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Joe Dallas May 8, 2013

Anticipation

Every Wednesday we’ll post something to do with doctrine and recovery. Hope it helps. — Anticipation Beloved, now are we the sons of God, and it doth not yet appear what we shall be: but we know that, when he shall appear, we shall be like him; for we shall see him as he is. And every man that hath this hope in him purifieth himself, even as he is pure. (I John 3: 2-3) Love it, or sick of it already, I know you’ve heard this sung repeatedly by now: “Tiny tots with their eyes all aglow Will find it hard to sleep Continue Reading

Filed Under: Doctrinal Matters Tagged With: Adam, Children, Christmas, Damage, Death, Doctrine, God, Heart, Help, Integrity, Jesus, John, Lord, Prayer, Process, Resist, Scripture, Self, Sin, Son, Sons, Temptation, The World Leave a Comment

Joe Dallas April 15, 2013

Walking Strong

Every Monday we’ll post something to do with maintaining sexual purity. Hope it helps. — Walking Strong This I say then, Walk in the Spirit, and ye shall not fulfill the lust of the flesh. (Galatians 5:16) I’ve finally gotten back into serious workouts after a more than twenty year hiatus, and I’m glowing. Energy’s high, stress is hugely reduced, sleep is deeper, and – (drum roll) – I’ve all but lost my taste for fast foods. That may be the biggest miracle, because hamburgers and burritos have been my bad company for Continue Reading

Filed Under: Keeping It Clean Tagged With: Appetite, Family, Fear, Flesh, God, Gratification, Health, Help, Holy Spirit, Hunger, Lord, Love, Lust, Masturbation, Ministry, Normal, Paul, Porn, Prayer, Purity, Relapse, Self, Sin, Spiritual, Temptation, Truth, Wrath, Writing 5 Comments

Joe Dallas April 2, 2013

Seven Habits of Highly Effective Husbands

Every Tuesday we’ll be posting an article about restoring and strengthening marriages that have been damaged by sexual sin. Hope it’s helpful. — Seven Habits of Highly Effective Husbands Renee and I celebrated the big 25 last week, a milestone to any couple. I like to see our marriage as its own entity, commenting on its development as it grows, so on our first anniversary I said, “Our marriage should be walking any day now.” On our tenth, I noted it would go through puberty soon; on the sixteenth I moaned it could drive; on Continue Reading

Filed Under: Marriage Matters Tagged With: Anniversary, Art, Damage, Family, Fear, God, Help, Love, Marriage, Recognize, Renee, Self, Sin, Son, Sons, Temptation, Trust, Weak, Wife 3 Comments

Joe Dallas March 25, 2013

Armed

Every Monday we’ll post something about maintaining your sexual integrity. Hope it helps. — Armed Forasmuch then as Christ hath suffered for us in the flesh, arm yourselves likewise with the same mind: for he that hath suffered in the flesh hath ceased from sin. - I Peter 4:1 In 1982 I embarked on some serious bodybuilding, putting my then 27 year old carcass through a tortuous regime which I came to truly love. My trainer spent a good deal of time prepping me for the bodybuilding lifestyle, emphasizing what became the most Continue Reading

Filed Under: Keeping It Clean Tagged With: Accountability, Counselor, Direction, Flesh, Integrity, Jesus, Love, Monster, Sexual Integrity, Sin, Temptation, The Crucifixion, Truth 4 Comments

Joe Dallas March 11, 2013

Naked, Unashamed and Accountable

Every Monday we’ll post something about maintaining your sexual integrity. Hope it helps. — Naked, Unashamed and Accountable And they were both naked, the man and his wife, and were not ashamed. - Genesis 2:25 Shame wasn’t part of the human vocabulary until sin entered the picture. Adam and Eve were, as countless paintings and films suggest, innocently erotic and erotically innocent. No clothes and, I daresay, no inhibitions. That was then, and then was worlds away, ages ago. Today shame permeates the human experience. No Continue Reading

Filed Under: Keeping It Clean Tagged With: Accountability, Adam, Art, Christian, Church, Confession, Corinth, Eve, Gay, God, Help, Honesty, Integrity, Love, Paul, Porn, Purity, Resist, Self, Sexual Integrity, Sin, Son, Sons, Struggles, Temptation, Trust, Truth, Weak, Wife 7 Comments

