So what steps should we take in order to dig our way out of our sexual ruts?

• Begin by always confessing your sin to God.  “If we confess our sins, [God] is faithful and righteous to forgive us our sins and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness” (1 John 1:9).
  
  

• Become a part of a caring and confronting community, a small group of men with men and women with women.  Memorize Scripture and pray together.  “Therefore, confess your sins to one another, and pray for one another so that you may be healed.  The effective prayer of a righteous man can accomplish much” (James 5:16).
  
  

• Whatever is dragging you down into your sexual rut must be dramatically and definitively extracted from you life: all pornography from whatever source, any person or thing that is sexually imploding on your life, etc.  Keep this commitment before God and your support group on a regular basis.
  
  

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