good discussion topic…

FLIRTING WITH DISASTER

• How many times do we flirt with something in our lives that has the potential to be sinful and can snowball into something so much bigger?
• “Sin will take you places you never intended to go, it will keep you there longer then you wanted to stay and the cost will be more than you ever thought possible.”
• We may start with simple intentions but disaster may be lurking right around the corner.  We only mean to indulge in a few minutes of an activity and whether it happens five minutes later or a year down the road-we find ourselves in a place we never intended to go, we have stayed there much longer than we thought we would and now the cost/consequences are more than we ever would have thought.
• when we hurt people...  We have lost trust, our word is questioned and we have hurt someone.  The consequences of sin are always more than we think.
• My challenge to you wives today is to search your heart and see if there are slippery slopes that you have been flirting with recently?
• What to do when you realize you are “flirting with disaster?”
• Temptations is temptation because it is appealing.  We want what we are not allowed to have.  That is why simply stopping the behavior many times is not enough.  We need to have Godly counsel and encouragement to help us through these pitfalls.  That being said you may very well need to put an end to a relationship that is teetering on inappropriate.  After doing so, have people in place to help you.

 

(****all the above are from this website http://www.onefleshmarriage.com/2012/04/flirting-disaster.html)