1. JOSEPH: DON’T GIVE IN GENESIS 39:1-12

2. Learn To Resist… The temptation to GIVE IN (today) The temptation to GIVE UP (next week) The temptation to GET EVEN (final week)

3. Stats on Sexual Sin In 41% of marriages one or both spouses admit to a physical or emotional affair. By age 20, 75% of Americans have had premarital sex. 64% of men and 18% of women use porn weekly – it’s an addiction. 51% of boys and 32% of girls have seen porn before age 13.

4. Stats on Sexual Sin U.S. Department of Justice “Never before in the history of telecommunications media in the United States has so much indecent (and obscene) material been so easily accessible by so many minors in so many American homes with so few restrictions.”

5. If we don’t learn to resist and teach our children to resist, sexual sin will sideline a whole generation of God’s people.

6. Joseph Tempted It’s forceful & in-your-face (v7) It’s incessant (v10-11)

7. How to Resist 1.Refuse to make excuses My life stinks! I’m expected to say yes. I deserve a little fun.

8. How to Resist 1.Refuse to make excuses Choose to believe that there is NEVER an excuse for sin

9. How to Resist 1.Refuse to make excuses 2.Remember God’s blessings The power of sexual temptation lies in the belief that we’re missing out.

10. How to Resist 1.Refuse to make excuses 2.Remember God’s blessings Ingratitude inflames temptation. Gratitude suffocates temptation.

11. How to Resist 1.Refuse to make excuses 2.Remember God’s blessings 3.Recognize the cost of giving in Sexual temptation always tries to diminish the cost of giving in.

12. The Cost of Sexual Sin Is a great evil against God Can lead to unintended pregnancy & disease Creates addiction Destroys marriages Supports an enslaving industry

13. How to Resist 1.Refuse to make excuses 2.Remember God’s blessings 3.Recognize the cost of giving in 4.Remove yourself from the source Avoided temptation whenever possible (v10) Ran when it was not (v12)

14. If you Feel Guilty You are not alone You are not beyond forgiveness

15. Notes & Sermon Audio Grace Bible Church @GraceBibleBlake Grace Bible Texas App Next week: Joseph – Don’t Give Up