God, Your radiance upon me is what burns away my shame... (pause to enjoy God s beauty!)...i don t have to quench my thirst with evidence of how desirable I am. I turn to You Lord. I rest into draw near to God and letting Him draw near to me. I love that it is safe and right for me to be intimately close to God. I am trusting that my eyes are looking at Your beauty close around and touching me......i don t have to depend on the response of women (or, men) to my personality I turn from wanting to impress them with myself. God is my reassurance and my pleasure. I set my passions on You Lord, NOT on anything from this earthly realm... (pause to let yourself feel confidence because of the truth!)...i don't have to reassure my maleness, with the twisted glory of pornography God has far more to offer. The beauty of God is what I long for. I am trusting that I am looking at Your beauty close around and touching me. I set my heart to believe that I can stay before God and keep looking at Him. The beauty I turn my heart to love is not of this world, not of this earthly realm... (pause to enjoy God s beauty on you!)...the reassurance I need is not from masturbation by drawing near to God, I can thrill myself with His drawing near to me. It is the closeness kingdom of God all around me, that is what I love. My desire is the caress of God s presence all around me. By faith Lord, I am believing that my eyes are on You... am believing the glory of God is close to me. And, His presence touching me is FAR more beautiful and attractive than anything else I could ever see or touch here. And, I set my heart to monitor and guard against reaching out from inside toward the beauty of another god, because If we had...extended our hands to a strange god, would not God find this out? For He knows the secrets of the heart (Psa 44:20)... (pause to let yourself enjoy the closeness of God s shining beauty!) Be strong and let your heart take courage...hope in the Lord (Psa. 31:24); Be on the alert, stand firm in the faith, act like men, be strong (1 Cor. 16:13);...Be strong in the Lord and in the strength of His might (Eph. 6:10). I...have boldness and confident access through faith in Him (Eph. 3:12). Lord, You are my King and my God... (Psa. 44:4 NIV); You are my God...I exalt you (Psa. 118:28 NIV) I love You, O Lord, my strength (Psa. 18:1); The Lord is my strength...and I will praise Him... (Exo. 15:2) My mouth will speak the praise of the Lord... (Psa. 145:21). (pause to enjoy God s beauty on you!)...you are my God...My soul thirsts for You, my flesh yearns for You...Thus I have seen You in the sanctuary, to see Your power and Your glory...my soul is satisfied... (Psa. 63:1,2,5). Splendor and majesty are before Him, Strength and beauty are in His sanctuary. (Psa. 96:6)... Out of Zion, the perfection of beauty, God has shone forth (Psa. 50:2). How blessed is the man whose strength is in You, in whose heart are the highways to Zion (Psa. 84:5); Lord,...You are the God of my strength... (Psa. 43:1)... Behold, God is my salvation, I will trust and not be afraid; for the Lord God is my strength and song, and He has become my salvation (Isa. 12:2). My...confidence...is...through Christ before God...competence comes from God (2 Cor. 3:4,5 NIV).

7 Turning Away from Sexual Pursuits as an Emotional Addiction 7...I don t have to search out the reassurance I need from sexual things. The kiss of God is my thrill. The pleasure from the closeness of God is what fulls me. Soul! Turn and enjoy God. By faith, I enter and stand before God with His kingdom all around me, NOT this earthly realm. I set my heart to enjoy letting God love me... (pause to let yourself feel confidence and be reassured by God s presence!)...the beauty I long to be close to, will never be found through lust or sexual sin the closeness of God and His beauty are far greater and much more intense... (pause to enjoy God s beauty on you, touching you!)...don t have to push for power and control from the way women (or, men) look at me. I turn and set God before me I look at You Lord. Heart hear this! God is my pursuit, my passion. God is my first and greatest love. I am trusting that my eyes are looking at Your beauty close around and touching me......the thrill and pleasure I need is not from sexual stuff on TV, videos, or pornography it feeds me better to thrill myself with the beauty and majesty of the closeness of God s presence to me......i am repenting of letting myself be awed by the appearance of women (or, men) it results in comparing myself to them and needing to reassure myself sexually. I set my heart to only be awed by God s glory. My eyes are looking at the power and beautiful glory of God, close and all around me......the reassurance I need, is not from how well I feed on their appearance without getting caught it is right and good to have God. Lord God, it is Your radiance upon me that burns away my shame. I am trusting that my eyes to are looking at You with me here... (pause to thrill yourself about the touch of God s beauty!)