Successful Student

Thu, Mar 26, 2009

Course Specific Materials
Dear Friend,
This is written for those who are enrolled in the Way of Purity/Door of Hope
Course and are actively pursuing freedom from pornography and sexual
impurity.
As of today many students have signed up to go through these course, we
have noted some similarities, and we wanted to present these to you to help
you to be a "successful student" that gets free from all forms of sexual
impurity. Below are 10 things that successful students do who become free
from impurity.
The following description is of someone who has completed the The Way of
Purity course. Coming into purity is a process, and the idea is to implement
these truths as soon as possible. Feel free to print these out and review them
often.
1--Students who get free from impurity persist , they do not drop out. There
will come all sorts of difficulties in the life of one seeking freedom, but
those who get free are those who do their course work daily. Also, they do
no more than one lesson per day. Those who ?fast track? and do more than a
lesson a day evidence that their goal is to finish the course, not get free from
impurity.
2--Students who get free from impurity become broken before the Lord.
They begin to realize that all their zeal for God had no basis in reality and
truth, but was most likely from mere emotionalism. This realization hits
them hard, for they are shown that they have been hypocritical, both in their
supposed love for God and in their understanding of who they themselves
are. There is a heavy dose of reality that sweeps over the one who is
breaking free, that his past life has been one of deception, of mask wearing,
of hypocrisy. This wounds his heart and crushes his spirit, and he begins to
be broken before the Lord. This is the beginning of genuine repentance,
without which nobody ever gets free.
3--Students who get free from impurity interact often with their mentor at
Setting Captives Free, and daily with their accountability partner. They
answer questions the mentor asks them, they respond to emails their mentor
sends and they listen to their mentor's advice.
4--Students who get free from impurity are best noted for their humility.
They do not attempt to instruct others who are walking in freedom, they do
not set themselves up as a judge of the course material, and they ask
questions of their mentor seeking to learn and apply the answers given.
There is rarely any strife, for those who are humble accept correction
without chafing at it, they defer to others, and they respond to rebuke with
grace and kindness.
5--Students who get free from impurity allow themselves no access to
anything that would cause them to stumble. They radically amputate all
access to their former slave haunts and, because they know they would fall
in a weak moment if they had access, they are zealous to maintain no way to
get to their former enjoyments.
6--Students who get free from impurity have learned the importance of daily
union and communion with Jesus. They learn to go to Jesus Christ when
their heart needs healing, when their souls are empty, and when they are
hurting and need to be "medicated." Whereas in the past the habit was to
turn to pornography, masturbation, chatting, or other idols, now the heart is
resolved to go to Christ alone, for these students are finding true rest and
peace in Jesus. Those who only cut off the pornography or other idols, but
do not learn to commune with Christ daily, or to go to Christ when buffeted,
always end up back in sin.
7--Students who get free from impurity have confessed their sins to those
they have wronged and to others who can help them with accountability.
Those students who hide their sin never prosper by getting free; they always
fall back. This is because guilt is a magnet, which drags the soul back into
impurity. That magnet is destroyed through the blood of Jesus and through
confession of sin. Successful students seek help in knowing when and how
much to confess to their spouse, children, pastor, friends..etc.
8--Students who get free from impurity normally make use of every help
that is available to them through Setting Captives Free and their local church
(such as the discussion groups, newsletters...etc.)
9--Male students who get free from impurity, and who are married, seek to
strengthen the intimate relationship with their wife. They lead the home in
servitude, and seek to assist their wife through evidencing godly leadership.
Both male and female students that get free understand that the devil will try
to get in and weaken unity in the marriage, and they make every effort to
maintain oneness and closeness with their spouse, regardless of all the things
that seek to detract from that blessing.
10--Finally, students who get free from impurity learn to guard their hearts
and to watch out for backsliding. They know the truth that a little slip could
mean permanent slavery, therefore, they are overly cautious to avoid sin
traps, to watch unto prayer, and to maintain accountability.