I think that I will include much of this post into the introduction next Sunday, but here it is a bit early.  As I mentioned often during my sermon Sunday, sex, especially elicit sex, is very tempting, even for pastors like me.  However, I am glad to say that I have remained faithful to my wife for the last 17 1/2 years of our marriage.  I even remained a virgin until the day I married her.  It was not easy and the temptations were there.  But by using some of the tools and techniques that I mentioned in my sermon (along with some others), I have resisted the temptation to commit adultery.

That is not to say that I have always been sexually pure.  I have fallen prey on occasion to pornography and my eye still wanders lustfully in the wrong direction every so often.  But again steps have been taken to reduce those temptations and my love for my wife has never been stronger.

If you are one who struggles with sexual temptations, please talk to someone about it.  God wants us to be sexually pure and I would be willing to help where I can as well.