...i don t have to daydream of being a sexual object. I wake myself up and I set my passions on God! Like king David, I set the Lord before me Lord I thrill myself with the kingdom of God around me and NOT this world.. By faith, I am trusting that my eyes are looking at You Lord......the power I long to boast in, will never be found through lust or sexual sin the closeness of God s power is greater and my eyes are on You Lord... (pause to hear, believe, and love it as the truth!)...i am turning my desires for pleasure, control, and thrill from sexual sin. I reject and renounce......heart, the presence of God all around me is a far greater beauty than anything else I could ever see or touch here. And, I grab the inner hands of soul and I am stopping them from reaching out to earthly beauty because If we had...extended our hands to a strange god, would not God find this out? For He knows the secrets of the heart (Psa 44:20)... (pause to enjoy the closeness of God s beauty!) The Lord is my rock and my fortress and my deliverer, My God, my rock, in whom I take refuge; my shield and...my stronghold (Psa. 18:2). Behold, the man who would not make God his refuge, But trusted in the abundance of his riches And was strong in his evil desire (Psa. 52:7). The Lord is my strength and my shield; My heart trusts in Him, and I am helped; Therefore my heart exults, And with my song I shall thank Him (Psa. 28:7). God says to me,...my Spirit is abiding in your midst; do not fear! (Hag. 2:5)....Do not fear or be dismayed...for the battle is not yours but God's (2 Chron. 20:15).

8 Turning Away from Sexual Pursuits as an Emotional Addiction 8...I don t have to turn away from God and settle for lust because of fear of failure. God is with me and He will not fail. If human failure happens I will soothe myself with God s presence and keep looking at Him......I don t have to use sexual pursuits as an escape in order to avoid pain from. Lord, Your radiance upon me is what burns away my inadequacies. I will not distract myself from pain by turning to sexual pleasures. By faith, I am setting my eyes to keep trusting that I am seeing You Lord......I don t have to push myself until I am worthy of their praise. I repent of wanting to quench my thirst that way. I rest in You Lord. I trust I am before You Lord. I turn and am trusting that the radiance of God is upon me shining from God who is here. I set all my passions on You Lord and my eyes are on You......I don t have to let the standards of women (or, men) be what I try to achieve. I rest in You Lord. God I love Your grace. I turn to You and I put my trust in You to quench my thirst. I open myself to You and let You draw near. I am trusting that my eyes are looking at Your beauty close around and touching me......i repent of feeling like I have to agree with the enemy about my being weak and powerless. I reject those lies! The closeness of God is my strength. I will not be afraid or turn away from Him... Praise the Lord that I don't have to believe the lies of the enemy I don t have to get the reassurance and pleasure I need, apart from Your presence. Lord, You are my God. I pray that You would rebuke any enemy pushing me to get what I need through sexual means. I denounce these things! I want nothing to do with filling myself through sexual means! And Lord, I ask that with Your authority and power You would command the forces of evil to leave me alone and to never come back... (pause to believe God is doing it)... am believing the glory of God is close to me. And, His presence touching me is FAR more beautiful and attractive than anything else I could ever see or touch here. And, I set my heart to monitor and guard against reaching out from inside toward the beauty of another god, because If we had...extended our hands to a strange god, would not God find this out? For He knows the secrets of the heart (Psa 44:20)... (pause to let yourself enjoy the closeness of God s shining beauty!) In God I have put my trust, I shall not be afraid... (Psa. 56:11). I will not give up or give in because my...adequacy is from God (2 Cor. 3:5)....Be strong and courageous, and act... (1 Chron. 28:20)...confidence...is...through Christ before God...competence comes from God (2 Cor. 3:4,5 NIV)....O Lord God, You are my confidence... (Psa. 71:5)... In God I have put my trust, I shall not be afraid... (Psa. 56:11). I will not give up or give in because my...adequacy is from God (2 Cor. 3:5). Be strong and let your heart take courage...hope in the Lord (Psa. 31:24). Be on the alert, stand firm in the faith, act like men, be strong (1 Cor. 16:13)....Be strong in the Lord and in the strength of His might (Eph. 6:10). Heart hear and believe this!...the Lord God, the Holy One of Israel, has said, In repentance and rest you will be saved, in quietness and trust is your strength... (Isa. 30:15)....You are my God...My soul thirsts for You, my flesh yearns for You...Thus I have seen You in the sanctuary, to see Your power and Your glory...my soul is satisfied... (Psa. 63:1,2,5).

