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Another negative side effect of premature sex is the development of what has come to be known as a soul tie. Paul teaches in the New Testament that every Christian is a temple of the Holy Spirit and when your temple and another’s are connected in sexual sin, your temple becomes open to all of the spiritual and emotional defilement in the other person. This means that if your partner struggles with depression or fear, you will open yourself to it also, and the “spiritual disease” spreads to you. The emotional bond of a sexual union may be so deep that a person becomes obsessively plagued with the pain of being separated. When you are connected in a sexual soul tie with another person and are separated from them, your thoughts wander to them. You will wonder who they are involved with now, how they are doing, and if they are still thinking about you. Once a soul-tie is formed, it is impossible for a person to move on to another relationship with a whole heart unless you actively break it by repenting and renouncing it. Why not begin your healing right now? “Lord, I submit myself to your healing love today. I confess my sexual sin of (be specific). I ask you to forgive me for this sin. Thank you for your forgiveness. Thank you for bearing all of my shame on the cross, including the shame of my sexual sin. Lift this off me now by the same power that raised you from the dead. Raise me up with you again in wholeness and purity. I also renounce all former sexual unions and any pleasure that I took in them. In Jesus name I send back to anything that they may have imparted to me. I also receive back to myself anything that was taken from me. I resist all associated demonic oppression and command it leave me now based on the power and authority of Jesus Christ, who reigns within me. I appropriate the power of the cross to set me free from any sexual curses that have been influencing me. Thank you, Lord, that you make all things new. I receive that newness and wholeness in the area of my sexuality. I receive Your grace now to resist sexual temptation and stay free and pure in the area of my sexuality. I rededicate myself today to love You with all of my heart, soul, mind and strength. I also rededicate myself to my spouse with whom You have blessed me in order that I may experience the joy of sex the way you meant it to be with a pure heart.” Freedom from any sin begins by bringing our failures into the light. The Path To Healing Christ made provision for our sexual healing through His work on the cross and His resurrection power. He came to heal the broken-hearted, including those who have sexual hurts. He is able to set free those who are prisoners of sexual addictions, sexual imprinting and every controlling sexual affliction. Jesus cares for you. If you have sexual wounds or sexual sin, your healing can start right now. Realize now that Satan has laid a trap for you perhaps for your whole lifetime to make you believe that you cannot bring your sexual sins to Him. With sin comes shame and once shame is entangled in your sexuality, it drives you into hiding from God and others and causes you to feel that your sexuality is something evil. What Parents Should Do Parents can influence their children on the subject of sex with grace and candor. If you find that they have already stumbled in this area, guide them toward God’s forgiveness and mercy through Christ. Using discretion, share with them how you would have made different choices knowing what you know now. God may even lead you to repent to them about any way that your sexual sins have had a negative influence in their lives. Leave resources like Save Sex on the coffee table or in the bathroom and use these as the center of discussion. Ask questions like, “What did you think of chapter 6? Are the kids in your class struggling with that issue?” When a quality discussion erupts, avoid lecturing them. Bait them with hanging thoughts that cause them to inquire more from you. “I wonder if your friends are aware of the risk of that particular activity.” Ask God to help you and He will bless every effort you make to help your kids understand the beauty of sex and the value of keeping it pure. S TF - 1 2

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Spread the Fire - March 2008 Contents In the River Save Sex? Simon’s Story The Key To Overcoming Lust It’s Time for the Double Blessing International Itinerary Resource Center Catalogue Upcoming Events Visitor Information

Spread the Fire - March 2008

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