LIVING WISELY | Part 2: Desire, Doors, and Wells | Paul Dennison

In this sermon from Proverbs 5, Paul Dennison speaks about desire, temptation, marriage, sexual integrity, and covenant faithfulness.

Proverbs 5 is direct, honest, and deeply practical. It warns us that temptation often begins like honey but ends in bitterness. It teaches us not to go near the door of compromise, but to guard what is sacred and bring our desires under the wisdom of God.

This message is not only for married couples. Whether you are married, single, dating, divorced, widowed, wounded, tempted, or carrying regret, Proverbs 5 gives wisdom for walking the road of life faithfully before God.

The sermon explores five key takeaways:

• Wisdom begins when I become teachable before I become tempted.
• Sin shows you the honey, but wisdom shows you the wormwood.
• The wise person does not ask, “How close can I get?” but “What must I protect?”
• Faithfulness is not only avoiding the wrong person; it is actively pursuing your spouse.
• You do not defeat secrecy secretly. Freedom begins in the light.

We end at the communion table, remembering that Jesus does not only warn foolish people; He rescues foolish people. Where we have been unfaithful, He has been faithful. Where we have hidden in shame, He invites us into the light. Where sin has tied cords around us, He breaks the cords.