The Point of Purity Podcast

Your enemy, your spiritual foe isn’t just out to trip you up. His goal isn’t to simply play around with you and get you to occasionally mess up. He wants to devour you. He wants to consume every part of your life with selfishness, King Me worship, and darkness. This is serious stuff. This is why you must be firm in your faith, resolved to daily deny and die to self. This is why you must be committ...

Jehovah IS the stronghold of my life, right now. Right now. Right now. Present tense. Never ending. Never quitting. Never ceasing. Never failing to be my stronghold. Never. The Lord IS the stronghold of my life. When I state with confidence that the Lord IS my stronghold, I am boldly declaring that the enemy cannot touch me because I am - right here and right now - totally safe and completely secu...

The almighty, unchanging, all powerful, creator of the universe – God Himself -  cares about you! In Psalm 8:4 David asks of God, “What is man that you are mindful of him, and the son of man that you care for him?” In other words, How can the Holy, Almighty, Perfect and Sinless God of the Universe possibly care about me when I am such a screw-up? As hard as that may be to grasp, the fact is: God l...

In last week’s episode we took an in-depth look at Genesis 13 at this man named Lot, the nephew of Abraham. Lot was a man whom God called “righteous” in 2 Peter 2:7-8 ... yet he was also a man – as we will see today from our study of Genesis 19 – who lived a life that was characterized as anything but righteous. What lessons can we, what lessons must we learn from Lot’s lousy legacy so that we don...

Lot’s problems began with King Me sitting high and mighty on the throne of his heart. Genesis 13:11 tells us that "Lot chose for himself ." Because Lot was on the throne, he saw nothing wrong with the subsequent choices he was making. So here’s a vital question for you – whom is sitting upon the throne of YOUR heart? What are the things you are choosing for your self – and what are / or...

As you well know from your own personal experience, this journey to purity can be difficult and even a bit challenging at times. You find yourself doing things you’re not used to doing. You are trying to give up things that don’t want to be abandoned. There are moments where you may be tempted to just quit altogether. You find yourself wanting to give up and give in once-and-for-all to the overwhe...

All too often we approach the Bible as we would a buffet table. We pick and choose which passages of Scripture we want to read. We sample it. We “taste” it. If we like it, we’ll linger. If we don’t, we move on. We need to cry out, “Oh how I love your law! It is my meditation all the day.” We need to get to the point where you shout out “the law of (God’s) mouth is better to me than thousands of go...

Would you like to know how to escape the temptation trap and effectively say “No!” to Lust, Porn and Masturbation? Do you desire to avoid the snare altogether and stop giving in to the beast? Would you like to know how to live completely and unreservedly for God? Do you long for the time when you never have to lie to cover up your sin? Then you’ve come to the right place my friend. Learn more abou...

It is vital to your victory in this battle for purity that you fully comprehend that God always was, is, and ever will be all about His glory . Not yours, not mine, His – always His. He does all that He does because that's who He is. But the question looms - why? Why would a holy, just, and righteous God choose to save a sinful, selfish, wicked person such as me? In this episode we dig into S...

Welcome to today’s episode of the Point of Purity Podcast. A weekly study filled to the brim with the all the tools from Scripture you will ever need to build a lasting life of Biblical purity. All throughout the Bible God teaches us how to live for Him. This is why each and every episode of this podcast will never deviate from focusing entirely upon Scripture. It is God’s Word that is perfect, it...

Welcome to today’s episode of the Point of Purity Podcast. A weekly study filled to the brim with the all the tools from Scripture you will ever need to build a lasting life of Biblical purity. I’m your host Steve Etner, and in this episode, we are going to look at Psalm 25:7. God’s love for you is steadfast. His amazing love for you stands true forever – in spite of your sinful choices.  God’s lo...

Lust and porn will always give you bad counsel. We need God to guide us as we open His Word and navigate through His principles and precepts of purity. Who better to be your personal guide than the One who designed and created you? Welcome to episode #15 entitled “MY PURITY COACH”!  Learn more about the ministry of The Purity Coach at  http://www.thepuritycoach.com Check out our online training at...

