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THRU IT Step 3: RESPONSIBLE To Watch The Thought Pass On By
To review the THRU IT Sexual Content Response Plan see: Sexual Content Response Plan: Do You Have One? Here are the steps: Tag it: Call it what it is. Halt the behavior: Turn it off. Turn away. Responsible for the thought: Watch the thought pass on by. YoU have a...
read moreTHRU IT Step 2: HALT The Behavior
To review the THRU IT Sexual Content Response Plan see: Sexual Content Response Plan: Do You Have One? Here are the steps: Tag it: Call it what it is. Halt the behavior: Turn it off. Turn away. Responsible for the thought: Watch the thought pass on by. YoU have a...
read moreTHRU IT Step 1: TAG IT
To review the THRU IT Sexual Content Response Plan see: Sexual Content Response Plan: Do You Have One? Here are the steps: Tag it: Call it what it is. Halt the behavior: Turn it off. Turn away. Responsible for the thought: Watch the thought pass on by. YoU have a...
read moreSexual Content Response Plan: Do you have one?
Families and individuals - ALL of us must learn to respond appropirately to media with sexual content. Dallin H. Oaks said it best: A primary reason for the growing problem of pornography is that in today’s world, words and images with sexual content and influences...
read moreWhy I “Touch” My Grandchildren …
There is a "touch-need" in each of us. Human touch — hugging, hand holding, cuddling, and other outlets of physical touch are beneficial, health-wise, physically and emotionally. Research demonstrates that touch contains several health benefits for our physiological...
read moreTwo Ways to Strengthen Your Heart for “Last Days” Living
They are: CHANGE THE WAY YOU THINK and CHANGE THE WAY YOU LIVE. Think about it - all the psychological techniques, self-improvement, weight-loss strategies, TV commercials, political platforms, etc etc focus on getting you to do one or both of these actions. They want...
read moreMurder and Accountability
I just got off the phone with a defense attorney concerning strategy for his client. His client was in jail for killing the spouse. He summarized his case pointing out several factors he believed might qualify his client for a "diminished capacity" defense. A...
read moreSanta Claus, Superman and Satan
What do these images have in common? You may say something like, "Well from time-to-time I act like they're real. But in the back of my mind I know these personatlities really have no great influence on my personal life. Santa really doesn't bring toys on Christmas...
read moreWill God allow you to be tempted above your capacity to resist?
Your initial response may be -Of course NOT! God would never allow Satan to tempt me in such a way that I could not resist. God loves me and wants me to succeed! In 1 Cor. 10:13 we read God “will not suffer you to be tempted above that ye are able… to bear…” It seems...
read moreGod’s Word vs. Satan’s Word
PREACHING OF THE WORD -is more powerful upon the minds of people than the sword or anything else. Words are powerful - Satan and God use words to influence us. We learn this principle here: And now, as the preaching of the word had a great tendency to lead the people...
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