CH 15: Winning the Emotional Battle

This chapter starts out making an excellent point!  The stereotype is that those of the male gender are the only ones who have trouble with purity .... unfortunately there isn't any truth in that statement.  Both males & females are in this battle. As the book has so well pointed out, the battle is just different. 

God made us to be emotionally stimulated ~ which means we must closely guard our heart.  Failing to guard our hearts puts our body at much greater risk of falling to temptation.

Above all else, guard your heart, for it is the wellspring of life.  Proverbs 4:23

Wellspring just means source .... the heart is the source of life.  God created us so that our heart is central to all that we are physically, spiritually and emotionally. 

It's easy to say "oh I'd NEVER do ________ physically" .... but how about emotionally becoming attached?  Our hearts & emotions are funny things ~ they can get away from us quickly if we aren't on guard.

Spend some time studying the traffic light graphic on page 139 and the different stages of emotional connection!