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Post by Will on Jun 22, 2018 15:45:06 GMT -7
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Post by Deleted on Jun 27, 2018 18:55:20 GMT -7
Hi guys. I am sad to report that I have been in a pattern of sin recently. Some of you probably already guessed that because of my absence.
I'm not really sure where I'm at right now. I want to be obedient to God, I want to move forward in my walk with Christ, but when I am faced with temptation; I stumble immediately. I've recognized that I can't beat the Enemy on my own, and that I must rely on God, but I feel stuck. Maybe something else in my life is blocking me from moving forward, I dunno. Please pray that God makes things clearer.
I apologise,(again) for not being active. I can make all the excuses I want, but I believe it boils down to my own pride. I'm sorry.
Thank you all for your prayers, even when I was absent. I love you all. I pray that God continues to lead me back here.
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Post by Deleted on Jun 27, 2018 21:36:05 GMT -7
Hey Noah. Glad to hear from you. Would love to hear from you even when you are stumbling. It helps to tell others that you are struggling. The rest of us can step up our prayer coverage over you and offer you encouragement when you are battling. It also kinda of helps you too. Admitting to your sinning helps arrest your thought processes and gets you to think about what you are doing.
This isn't an easy road little brother but you can do this. Remember who you are...a son of God and one of His warriors.
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Post by Will on Jun 27, 2018 23:29:11 GMT -7
Hi Noah,
yes it is great to hear from you whatever is going on in your walk. It sure is super tough. But all that is required of us I believe is to keep going and not give up. Am reminded of the movie 'Merrill's Marauders'. It's a great WWII movie. They are in the jungle and have to march for hundreds of miles to get back to safety. The leader, Merrill, has a saying that he just keeps repeating. When men are giving up and falling and not getting back up and saying to him 'General, we can't walk another hundred miles', he says 'you don't have to, all you have to do is take one more step'. They eventually make it. True story!
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Post by Deleted on Jun 28, 2018 8:06:39 GMT -7
Hello Noah, I understand where you are right now. I was there too. God is able to get you out of this mess. You have to let the Word of God search out your motives and intentions. Here is one that keeps me going to seek God.
(John 3:19 [ESV2011]) And this is the judgment: the light has come into the world, and people loved the darkness rather than the light because their works were evil.
So I ask myself, Jesus is here, but I love my self and my sin, but Jesus is here, so do I go to my self and sin? If you do, then that means "we love darkness rather than the light".. what does that mean really. We love our way and ourselve rather than Jesus. But we think, 'I'm a Christian, I love God first', but look at our fruits.
I'm not trying to beat you up. The Devil does that already. I am trying to use God's Word expose our (not just you), but out true problem.
When it comes to sexual sins, we are doing a Product of what our root is. Like a bad tree produces bad fruit (See Matthew 7), our bad heart productes bad produce (lust of the flesh, lust of the eys, pride of life the Bible says...and all the sins listed in Galatian 5:19-21).
So our root problem is ......
We are serving sex as a God..... We are involved in idolatry...... we are deceived perhaps that we are saved and we might not be.....
The scriptures ask us to exmaine ourselves...... Where we do not line us, repent, that means, come to God broken like the sinner who beat his chest and ask God to have mercy on you for you are a sinner.
I do acts of lust because I am a sinner. I am a person who lusts because that is my nature.
We need a new nature. We ned to be born-again (John 3:3 unless you are born again, you can't enter into the kingdom of heaven Jesus says"
Now ask yourself.... Am I truly born again? Do I know that if I died right now...would I be told "we'll done good and faithful servant or depart from me, I never knew you"
Seriously think of those words.
(Matthew 7:21-23 [ESV2011]) Not everyone who says to me, Lord, Lord, will enter the kingdom of heaven, but the one who does the will of my Father who is in heaven. On that day many will say to me, Lord, Lord, did we not prophesy in your name, and cast out demons in your name, and do many mighty works in your name? And then will I declare to them, I never knew you; depart from me, you workers of lawlessness.
