* When God gives us blessings, He wraps boundaries around them.

* Our first two blessings - Authority & Ability:

* * Authority over the Garden - boundary was the trees.

* * Ability to create - boundary was marriage.

* Satan attacks our boundaries so he can rob us of our blessing.

* Boundaries aren’t meant to keep you from good things - they are meant to keep bad things from you.

* Boundaries:

* 1) Give you freedom.

* 2) Give you control.

* 3) Protect your blessings.

* EX: Rocky w/the invisible fence.

* Vs 18:1-5 - God had to outline boundaries around sex. Why?

* Because Satan attacks our boundaries to keep us from our blessing.

* Purpose of sex is intimacy.

* Product of sex is life.

* This is why God made it pleasurable.

* If the pleasure overtakes the purpose we forfeit the product.

* ** This chapter isn’t just about sex, but about boundaries!

* You need better boundaries if:

* 1) You aren’t experiencing freedom.

* 2) You feel out of control.

* 3) Your blessings have become curses (Eve w/birth, Adam w/work).

* What do you do? ESTABLISH & ENFORCE!

* Establish Boundaries:

* 1) Prioritize your time, tasks, relationships.

* 2) Say “no” to anything that disrupts.

* 3) Refuse to feel guilty.

* Enforce Boundaries:

* 1) Bring someone in.

* 2) Give an account (weekly).

* Steven Reigns, a licensed marriage and family therapist - “Sometimes assertiveness isn’t needed for boundary setting as much as personal tolerance for being uncomfortable.”