9 Turning Away from Sexual Pursuits as an Emotional Addiction 9...I don't have to get what I need from the thrill of God is better and has far more to offer. By faith, I enter and stand before God with His kingdom all around me here, NOT this earthly realm. I am trusting that my eyes are looking at Your beauty close around and touching me......i don t have to want to show off and make women (or, men) want my body. I grab my desires and I rest inside. My body is a temple for Your Holy Spirit. I love the pleasure that I cause You by trusting and enjoying that I am staying in Your radiance. I set my loves and passions on enjoying the heavenly realm around me not on this world... (pause to enjoy God s beauty on you, touching you!)...i can repent of being envious about the sexual power and attractiveness of other men (or, women). Lord Your power is far greater and You are my God. I love the closeness of Your strength and power Lord. I turn and feed myself with You Lord no power is greater. I enter and thrill myself with the kingdom of God around me here. I am trusting that my eyes are looking at Your power and beauty around me here......the thrill I long for is not the hunt for someone to dominate by lust God has far more to offer......the pleasure I love to pursue is not from using lust or sexual sin to find it the pleasure I turn to enjoy is from receiving God s presence and His kingdom, NOT from this earthly realm......i don t have to touch myself in sexual ways in order to fill my desires. It is the touch of God that I love......heart, the presence of God all around me is a far greater beauty than anything else I could ever see or touch here. And, I grab the inner hands of soul and I am stopping them from reaching out to earthly beauty because If we had...extended our hands to a strange god, would not God find this out? For He knows the secrets of the heart (Psa 44:20)... (pause to enjoy the closeness of God s beauty!) The Lord is my light and my salvation; whom shall I fear? The Lord is the defense of my life; whom shall I dread? Though a host encamp against me, my heart will not fear; though war arise against me, in spite of this I shall be confident. One thing I have asked from the Lord, that I shall seek: that I may dwell in the house of the Lord all the days of my life, to behold the beauty of the Lord and to meditate in His temple. For in the day of trouble He will conceal me in His tabernacle; in the secret place of His tent He will hide me; He will lift me up on a rock (Psa. 27:1 and 3,4,5). (let yourself feel confidence because of it!)...god has hidden me with Christ inside Himself:...you have died and your life is hidden with Christ in God...consider the members of your earthly body as dead to immorality, impurity, passion, evil desire, and greed, which amounts to idolatry (Col. 3:3,5). Jesus answered, "My kingdom is not of this world...not of this realm (John 18:36)....God has brought us out of bondage by His power....your people...whom You have brought out by Your great power and Your outstretched arm (Deut. 9:29). (let yourself feel confidence from the closeness of God s power and glory!) I will not give up or give in because my...adequacy is from God (2 Cor. 3:5). God s word to me is: Be strong and courageous, do not be afraid or tremble at them, for the Lord your God is the one who goes with you. He will not fail you or forsake you (Deut. 31:6). IT IS WRITTEN:...Be strong and courageous, and act... (1 Chron. 28:20)

10 Turning Away from Sexual Pursuits as an Emotional Addiction 10...the pleasure I love to pursue is not from using lust or sexual sin to find it the pleasure I turn to enjoy is from the presence of God. I enter and stand before God with His kingdom all around me, NOT this earthly realm... (pause to let yourself feel confidence and be reassured by God s presence!)...i don't have to turn my soul toward them and feed myself with how they look at me the face and the eyes of God turned toward me more thrilling... (pause to enjoy God s beauty on you, touching you!)...i don t have to agree with doubts of whether God wants a close relationship with me. When I sense doubt in others I will not think the same thing about God. I turn from feeling helpless about experiencing God s presence. I put my faith in You Lord not in myself... (pause to thrill yourself about God s shining beauty!)...the beauty I long to be close to, will never be found through lust or sexual sin the closeness of God and His beauty are far greater and much more intense. God s presence burns away my shame......i don t have to be held or comforted in sexual ways in order to get the love that I need. God is the God of all comfort. I turn to You Lord. I let You touch me with Your love. am believing the glory of God is close to me. And, His presence touching me is FAR more beautiful and attractive than anything else I could ever see or touch here. And, I set my heart to monitor and guard against reaching out from inside toward the beauty of another god, because If we had...extended our hands to a strange god, would not God find this out? For He knows the secrets of the heart (Psa 44:20)... (pause to let yourself enjoy the closeness of God s shining beauty!)