In this episode Scott continues
his conversation with Jason Martinkus who leads Redemptive Living,
which helps men who are struggling to restore their sexual
integrity.
Read Galatians 6:2. Have you
ever approached the church or a counselor for help with issues
related to sexual brokenness and idolatry? What was your experience
like with each? What can the church do better to deal with these
issues? When men are in crisis, where do they tend to go if left to
their own resources? Where do you go? What do you know about how to
get help?
One of the huge disservices we
do in church culture at large is we don’t talk about issues
honestly. Jason acknowledged that most guys are struggling in some
way. He made the assertion that, in one room at a conference, there
were men who are having sex with animals, inanimate objects, women,
children, transvestites. How does that hit you or how do you
respond to that reality?
Eventually, God says, “Enough.”
He doesn’t allow the dysfunction and sickness in us to go on any
longer. Why does He do this? Have you experienced this kind of
moment when God puts His foot down and says, “This far… no
further...”? What happened?
Men sometimes try to manipulate
their wife into changing, thinking they will somehow solve their
own problem in that way. We shift the blame onto her, abdicating
responsibility for our place to lead and love and serve. What kind
of damage is done in your relationship and/or in your wife’s life
when you do this?
Wives desperately believe
there’s a good man in their husbands. They long for that man to
come through. They want so badly for you to become everything they
hoped you would be, to step into who God has made you to be. About
what issues and areas of your life do you need to get honest with
your group and your bride? Will you start that journey toward
freedom right now, allowing the truth to break the
chains?
Read John 8:31-32. One final
question: Do you need to reach out for help?
Jason said, “We’ve got to get
ahead of this.” It starts with you doing the deeper work and goes
on to lives like yours being redeemed to help the next generation.
Learn more about the work Jason is doing and the services his
ministry provides at redemptiveliving.com or
rlforwomen.com.
About the Podcast
Locker room is a men's podcast from Southland Christian Church in Kentucky. When you think about the kinds of conversation that happen in locker rooms you probably think about vulgar, childish and demeaning language. In this podcast we are redeeming men's conversations by talking about the right things in the right ways.