SOLID MARRIAGES/RELATIONSHIPS: YOU GOT THAT LOOK

But I say to you that everyone who looks at a woman with lustful intent has already committed adultery with her in his heart.   Matt. 5:28

Ok, so maybe you didn't like being referred to as an adulterer......you know the Pharisees felt the same, offended, when they heard Jesus speaking about their hearts as it relates to people who know the word, but don't practice it with the grace it requires to actually live it out.

But we not talking about the Pharisees today, we are talking about you, me, us and our problem concerning lust.   Who's your favorite actor/actress?  Why?  If we are all honest it doesn't have to be pornography but their are people that we just love looking at because............because what? Don't get me wrong there are some great actors and actresses but for those that just look good......well we can watch them all day. (PROBLEM....cause we are watching them fantasizing)   Since the sexual revolution, we've been re-programmed to embrace the beauty of the human body, and not just appreciate it, but perversion has taken over.   There was a time two piece bikinis would've never been allowed on public television, and now there's no other way.    Men and women didn't sleep in the same bed or it wasn't even shown on camera (Leave it to Beaver, I Love Lucy, etc) but now we see them not only sleeping in the same bed, but depending on the station and the time of day, we can see two bodies rolling around in the sheets.   Producers of shows know what PEOPLE WANT TO SEE and they feed our carnal lust for eye candy.....but if you are single or married this affects your thought life.

SINGLE (Christians) you are married to the LORD.  So listening to songs that speak of elicit acts of sex, watching movies that contain adult behavior, and engaging in conversation that "turns you on", are taking your focus off of Him, your husbandman, and feeding your carnal desires to drive you to wanting a mate to satisfy your fantasies.    ADULTERY

MARRIED (Christians) So you think it's ok for you to watch pornography because it helps your marriage/sex life.  You're right it HELPS............to end it.   Eventually your body or his body doesn't look like the ones you say helps to stimulate you all....so just him with you isn't enough.  He can no long rejoice with the wife of his youth....because he desires a woman that looks like.........  You can no longer enjoy your husband because what you deem to be attractive and sexually stimulating isn't him.   Before long your heart desires another...... ADULTERY

What are you looking at?  Does it encourage you to fully give yourself to your husband/wife/GOD?  Does it curb your carnal lust, or do you find yourself looking for a tow truck to bring you back over from the guardrail?  Don't you think we've listen to the lies of Satan long enough, that we now need to embrace the truth that music, media, etc that we say it's doesn't affect us.....that it really does, and has been affecting our relationships with God and others.   Will you choose to make better choices starting today of what you listen to and watch?   We should be Loving God, and Loving People, not lusting after one another.  LGLP