- Have we made winning the race of sexual purity a priority of our lives? There are many other things to distract us from running. We could play computer games or excel in our business or just hang around. But we must have, a passion to win. Sometimes it is guilt; at other times shame. Whatever the case, we must model our lives after real runners. Those running marathons must change their lives around so that they can accomplish this great goal of finishing the race. We will talk about these decisions because they are life-impacting decisions. We need to know how they impact our lives and that they are long lasting. It is smply not good enough to say to ourselves, "If I stop following sexual sins for just one month I will be alright." Just as foolish is, "If I conquer sexual sins for 5 years it will be enough." We need to run a pure race right to the end of our days. Changes in our thinking and habits must be adopted if we are going to do this. Here are some challenging questions to think about your own determination.

• Do I consider that sexual purity is one of the top priorities of my life?
  
• Am I willing to give up things other people consider as rights in life so I can win?
  
• Am I willing to make sacrifices?
  
• Am I willing to persevere through testing times because of those priorities?
  
• What is more important in life? These will become the key testing points in the race ahead?
  
  
  

Is sexual purity a priority in my life?
This should be a secondary priority in our lives. Sexual purity comes from first loving God and trusting His judgments of good of it. We have to trust Him His ways are best until we can later in life see it for ourselves. Gaining and holding to a sexually pure life has everything to our two commitments to God and our spouse. Because I want to be friends with God, then I must observe His commandments of living a sexually moral life. Because I want to please my wife, I will by God's grace keep from sexually impure things.
Convictions brings priorities
If we see our lives developing other priorities that conflict with another, then we should know that our convictions are under attack.