Those words put chills into me and I want those precious words of Jesus to give you the same feeling too.
But fear is not enough, we need to understand God's grace now. When God has brought you to broken state, you cry out to God for help and beg Him for deliverance from sin. Keep asking God to bring you to Himself and open your eyes, and change your heart.
This are all works of God and we can't imitate it or do God's work for God, you know what I'm saying? We need help so bad. We are sick like lepers.
Our heart is this nasty infestation of corruption who loves sex, sins, lust, and just is (by nature) God-hating. We are God-haters, but God wants to change us, wants to forgive us, wants us to know Him and why we are put on this earth. We are put here to tell others and help others to know God, help serve the body of Christ (the world-wide church of God), and we can't do this if we are involved into sins.
As a Christian, you are given free from sin, the power of the Holy Spirit to use God's Word as a sword and fight. So fight.
Remember Matthew 4 when the Lord Jesus was hungry but Jesus used the Word of God to fight. This is what we need. God's Word in us ready for the time when the Devil comes and the Devil will come.
For now, if the internet is a stumbling block, get rid of it for now, if it's a girlfriend, commit to Jesus and break off the immoral relationship, love will wait and not give in. lust will not wait but want it (sex) now. God did not design us for that but for waiting until God brings someone He wants your way. If it's social media, delete the accounts, If it's phone numbers, change your phone number, cancel the contract,
Get real with God, tell your pastor and find Christian brothers in your area. If you don't have any....ask God to show you. God bless you Noah.
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Post by Deleted on Jun 28, 2018 20:56:25 GMT -7
Hey guys, just checking up again. Thanks for responding. Today has been without stumbling into sin. (Praise Jesus!). Sometimes I get discouraged by only making it one day without giving in to temptation, but Will reminds me that it's a step-by-step journey. Thanks for that Will. I would really like to find someone to talk about my addiction with. I pray about it every day, and I'd like to think that I'm on the lookout for someone right, but so far I just feel lost. Please continue to pray for that area of my life guys. Thanks. Thank you for all of that Dominic! I believe whole-heartedly that I am saved. But examining my life, I can see a lot of thing that need to change, (not just my lust). I have issues with lying, pride, selfishness, an unforgiving heart, anger, etc..... When I get prideful, God shows me a bunch of stuff I have problems in, and in that He shows me my great and constant need for a Savior! I can never live life perfectly on my own, and often times I try to do just that: I try to live a Godly life, without GOD. It's kind of ironic and silly now that I think of it. But only God can lift me out of sin. Only God can't keep me from falling. And most of the time I try doing it on my own. Lol. Please pray that God continues to humble me, and bring me to the place where I trust in Him, and I stop trying to fight on my own. Again, thank you all for the prayers! I really appreciate it. And I'm praying for you guys!
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Post by Deleted on Jun 29, 2018 19:18:28 GMT -7
Hiya guys. Checkin' in again. I'm trying to check in at least once a day. Just so I can get in a better habit of being active here. 🙂
Today was pretty good. There were a few moments where I could've let my eyes go astray at work, and I definitely felt the temptation to do so, but I didn't act out. Other than that, nothing specifically big happened today.
I did get to spend some time with a good friend of mine tonight, so I had some good fellowship with him and his wife. Recently I've been feeling pretty lonely and disconnected from my friends, so it was good to spend time with this friend. 😁 God is faithful to provide!
Anyways, that's all for today. Thanks guys.
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Post by savedbygrace on Jun 30, 2018 9:35:39 GMT -7
Two great choices today. Thank you Jesus!
