In this episode we are carrying on the conversation from episode 4 about being intentional.  The voices you allow to influence you will have a massive impact on how well you attain your goals.  Keep your eyes on the prize, that pivotal moment where you will stand face to face before Jesus and give an account for your days.

We discuss the target tool that Nathan taught me years ago that has been monumental in my understanding regarding handing out authority to others to speak into my life.  I have full control over who has authority to influence me.  I can move them closer and give them more, or I can move them back and reduce the impact their words have on me. 

We also discuss the media that we expose ourselves to and how we purged our massive DVD collection, cut off our cable and then went through an awkward stage of not knowing how to fill our time.  Spoiler alert…our sex life took a big boost!  We also talk about finding life giving sources to fill that time void.

We talk through practical ways to guard yourself again porn and the value of seeking wise counsel from others further down the road of life.

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Bible verses referenced in this episode:

“Therefore, since we are surrounded by so great a cloud of witnesses, let us also lay aside every weight, and sin which clings so closely, and let us run with perseverance the race marked out for us, fixing our eyes on Jesus, the founder and perfecter of our faith, who for the joy that was set before him endured the cross, despising the shame, and is seated at the right hand of the throne of God.”
Hebrews 12:1-2

“Above all else, guard your heart, for everything you do flows from it.”
Proverbs 4:23

“Obey your leaders and submit to them, for they are keeping watch over your souls, as those who will have to give an account.”
Hebrews 13:17

“Love one another with brotherly affection.  Outdo one another in showing honor.”
Romans 12:10

“If your right hand causes you to sin, cut it off and throw it away.  For it is better that you lose one of your members than your whole body go into hell.”
Matthew 5:30

“Flee from sexual immorality”
1 Corinthians 6:18

“Whoever knows the right thing to do and fails to do it, for him it is sin.”
James 4:17

“His master said to him, ‘Well done, good and faithful servant.  You have been faithful over a little; I will set you over much.  Enter into the joy of your master.’”
Matthew 25:23

“Husbands, love your wives, as Christ loved the church and gave himself up for her, that he might sanctify her, having cleansed her by the washing of water with the word, so that he might present the church to himself in splendor, without spot or wrinkle or any such thing, that she might be holy and without blemish.”
Ephesians 5:25-27

“Get all the advice and instruction you can, so you will be wise the rest of your life.”
Proverbs 19:20

“These older women must train the younger women to love their husbands and their children”
Titus 2:4

“As iron sharpens iron, so a friend sharpens a friend.”
Proverbs 27:17

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