...we have confidence to enter the holy place by the blood of Jesus...draw near with a sincere heart in full assurance of faith, having our hearts sprinkled clean and our bodies washed with pure water (Heb. 10:19, 22)...the Lord has washed away the filth of the daughters of Zion...by the spirit of judgement and the spirit of burning (Isa. 4:4). (pause to let yourself feel confidence because of the truth!)...i will sprinkle clean water on you, and you will be clean; I will cleanse you from all your filthiness and from all your idols (Eze. 36:25). (pause to let yourself feel confidence because of the truth!)...you are my God...My soul thirsts for You, my flesh yearns for You...Thus I have seen You in the sanctuary, to see Your power and Your glory...my soul is satisfied... (Psa. 63:1,2,5). Seek the Lord and His strength; seek His face continually (1 Chron. 16:11)... Out of Zion, the perfection of beauty, God has shone forth (Psa. 50:2);...Around God is awesome majesty (Job 37:22); I love You, O Lord, my strength (Psa. 18:1); The Lord is my strength...and I will praise Him... (Exo. 15:2); My mouth will speak the praise of the Lord... (Psa. 145:21) Be strong and let your heart take courage...hope in the Lord (Psa. 31:24). Be on the alert, stand firm in the faith, act like men, be strong (1 Cor. 16:13)....Be strong in the Lord and in the strength of His might (Eph. 6:10)....O Lord God, You are my confidence... (Psa. 71:5). I will not give up or give in because my...confidence...is...through Christ before God...competence comes from God (2 Cor. 3:4,5 NIV); In God I have put my trust, I shall not be afraid... (Psa. 56:11). Heart hear and believe this!...the Lord God, the Holy One of Israel, has said, In repentance and rest you will be saved, in quietness and trust is your strength... (Isa. 30:15).

11 Turning Away from Sexual Pursuits as an Emotional Addiction 11...the pleasure I love to pursue is not from using lust or sexual sin to find it the pleasure I turn to enjoy is from the presence of God. I enter and stand before God with His kingdom all around me, NOT this earthly realm. I am trusting that my eyes are looking at Your beauty close around and touching me......i turn from having to distract myself with lust because of feeling inadequate. God is my adequacy. I will not be afraid. Lord, I LOVE Your beauty here... (pause to thrill yourself about God s beauty all around you!)...i turn from desires for pleasure, control, and reassurance from sexual sin......i don t have to be touched in sexual ways in order to fill my desires. It is the touch of God s beauty that I love. I am trusting that my eyes are looking at Your power and glory close and all around......i don t have to feed myself with how much they want me. I turn my heart from wanting women (or, men) to look at me with lust or desire. God wants me! I turn my longings and desire to God. His eyes on me are far more thrilling, safer, and something I can enjoy without holding back. I set my desire and my gaze on You Lord. My heart is thrilled that Your eyes ARE on me (Your name), let yourself love that you don t have to be afraid about not having enough discipline to keep drinking from God use your neediness as motivation! (Your name), I love that I can receive from the radiance of God like a sponge. I CAN draw near to God and my need is so great, that the more I love and enjoy being secure and strong in God s presence, the more it helps motivate me to keep the drinking straw of my inner being, pointed toward the closeness of Lord and His kingdom 24 hours-a-day. am believing the glory of God is close to me. And, His presence touching me is FAR more beautiful and attractive than anything else I could ever see or touch here. And, I set my heart to monitor and guard against reaching out from inside toward the beauty of another god, because If we had...extended our hands to a strange god, would not God find this out? For He knows the secrets of the heart (Psa 44:20)... (pause to let yourself enjoy the closeness of God s shining beauty!) God says to me,...the one who comes to Me I will certainly not cast out (John 6:37) I turn from faith in myself because I...have boldness and confident access through faith in Him (Eph. 3:12)....O Lord God, You are my confidence... (Psa. 71:5)... In God I have put my trust, I shall not be afraid... (Psa. 56:11)....God has made me alive to Himself and dead to sin. I am presenting my body before God and not to this world;...consider yourselves to be dead to sin, but alive to God in Christ Jesus...and do not go on presenting the members of your body to sin...but present yourselves to God... (Rom. 6:11,13). Like Elijah and Elisha, I am [your name] who stands before the Lord God is HERE. (1 Kings 17:1; 18:5; 2 Kings 3:14). Jesus answered, "My kingdom is not of this world...not of this realm (John 18:36). (pause to let yourself feel confidence and be reassured by God s presence!) The kingdom I receive is NOT of this world! I love the kingdom of God and the Holy Spirit all around me. By faith I am trusting that my eyes are looking at Your power and glory Lord!...You are my God...My soul thirsts for You, my flesh yearns for You...Thus I have seen You in the sanctuary, to see Your power and Your glory...my soul is satisfied... (Psa. 63:1,2,5).

