Guardrail - a system designed to keep vehicles from straying into dangerous or off-limit areas.

The "Series Definition" - a personal standard of behavior that becomes a matter of conscience.

Two Ditches in Finances:

1. Consuming

2. Hoarding

Jesus' definition of greed: The assumption that it is all for my consumption.

How do we break the power of greed in our lives? It is a habit that you develop. If you make the following habit in your life, you will break the power of greed in your life.

1. Give: The first 10% of your income goes to God.

2. Save: This 10% goes to the "what ifs" in your life. (i.e. What if I get sick? What if I lose my job? What about the future?)

3. Live: This is the consumption stage. The other two need to happen before this stage is even an option.

Matthew 6:24, "No one can serve two masters. Either you will hate the one and love the other, or you will be devoted to the one and despise the other. You cannot serve both God and money."

Guardrail - a system designed to keep vehicles from straying into dangerous or off-limit areas.

The "Series Definition" - a personal standard of behavior that becomes a matter of conscience.

Key Points for Married People:

1. Don't travel with someone of the opposite sex.

2. Don't eat alone or have coffee alone with someone of the opposite sex.

3. Don't hire "cute" members of the opposite sex because you want to help them.

4. Don't confide in or counsel someone of the opposite sex.**

5. When you feel an attraction toward a specfic person, tell someone immediately.

6. Make sure your spouse knows where your guardrails are so he or she can be comfortable with them and hold you accountable to them.

**Some of us are professional helpers. Or some of us are supervisors at work where we need to have private conversations with an employee of the opposite sex. Do one of these two things:

1. Make sure your spouse knows about your conversations

2. Make use of an accountability partner

Key Point For the Single Person:

1. In any relationship with a married person of the opposite sex, apply the principles for married people.

2. No sleepovers!

3. In your social environment, if a date has become equivalent to having sex, the decide on a one-year break from relationships

Guardrail - noun - a system designed to keep vehicles from straying into dangerous or off-limit areas.

Key Question: What would it look like if we established some of these guardrails in our lives? What if we established some guardrails that would become a matter of conscience for us?

Our Definition for the purpose of this series: Guardrail - is a personal standard of behavior that becomes a matter of conscience

"Walk with the wise and become wise, for a companion of fools eventually suffers harm." Your friends will largely determine the direction and quality of your life.

Pastor Rocky brings a great message called, "The Word and the Hypocrite" and we are excited to share this with you! Enjoy this message that challenges us to walk the walk and talk the talk. Don't be a hypocrite and say one thing and act another way. Live the example of Christ and allow Him to consume you with a fire, creating a burning passion in your heart!

We all know logos and symbols like:

Nike

McDonalds

Mercedes-Benz

Do you know what the main symbol is for the Christian faith? The Cross.

As Christians, we are called to take up our cross daily and walk with Him. Are you willing to nail your troubles, trials, sins to that Cross?