Shame comes when you turn away from God in favor of worshiping a false god. Shame comes when you choose to disobey God's commands - going against His will in favor of the whims and wishes of King Me.    In today's episode we discuss "The Shame of Sexual Sin" and how to be free from experiencing that shame by living in victory over lust, porn addiction, and masturbation! Learn m...

Scripture is clear, we are to trust God. However, trusting God is far more than just believing in Him for your salvation. “Trust” in the Scriptures refers to having a bold confidence resulting in a sense of total security, surety and peace. It’s “placing all your eggs into one basket,” a basket that someone else is holding. It’s “putting all your weight” upon God with the firm conviction and assur...

In Romans 6:21 Paul asks: “What benefit did you reap at that time from the things you are now ashamed of?!”  What is the “benefit” your soul gets when you choose to give in to the sinful, selfish desires of the flesh?   What is the “benefit” your soul gets from choosing daily to deny what your flesh wants and instead fully surrender your heart to God? Only your flesh “benefits” from giving in to y...

Have you ever felt like God is angry at you for your sin, disappointed in you for your weaknesses, and punishing you for your repeated sinful choices? Has it felt like God’s left you all alone to fight the beast by yourself. Nothing could be further from the truth. Hebrews 13:6 tells us that “We can confidently say, ‘ The Lord is my helper ; I will not fear.” You can have confidence that when you...

You are daily engaged in spiritual warfare. You are on the front lines in this battle for sexual purity and you desperately need to know how to fight this war. You need the combat training that only God can give. You cannot afford to NOT be prepared! In today’s episode we begin a mini-series in which we will be studying Psalm 25 – a powerful text of Scripture that will help you be the person of pu...

Building a life of sexual purity doesn’t happen overnight, and like any building project – you must daily choose to use the right tools for the task.  There’s an old adage that says, “you can choose your actions, but you cannot choose the consequences.” Today in Episode 9 we are going to challenge that old adage. You see, You can choose the consequences by choosing your actions. We are going to ta...

“ If you do what is right, will you not be accepted? But if you do not do what is right, sin is crouching at your door; it desires to have you, but you must master it.” (Genesis 4:7) Choose to do what is right and you will be blessed. Choose to do what is wrong and you will suffer the penalty of your sinful, selfish choice. In this episode, we are going to talk about choosing sexual purity – it’s...

Do you desire to please God with your life? Do you also struggle with sinful thoughts and habits? There’s a conflict going on there, right? On the one hand there’s a desire to please God. Yet on the other there’s a strong desire to please self.   In Gal. 5:17 Paul reminds us that the flesh is in conflict with the spirit – and the spirit is in conflict with the flesh. They are opposed to each other...

When you choose to do what is wrong, choosing to do what you shouldn't instead of choosing to do what you should - what are the consequences? Choose to lust, look at porn, masturbate; choose to worship King Me, run after another god instead of the true God and you will experience the absence of genuine joy and perfect peace. You will know nothing but sorrow and sadness. That’s a fact of Scrip...

A  look at how the presents under the Christmas Tree can be used to represent Christ's death on the Cross. Part 3 is our final episode in this special Christmas Series showing you how to use the Christmas Tree and all the trimmings to teach your family about God's deliverance from your spiritual bondage to sin! SHARE HOW GOD IS USING THIS PODCAST! Support the show

An ongoing look at the Christmas tree from the perspective of using the Christmas tree as a symbol of Christ's death on the Cross. Part 2 talks about how to use the Christmas Tree Ornaments as an opportunity to teach your family about God's deliverance from your spiritual bondage to sin! SHARE HOW GOD IS USING THIS PODCAST! Support the show

A fun look at the Christmas tree from the perspective of using the Christmas tree as a symbol of Christ's death on the Cross. How to use the Christmas tree as an opportunity to teach your family about God's deliverance from your spiritual bondage to sin! SHARE HOW GOD IS USING THIS PODCAST! Support the show

Freedom from sexual impurity - victory over the 3-headed dragon of lust, porn, and masturbation sometimes feels like a mountain too high to climb and a wall too wide to go around and too solid to punch through. This journey to purity can be difficult and even a bit challenging at times. You find yourself doing things you’re not used to doing. You are trying to give up things that don’t want to be...