Joe Dallas March 4, 2013

Embracing the Drudge

Every Monday we’ll post something about maintaining your sexual integrity. Hope it helps. — Embracing the Drudge And let us not be weary in well doing: for in due season we shall reap, if we faint not. - Galatians 6:9 I find successful people aren’t necessarily brilliant, but they are willing to invest properly. They watch their investments of time and energy; they choose carefully who they invest friendship and trust in; they accept the fact that the habits they invest in now will hugely determine their immediate and long Continue Reading

Filed Under: Keeping It Clean Tagged With: Accountability, Bible, Friend, Friendship, God, Help, Integrity, Love, Prayer, Purity, Renee, Resist, Sexual Integrity, Son, Spirit, Spiritual, Temptation, Trust, Truth, Weak Leave a Comment

Joe Dallas February 4, 2013

Rebel Without a Clause

Every Monday we’ll post something about maintaining your sexual integrity. Hope it helps. — Rebel Without a Clause The idea that this world is a playground instead of a battleground has now been accepted in practice by the vast majority of Christians. - A.W. Tozer Today I will, like you, be presented with countless opportunities to misuse my sexual self. There will be images I’ll pass on the street or the mall, unclean memories from past wrongdoings, fantasies that intrude like unwanted pop-ups on the computer. And every time Continue Reading

Filed Under: Keeping It Clean Tagged With: Anger, Christian, Family, Flesh, God, Grace, Help, Indulgence, Integrity, Internet Porn, Jesus, John, Love, Lust, Ministry, Peter, Resist, Self, Sexual Integrity, Sin, Spirit, Spiritual, Teens, Temptation, The World, Truth 5 Comments

Joe Dallas January 28, 2013

Your Name, Your Impact

Every Monday we’ll post something about maintaining your sexual integrity. Hope it helps. — Your Name, Your Impact “A good character is the best tombstone. Those who loved you and were helped by you will remember you when forget-me-nots have withered. Carve your name on hearts, not on marble.” - Charles Spurgeon The people who’ve known you feel something when they hear your name, because your name represents how you’ve affected them. Interesting how that works. By way of example, just monitor your emotions while reading Continue Reading

Filed Under: Keeping It Clean Tagged With: Abraham Lincoln, Charles Manson, Charles Spurgeon, Family, Friend, God, Heart, Help, High School, Integrity, Love, Lust, Mother Teresa, Self, Sexual Integrity, Sin, Son, Sons, Temptation, Wife 1 Comment

Joe Dallas December 27, 2012

Warts and All and Camera Ready

Every Thursday I’ll post an article having to do with either relational or emotional matters. Hope it helps. — Warts and All and Camera Ready “But by the grace of God I am what I am.” - I Corinthians 15:10 I’m not a fan of self-labeling, whether it’s positive or negative. It can lead to a limited, even inaccurate view of ourselves if our primary form of identification is our personality type (I’m a sanguine; I’m a Type-A) or our area of weakness (I’m alcoholic; I’m co-dependent) Certainly within a support group Continue Reading

Filed Under: Relational Matters Tagged With: Christian, God, Grace, Help, Honesty, Love, Lust, Marriage, Prayer, Purity, Recall, Self, Sin, Temptation, Weak 6 Comments

Joe Dallas December 20, 2012

My Glorious Thorn

Every Thursday I’ll post an article having to do with either relational or emotional matters. Hope it helps. — My Glorious Thorn He told me, coming home, that he hoped the people saw him in the church, because he was a cripple, and it might be pleasant to them to remember upon Christmas Day, who made lame beggars walk, and blind men see. - A Christmas Carol, Charles Dickens Tiny Tim emerges as one of the smartest characters in this Dickens classic. In the quote above, his father Bob remarks that Tim, while sitting in church, Continue Reading

Filed Under: Relational Matters Tagged With: A Christmas Carol, Father, Flesh, God, Grace, Help, Honor, Porn, Sin, Spirit, Spiritual, Temptation, Weak 3 Comments

Anticipation

Walking Strong

Seven Habits of Highly Effective Husbands

Armed

Naked, Unashamed and Accountable

Embracing the Drudge

Rebel Without a Clause

Your Name, Your Impact

Warts and All and Camera Ready

My Glorious Thorn

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