Did you know that when we continue our battle against our sexual brokenness one of the tools our enemy uses against us is our own feelings of condemnation? Condemnation really sucks…right? So, let’s focus on that today and try to find some relief from this lying accusation and dreading its existence in our lives. Now …
Addiction…beats the crap out of its victims. Over time whether it is alcohol, drugs, porn, food, gambling, or masturbation, or any combination…addictions are powerful and without help, one will rarely find freedom apart from a miracle from God…or finding a program of recovery that works…if you work the program. For the past 3 days, we …
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For the past two emails/podcasts we have been looking at why recovery from our sexual brokenness is so difficult. We know that inside of every believer is something the Bible calls our flesh or our sinful nature and sorry to inform you of this, but we will all have it in us until we die. …
I do not know about you…but I have no problem believing that we have an external enemy with whom we must do battle. That enemy first appears as a serpent in the Garden of Eden tempting Adam and Eve to eat the fruit from the tree God told them to not eat…the Tree of the …
Some people like to live in a world of fantasy even when it has no basis in facts. Those of us who have become addicted to porn and sex are experts in creating fantasy in our minds and now can easily find almost any fantasy we want to participate in online. We are fantasy experts …
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Listen…there is no way to soften this or to make this easy. To live a Christ-like life in this world of ours is growing more and more challenging. It is not an easy thing to do. Even Jesus told His disciples this while He was with them. “Behold, an hour is coming, and has already …
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Sixteen years ago, today, my world of living a double life and having the truth be revealed happened. I thought I would share with you what happened and hopefully give you all some hope as you walk out your own recovery. I am not holding my example up as something you should try and imitate…because …
In 1964, when I was 11, my mom had gone back to work and figured she did not have time to prepare my normal home-cooked breakfast before I headed off to school. American ingenuity saves the day with Carnation Instant Breakfast. Originally a packet of dry powder mixed with milk and that, we were told, …
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I want you to imagine with me that your relationship with God is like being part of a family. You were born again by the Spirit, and you were brought into the family of God. You were placed into your new home because He rescued us out of the kingdom of darkness and has placed …
How do I know that? Will praying this prayer really make us stronger? Well, I have this strong tendency to just make things up…oops that isn’t true…anymore. I know it is true because it is a prayer directly from the Bible. It is the prayer by Paul prayed for the church in Ephesus and I …
