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I/We Should Break Up When/If…

Shane Carroll — Thu, 04 Mar 2010 09:02:07 +0000

A bunch of you asked me to post this after last nights message…here ya go!!

I/We Should Break Up When/If…

By Perry Noble

#1 – The other person (usually the guy) ceases to pursue me and make me feel special/valuable. (If he is a slacker before marriage…it will be HORRIBLE after marriage!)

#2 – If our relationship is based on sex. (If you are having sex then you are not experiencing true intimacy. SO…when you get married you are going to discover that you have nothing to talk about because you built your relationship with the hay and straw of sexual experiences and not the bricks of self control and discipline.)

#3 – If they are not fun then they’re not the one! (Seriously…if you do not enjoy being with him/her and/ore spending time with them before the marriage…why in the heck would you ever think that you will after marriage? Don’t marry someone that you don’t like–DUH!!!)

#4 – The Holy Spirit is pressing you to end the relationship. (There are SO many people I’ve spoken with that KNOW the Lord is pressing into them to end the dating relationship…but because of their insecurities they just won’t do it. If God is commanding you to give something up that means He has something greater in store. Even though you can’t see it…He can!!! I Corinthians 2:9)

#5 – You KNOW you aren’t going to marry the person you are dating. (Dating was not created to be some sort of hobby/sport. So…when you KNOW that the relationship is NOT heading beyond its current condition…you KNOW that he or she is NOT the person God has for you…END IT! Don’t date someone just so you won’t be alone…this situation ALWAYS goes bad because so many people get married “just because we thought it was the next step!”)

#6 – He/she is always flirting with other people…and/or he/she isn’t faithful to you before marriage. (If they AREN’T being faithful before marriage…they won’t be after marriage either!!!)

#7 – You think, “he/she isn’t who I want them to be…but I can change them.” (PLEASE READ THIS…YOU ARE NOT THE HOLY SPIRIT, YOU CAN’T CHANGE ANYONE!!! God is the ONLY ONE who can change someone…and reality is the reason God may not be changing the person you are with is because you are in the way…and your compromise does not bring that person closer to Christ…it drives him/her away!)

World Change Through Sex

Shane Carroll — Wed, 03 Mar 2010 07:17:33 +0000

Tomorrow were going to share a few lines from some fairly popular songs most of us appreciate…my point, while we wouldnt admit it most of us are very much aware that the influence SEX or sexual suggestions have on each of us is significant. In fact the thought of SEX and lifelong relationships very well may be the most regular thought any of us have.

The harsh reality of the ‘Best Sex Ever‘ campaign is simple, taking sex and making it what it was intended to be, beautiful. We can change the world, and talk about it as if it is part of our DNA (which it should be). But a simple reality hit me, what if the one single thing we could do to change the world was give it back. The prevailing thought in our Generations culture is clearly sex…my thought, why shouldnt that be the very thing we set out to change. A Sexual revolution…not one like the 60’s produced (inconsequential ‘free love’) but one that actually made who we are and our relationships stronger…A revolution that made its stand to say ‘This life isnt about me, and it isnt about my petty sexual urges.‘ By design we were created to have sex, no question, but somewhere this beautiful thing God designed for the marriage bed has become an object of status and casual connection…

The prevailing influence on our generation is now our greatest opportunity, Best Sex Ever is our chance to do that, to see Sex not as an object but as an act, an act designed to be lived out in the context of God, husband, and wife…He is part of it like it or not…Sex belongs to Him, lets give it back and make it about Him once again…

PC’s live ‘Best Sex Ever’

2010 Reading List

Shane Carroll — Mon, 01 Mar 2010 19:17:41 +0000

Personal
-Knowing Christ Today: Why We Can Trust Spiritual Knowledge by Dallas Willard
-In a Pit with a Lion on a Snowy Day: How to Survive and Thrive When Opportunity Roars by Mark Batterson
-Primal: A Quest for the Lost Soul of Christianity by Mark Batterson
-Wild Goose Chase: Reclaim the Adventure of Pursuing God by Mark Batterson

Ministry
-It: How Churches and Leaders Can Get It and Keep It by Craig Groeschel
-The Principle of the Path: How to Get from Where You Are to Where You Want to Be by Andy Stanley
-Execution: The Discipline of Getting Things Done by Larry Bossidy, Ram Charan, and Charles Burck

Suggestions

Heres a few things to consider reading…most changed my life…

all youre leaders have read these

-A Tale of three Kings: A Study in Brokenness by Gene Edwards
-Absolute Surrender by Andrew Murray
-Crazy Love: Overwhelmed by a Relentless God by Francis Chan
-Forgotten God: Reversing Our Tragic Neglect of the Holy Spirit by Francis Chan

Couple More from great leaders

-The Way of a Worshiper by Buddy Owens
-The Irresistible Revolution: Living as an Ordinary Radical by Shane Claiborne
-Life Together: The Classic Exploration of Faith in Community by Dietrich Bonhoeffer
-A Year with Dietrich Bonhoeffer: Daily Meditations from His Letters, Writings, and Sermons by Dietrich Bonhoeffer

Got some suggestions for me??? Love to hear ‘em!!