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Post by Deleted on Jun 30, 2018 21:15:54 GMT -7
Checkin' up yet again. Nothing new right now. I still haven't given into the temptation, and it has been there quite a bit. I know Satan is going to hit me much harder though, so I pray that God continues to sustain me when that time comes. I have a prayer request though, (not PN related). So a few days ago my family and I were working on getting rid of all the poison ivy weeds out of our yard, and, (you guessed it), I have rashes all over my chest and arms now. Lol. It's pretty miserable, so please pray that the rashes go away soon. Thanks guys. Thank you all for the prayers, and I'm still praying for you guys!
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Post by Deleted on Jul 1, 2018 8:08:15 GMT -7
Praying hon. Have you tried calamine lotion with benadryl in it? That should help some with the rashes.
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Post by Deleted on Jul 1, 2018 15:39:39 GMT -7
Hey Amy, thanks for the prayers. I put some cream with Calamine on my rashes, I'm not sure if it has benedryl in it though.
As for my check up with all of you guys, things are good right now. I thought I would fall earlier, but I prayed that God would pull me out of the situation and He did. Honestly, I know that that was all God, because on my own I would've fallen into sin immediately. Grateful that God reminded me to pray.
That's it for now. I'll check in again today if anything happens or changes. Thanks guys.
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Post by Deleted on Jul 2, 2018 13:33:42 GMT -7
Hey guys.
Today has been without incident thus far. I've definitely been tempted a lot today though. God keeps coming through when I need it. I couldn't have gotten this far on my own. Normally I would've given up after day one. I believe God is working on my heart; realigning my priorities and goals. I'm slowing getting to a point where my desire for God overwhelms my lustful desires.
That's all for now. Thank you all for the prayers!
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Post by Deleted on Jul 3, 2018 7:50:50 GMT -7
This war is won in the small victories. Which you are experiencing now. Each battle makes you stronger as long as you don't give up. Stay vigilant.
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Post by Deleted on Jul 3, 2018 10:12:01 GMT -7
Thanks for posting Amy. Sometimes I overlook the small victories, but you're right; the war is won in small victories. The small steps matter.
Today has been pretty hard. The enemy has been hitting me hard, but God has been faithful, and has been holding me from falling. I know the day isn't over yet though. Satan isn't finished with me yet. I must remain on guard. Prayer is a huge tool for me to fight temptation. It renews my mind and heart, and gets me focusing on God. Even when the temptation is still there, after prayer I can see the temptation for what it actually is; lies.
That's all I got for now. I'll check in again if anything changes. Thanks guys! God is good!
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Post by Deleted on Jul 3, 2018 12:21:18 GMT -7
Well guys, I slipped up today. I let myself get on a slippery slope of fantasizing "just a little bit", and it led to me watching PN. It ended as quickly as it started, so I'm grateful that it didn't last longer. But there is no excuse for my sin. It feels pretty cruddy right now... *sigh*
I know that it feels pretty bad now, but when I look back, I can see that I made it farther than I normally would go. It wasn't much, but it was something. Today I lost focus, but if I keep on looking back to God, reading and meditating upon His Word, praying, and staying accountable, then I will go farther tomorrow! Not by own strength, but by God's.
Finally, brothers and sisters, whatever is true, whatever is noble, whatever is right, whatever is pure, whatever is lovely, whatever is admirable---if anything is excellent or praiseworthy---think about such things. Philippians 4:8
Do not be conformed to the pattern of the world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind. Then you will be able to test and approve what God's will is---His good, pleasing and perfect will. Romans 12:2
Those who trust in themselves are fools, but those who walk in wisdom are kept safe. Proverbs 28:26
You were taught, with regard to your former way of life, to put off your old self, which is being corrupted by its deceitful desires; to be made new in the attitude of your minds; and to put on the new self, created to be like God is true righteousness and holiness. Ephesians 4:22-24
So I say, walk by the Spirit, and you will not gratify the desires of the flesh. Galatians 5:16
Let us not become weary in doing good, for at the proper time we will reap a harvest if we do not give up. Galatians 6:9
These are just some verses I want to meditate on. I just wanted to share them with you guys.
Thanks for the prayers guys. Love you all! God is faithful!
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