12 Turning Away from Sexual Pursuits as an Emotional Addiction 12...the reassurance I need, is not from how well I control the situation and dominate them without getting caught it is right and good to have God. I set my affections on receiving and enjoying the kingdom of God around me. By faith, I am trusting that my eyes are looking at Your closeness to me Lord......I am turning from letting myself be impressed with the beauty of people. I set my heart to be delighted and thrilled by the glory and beauty of God. I can draw near to Him and He does draw near to me. I am confident about depending on God as my God, and NOT sexual things. Heart, hear and believe this: God has promised with an...everlasting covenant, to be God to you and to your descendants... (Gen. 17:7; and also Gal. 3:29)...I don t have to feed myself with approving looks from women (or, men). Lord it is You who are worthy of pursuit not me. I turn and face toward You Lord. I love having Your eyes of love, passion, and kindness on me... (pause to let yourself feel confidence and be reassured by God s presence!)...i repent of looking at a woman (or, men) and wondering if I would be enough for them doing that results in my wanting to reassure myself sexually. God is my reassurance and I turn my eyes to look at His power, His glory, and His beauty all around and touching me... (pause to love God s beauty on you, touching you!) am believing the glory of God is close to me. And, His presence touching me is FAR more beautiful and attractive than anything else I could ever see or touch here. And, I set my heart to monitor and guard against reaching out from inside toward the beauty of another god, because If we had...extended our hands to a strange god, would not God find this out? For He knows the secrets of the heart (Psa 44:20)... (pause to let yourself enjoy the closeness of God s shining beauty!)...god has made me alive to Himself and dead to sin. I shake off this earthly realm and I present my body to God and not to this world... (let yourself feel confidence from the closeness of God s power and glory!)...consider yourselves to be dead to sin, but alive to God in Christ Jesus...and do not go on presenting the members of your body to sin...but present yourselves to God... (Rom. 6:11,13). Like Elijah and Elisha, I am [your name] who stands before the Lord God is HERE. (1 Kings 17:1; 18:5; 2 Kings 3:14). Jesus answered, "My kingdom is not of this world...not of this realm (John 18:36)....God said, "I will dwell in them and walk among them; and I will be their God, and they shall be My people (2Cor 6:16)....By faith I am trusting that my eyes are looking at Your power and glory Lord:...You are my God...My soul thirsts for You, my flesh yearns for You...Thus I have seen You in the sanctuary, to see Your power and Your glory...my soul is satisfied... (Psa. 63:1,2,5); Splendor and majesty are before Him, Strength and beauty are in His sanctuary (Psa. 96:6); Out of Zion, the perfection of beauty, God has shone forth (Psa. 50:2);...the Lord is good; How blessed is the man who takes refuge in Him! (Psa. 34:8); The Lord is their strength, And He is a saving defense to His anointed (Psa. 28:8); The Lord is my strength and song, and He has become my salvation (Psa. 118:14);...my rock and my fortress (Psa. 71:3). To You, O Lord, I lift up my soul. O my God, in You I trust... (Psa. 25:1,2). (pause to love God s beauty on you, touching you!) O Lord, You are my God; I will exalt You, I will give thanks to Your name... (Isa. 25:1); Heart hear this: He is your praise... (Deut. 10:21); On God my salvation and my glory rest; the rock of my strength, my refuge is in God. (Psa. 62:7); Lord, You are my King and my God... (Psa. 44:4 NIV); I love You, O Lord, my strength (Psa. 18:1). (pause to let yourself enjoy the closeness of the beauty and power of God!)