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Reasoning for anything is just a Google search away, but that can make truth feel relative, even impacting our understanding of the Bible. Join us as Pastor Mark Moore, author of CORE 52, discusses today’s question.

We’ve all wrestled with this question, and some have even walked away from God after struggling to find an answer. Join us as Pastor Rusty George, author of After Amen: What to Do While You're Waiting on God discusses today’s question.

Almost all of us are broken by sexual sin in some way or another. No matter if the wounds are self-inflicted or caused by those we’ve loved and trusted, we celebrate knowing that God’s grace and mercy can give us a fresh start and new beginning.

Sex was God’s gift to us, to be enjoyed in marriage. While a selfish marriage can cause a husband or wife to be more susceptible to sexual sin, intimacy between them in a covenant relationship can unveil God’s good design for sexual satisfaction.

People will risk everything to satisfy their sexual urges only to find themselves more unsatisfied than ever. Before going further down the path of lust, ask yourself where it is leading. Pleasure or pain? And how much will it cost those around you?

After temptation leads to lust, David confronts what he has done and who he has become. We can learn from his example why we do what we never thought we would as well a healthy way to respond to sexual sin when we’ve committed it.

We are stronger together. As we face trials of many kinds, a community of believers is what helps us stand firm. We must not neglect being together, confessing our sins to each other, and encouraging one another as we see the day approaching.

So much of giving into temptation is the instant pleasure, but God has given us a way of escape in every season so we can walk in a life of true purpose and freedom.

Trials and temptations are all around us. That’s why the book of James warns us to play it out, to consider how temptation could lead to full-grown sin that devastates so that we can experience the good things God has promised us.

As Jesus prayed and fasted for 40 days in the wilderness prior to His public ministry, temptation was everywhere. Instead of finding a quick fix, Jesus fixed His gaze to God, continuously combatting the enemy’s lies with the truth of God’s Word.