Wed Not So ‘PG’

Shane Carroll — Mon, 01 Mar 2010 18:04:10 +0000

Working on Wed message and sifting though the details I want to share surrounding Sex, relationships, marriage bed, and what God has in it all for us. He designed us to first Love Him, and then designed us to live life with someone else, and in the context of marriage He designed us to have Sex.

To top it off Im going to read and respond some of your ‘Sex Box’ q’s and share a story from someone in our community who failed, failed, failed, and failed again, then failed in marriage through the abuse of Sex, and is now fighting to save whats left of their marriage. Like many of us, they are healing growing and building trust in the reality that living PURE isnt just a fairytale and choosing the path of HOPE, Gods design, is the only shot we have for truth and purpose.

We are going to share honestly about Gods design, what is good, what isn’t and where we can and shouldn’t go…With that said I want to warn you that this service is going to be anything but ‘PG.’ If you know people who have been destroyed by sex, addicted to it, or abused others with it, even in the context of LOVE and fun, bring them Wed. Take some time this week to talk with your family, mentors, and community group leaders about what we discuss WED its pivotal to world change through sex…The ‘Best Sex Ever’ is out there…Jesus has the purpose and the Truth for us…chasing it Wed…come with open hearts and willing souls.

live//PC

Be a ‘Catalyst’ in an ‘Unusual Tomorrow’

Shane Carroll — Mon, 01 Mar 2010 17:48:07 +0000

April 21-23 your leaders will be heading down to OC to engage in the leading conversation on the NXTgen movement ‘Catalyst.’ Rick Warren, Andy Stanley and a ton of other big hitters will be there to bring strategy and spiritual insight to what it means to be a leader in an uncertain world of an ‘Unusual Tomorrow’ and understand the impact we are making for the Kingdom…(in fact our friend Tony Wood will be sharing at one of the LABS!) you should join us!!

Huge week/weekend of inspiration, hope, and passionate worship…dont miss it…

heres the 411…

Catalyst West

Vid Blog//Sex Rehab Part 3

Shane Carroll — Mon, 01 Mar 2010 02:26:36 +0000

Video Blog #2// Sex Rehab

What We Believe and Why We Act

Shane Carroll — Thu, 25 Feb 2010 00:29:01 +0000

Sex…just the word for many conjurs up crazy images and for some terrible realities…While I dont know what it does for you to read that word there is a common place we can agree, we were created for it. From the nervous systems immaculate design to our emotional and hormonal responses to everyday life, there is a fair chance you will agree that we were created for it…

But we have been lied to, and are continually lied to every single day by a culture that doesnt understand the possibility for BEST SEX EVER. Today most of us believe some short lived experience or an orgasm is all thats really out there…and if we ‘do it’ with someone we are ‘in love with’ then that is the perfect place and the ’safest way’ to not get hurt…

Truth is we are drawn toward sex becuase we were created to do it!! But God’s design had one principle to it we miss, marriage. So what do we beleive? We are supposed to have sex (bible even encourages/commands those married to do it!) and why do we act, simple we were wired to…

So much confusion surrounding such a simple thing…more tonight on why we buy the lie…

Best Sex Ever can be yours…

Sex Rehab…vid blog 1

Shane Carroll — Wed, 17 Feb 2010 22:07:46 +0000

‘Best Sex Now’

Shane Carroll — Wed, 17 Feb 2010 21:46:08 +0000

February is the month of Love/Sex. Somewhere those 2 things get mixed up, our response, lets see what God and Jesus say about sex and love. This Wed kicks off PURE’s Sex Rehab month of sex. So heres what were doing and how you can jump in with us and spread the ‘Best Sex Now’ cause. Every where we turn today we are told that the best sex we can imagine should be done this way or in this place, time, or position (graphic I know but very true). ‘Best Sex Now’ means we believe that there is aperfect way to experience the most intimate act, emotion, and bond we experience as people…

1. Right Click on the picture below and save it!

2. Upload it and make it your profile pic on all your social media…Twitter, Facebook, Myspace, etc…

3. Start posting and make sure #bestsexnow is tagged to everything you post, say or do!

4. Get to PURE on Wed and bring everyone you know and care about!!

-Shane

live//PC