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Post by Deleted on Nov 24, 2005 4:21:56 GMT -7
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Post by Deleted on Nov 24, 2005 4:42:11 GMT -7
It is worth it to press through this!!!! .....so worth it!!!! Even though the enemy will tell you otherwise! Thank you for your honesty here! Sounds like a good book!
One thing I think we sometimes believe as christians is that we just have to try harder, but keep pressing, my friend! God is able to diminish and even remove those images! It's like a drug addict going through the shakes of withdrawal for a time, though, but it is good......keep going....read, pray, connect, exercise, call a friend, exercise harder, etc.... Whatever it takes! God will carry you through this! You can depend on Him!
continuing in prayer, captivated
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Post by Deleted on Nov 25, 2005 1:27:46 GMT -7
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Post by Deleted on Nov 25, 2005 6:02:34 GMT -7
Go down to the Y and work out. Steve and I would suggest that you go for a bike ride...Go and volunteer your time, find a wholesome book...and keep going. You are not alone. One day at a time. Let Him lead you.
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Post by Deleted on Nov 25, 2005 6:28:58 GMT -7
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Post by Deleted on Nov 25, 2005 16:05:15 GMT -7
holdsworth, you did stop, and you stopped before things could have gotten worse...where you may have started to lose a battle....you stepped up and won in the end.
From what I read about temptations, and what I know about this specific temptation I know that it takes many battles to make it smaller, and it helps incredibly when you dont even have the means of doing it. When Im not anywhere near my computer.....Im never even remotely tempted......no matter how I feel.
But its awesome to hear that you stopped things before it got too far!
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Post by Deleted on Nov 25, 2005 19:53:54 GMT -7
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Post by Deleted on Nov 25, 2005 21:17:11 GMT -7
All that you guys are saying is so good....so, so real! I really appreciate the sincerity and realness I hear over and over here! We all want freedom or we wouldn't be here......we want Jesus! Sometimes it's seemed the biggest lie of the enemy we believe is that we're alone or that we're beyond God's ability to help (condemned) or that we just have to try harder with brute determination alone. Well, I was also thinking about how God's word is the sword of the Spirit and how we're to pick it up and use it to fight, like you all were saying.....AND how we're not alone in this....how the very Spirit of the ever-living God dwells inside of us through the blood of the risen Lamb! So, we're not only NOT condemned (Romans 8), but we have hope and we have power because He wants us free and gives us what we need to get there out of His great love as our perfect Father! ".....Not by might nor by power, but by my Spirit, says the Lord Almighty." Zechariah 4:6 See also Romans 8 and 2 Corinthians 2:5- 6:2 for more about how there's no condemnation for those in Christ and the power of the Spirit through Christ in us to change us from glory to glory! We are not alone! Praying for continued healthy connections for us all and for increasing degrees of the freedom we have in Christ to be experienced! Thanks for being real, you guys! Keep going! captivated
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Post by Deleted on Nov 26, 2005 12:44:04 GMT -7
Hi! Just signed up on this forum today, so I will share where I am at. I am a 17 year old guy from NSW, Australia and have grown up in the church all of my life. I have always been active in my church and church-school community. Slowly over the last 18 months I have found my self falling in to the path of porn addiction. Starting out just looking at pictures of celebrities, I found myself searching for topless pictures and the like. Soon I discovered the trap of TGPs and found myself looking every week. Recently it has turned to an almost daily struggle and have also found myself in the trap of masturbation. I have decided that this destructive path must stop if I am to have fruitful relationships in the future. I am in need of someone to keep me accountable - if you can, please PM me. Please help me in my struggle and thank you in advance for that. Yours sincerely, Is268
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Post by Deleted on Nov 27, 2005 5:04:52 GMT -7
Hi
I'm a female-I hope it's not a problem, but I have found what youy've all said a big help...thank you!
I struggle with all issues regarding lust, sex, promiscuity, and very recently I've discovered that I am drawn towards pornography. I lived for many years thinking it was ok to have foreplay with a partner, which inevitably went too far more than once. I felt so lost for such a long time that I kept falling into the same trap, over and over again, looking for comfort in physical relationships rather than truly looking to God.
A big factor coming between God and me was (is) my guilt I think...I still struggle with guilt now and just want to get over this barrier so I can rebuild my relationship with God and make sure I don't slip up again!
I'm afraid that my promiscuity has ruined my relationship with God for good...it feels like I'm the worst Christian ever. I have some amazing Christian mates, but it's so hard to speak to them. Please could you pray for me, thanks you guysx
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Post by Deleted on Nov 27, 2005 6:15:12 GMT -7
Adothetechy and Carli, Just wanted to welcome you both to the forums! No time to reply at length now, but I have prayed and will pray for both of you! If I could say one thing right now though it would be, "Don't listen to the enemy!" You ARE valuable and dearly loved through the shed blood of Christ AND you are never beyond His ability or desire to rescue and keep you close! Remember, God is greater and more powerful and has won the battle for us in Christ's death and resurrection victory. Now we're all learning what it means to walk in His victory by the power of the Holy Spirit and encouragement of the body of believers here on these forums! God is for us, so who can be against us? Ask Him to continue to lead you both in providing others to connect with locally in a healthy manner and ask Him to show you which books He wants you to read, to lead you by His Spirit, to bring the Bible to life for you....to show you how He wants to provide for the needs of your hearts because it's not just the outward obedience of not masturbating or never thinking a lustful thought He wants, but He desires so much more which will bless and nurture us and HAS so much more FOR us in His embrace which we could never find in the embrace of another "lover"!!! He wants to take our pain and sin and woundedness and turn it into something beautiful that shines and satisfies fully and is able to love others with pure devotion. Trust that He'll provide all you need in each situation to fight and win this battle more and more and don't let the enemy fool you into believing you are permanently condemned! Romans 8 Keep pressing....keep running the race for the prize and believe that the God of the universe is running it with and for you.....to capture ALL of your hearts!!! You are both on the right track connecting here.....you are both cared for and safe here..... and held in prayer for your freedom and sexual healing! Keep in touch and keep reading the mounds of wisdom and advice previously given on this web site's articles and forums. It will bless you! With care captivated
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Post by Deleted on Nov 27, 2005 22:31:44 GMT -7
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Post by isolated on Nov 29, 2005 5:51:14 GMT -7
hey holdsworth don't be isolated its not good and as far as the computer gos this may help you and others and it is somthing we try to put out of our mind I don't think all of these girls are willing that you see on the computer and the is very sad indeed think about that and you my stop ,we can not just please ourselfs ,we have to look at the big picture and it is not nice . you are in my prayers
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Post by Deleted on Nov 29, 2005 19:09:57 GMT -7
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Post by Deleted on Nov 29, 2005 20:24:44 GMT -7
Praise God! You guys are really an inspiration! He is working in you! Praying, too!
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