The Best Sex Ever: God's Word on Sex

We continued with our latest series called "The Best Sex Ever" last Wednesday at FUEL. The topic for the week was "God's Word on Sex". We looked at many passages that discuss sexual impurity and sexual immorality while using passages that discussed obedience to God and the protection of our bodies. We studied how sex was created by God to be great, not just good and that sex is not just an urge, but a real temptation for people. We also looked at how sex is not just physical, like the world says, but that it is fully spiritual. God's Word is clear to present the pain and consequences that come from pre-marital sex or adultery within marriage. Our beliefs influence our behavior when it comes to our sexul decisions. The question is... do we rely on culture/society, feelings/emotions, or God's Word/standards for making our sexual decisions. God wants sex to be a great thing for us but within the context of marriage between a man and woman. He created it just like He created us. We need to be obedient to our Father in all things, including sexual decisions.

The Best Sex Ever: Created in God's Image

Last Wednesday night we began our 4 week series on "The Best Sex Ever" with our student ministry. The first week was about being created in God's image. We discussed how culture and society influence us wrongly about sex, what the differences between guys and girls are, and how these things need to be embraced by teenagers. The overall theme for this week was about how God loves us no matter what and how each of us is unique in our own way. We have been given wrong information by friends and culture about what real love and sex are. Students today assume that love=sex which is incorrect and sets these kids on the wrong path. TV, movies, music, magazines, etc. cause mass confusion which leads to confusing thinking, and then confusing actions. This week's purpose was to lay a solid foundation for how God created us and what He had in mind for sex to be. I have a question box that allows students to ask questions they have about sex which could make for some interesting weeks to come!

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Peace, Patience, and Self Control

These past few weeks in FUEL we discussed 3 of the "fruits" to finish the four part series on God's Extreme Makeover. We used Galatians 5 and the "fruits of the Spirit" to kick-off each message.
Peace is a good foundation for many of the other fruits. We need to maintain the peace that God offers us. We struggle to do this because of the "enemies of peace" that we have in our lives. These include: noise, fear, anger, information overload, and myself. We react on these enemies by worry, consumption, procrastination, and etc. God wants us to have a peace that would blow us away. It's a peace that can takeover our lives if we can just get our own selfish desires out of the way and allow for God's will to run our lives.
Patience is something we could all use a little more of in life. God teaches us patience through various ways such as the timing of events or answered prayers. God asks us to be patient so that He may accomplish His will. We need to keep our own desires and motivations out of His way. Quit pushing the issue in life and rely on God that He will succeed.
Self control allows us to see God's will come into fulfillment. We can't have self control on our own. It must be led by the Holy Spirit. We need to replace our kingdom with God's so that He can work in our lives. Self control keeps us from giving into temptation and will ultimately allow us find the available hope and love that God offers us. This topic wrapped up our series and is a great beginning to our next topic.