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Post by Deleted on Jun 9, 2020 21:16:42 GMT -7
Dear Lord, please help Will to walk after your ways. Please give him victory over the battle over the flesh and mind. We need your help Lord Jesus. In Jesus' name. Amen.
Will, listen to the Word online and Worship songs. If anything is triggering, run like Joseph. If you don't want to run, pray to have a heart change. You have a will and just (like me) need to surrender it, giving up our rights to Jesus, and let him help you. The more we feed the lust, the lust is never satisfied, and we just lose and die in the end.
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Post by savedbygrace on Jun 10, 2020 8:36:18 GMT -7
Yes, as we all know so well, it's never, never satisfied. Always pulls us for more.
As familiar as this Scripture is, I have come to it again in my reading.... Romans chapter 8. Every word is so important. This is the walk that satisfies!!! (I'm preaching this to myself again also)
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Post by javajake on Jun 10, 2020 8:39:41 GMT -7
I found with a few of my success's during that strong pull to act out that going to the Lord and telling him I really want to look at porn and ask Him to help me. Next step is to get instantly busy. It does pass. We just used to giving in. Bad habits and all. Then on those occasions I pay attention I realize the urge has passed. But I have to keep my guard up cause many times it returns and I am faced with it again. And then I have to make those choices again. This is where I will fail many times. It's a battle Will but God's Word always work if we obey His orders. Press on brother Will!!
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Post by Deleted on Jun 11, 2020 23:10:05 GMT -7
being honest with God is good. God already knows what we want to ask before we ask.
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Post by Will on Jun 17, 2020 3:08:33 GMT -7
Hey guys,
thanks so much for your kind words and encouragement!! Praise God the last week has been better. Have reset my sobriety date as there was some indulgence of lust last Tuesday even if it didn't involve watching porn exactly. Have had a clean week praise God.
The Lord revealed something wonderful to me today: was listening to David Pawson's commentary on Mark (amazing, totally worth listening to), and realised something that had not really registered with me exactly before:
perhaps Jesus' biggest message of all, one He (and the whole rest of the Bible) repeats more times than any other: Do. Not. Fear.
This is a commandment of God. And the Lord gives us the solution to fear: Faith. He says 'you don't ever need to fear, ever again. You SHOULDN'T in fact. Nor worry. Only believe.'
If we BELIEVE Jesus and what He told us, that is have faith in Him, we will not fear. Ever, at all!
That is truly a blessing to me, as fear is something I struggle with a lot. Now I am determined not to struggle with it any more. Jettison fear! By believing in Jesus : )
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Post by Deleted on Jun 18, 2020 18:49:33 GMT -7
God is speaking to me on my lust because there are hints and wrong motives all in me and I need to repent to, even if not the same acting out, but it's the same sin of lust.
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Post by savedbygrace on Jun 19, 2020 8:56:57 GMT -7
Dear LOrd, thank you for my brother Will. Thank you for his sensitivity to sin in his thoughts. Please help him as he grows stronger in You. Thank you Jesus for your great love!!!
I love good books! And our pastor has been encouraging us to read more. For now, the one I can afford is the Bible. But of course it's the greatest of all! I'm reading it through, not in one year, but keeping at it. Doing 3 tracks, not straight through -(see biblestudytools.com).
Almost everywhere I read I find something good for the battle I'm in! One of today's tracks took me to Psalm 68. Powerful!
Romans 14:17 English Standard Version (ESV) For the kingdom of God is not a matter of eating and drinking but of righteousness and peace and joy in the Holy Spirit.
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Post by Will on Jun 22, 2020 4:56:55 GMT -7
Well just posted kind of an update on Savedbygrace's thread. Am doing okay, I think. With sobriety anyway. But weird things are happening. There's a lot of tension in our shared house at the moment, am worried it's me and all the anger, resentment and pride and aggression in me that's just under the surface because am wound up tight as a drum because it's not getting numbed away by the porn. Also other people in my shared house are struggling with porn. It's weird. But at the same time, I do believe some good is happening because praise God have not looked at 'porn' porn for some months, hence the enemy's attack with all this stuff coming to the surface. Am having weird flashbacks to my past life, being really convicted I think by the Holy Spirit about what a wicked sinner I have been and the things I've done. Wow I usually kind of think of myself as a good person, but to be honest I've more often been one of the bad ones. Thank you Jesus for dying on the cross even for the likes of me.
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Post by savedbygrace on Jun 22, 2020 7:19:26 GMT -7
Praying for you and the others. for God's peace to take control.
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Post by Deleted on Jun 25, 2020 6:06:36 GMT -7
Well just posted kind of an update on Savedbygrace's thread. Am doing okay, I think. With sobriety anyway. But weird things are happening. There's a lot of tension in our shared house at the moment, am worried it's me and all the anger, resentment and pride and aggression in me that's just under the surface because am wound up tight as a drum because it's not getting numbed away by the porn. Also other people in my shared house are struggling with porn. It's weird. But at the same time, I do believe some good is happening because praise God have not looked at 'porn' porn for some months, hence the enemy's attack with all this stuff coming to the surface. Am having weird flashbacks to my past life, being really convicted I think by the Holy Spirit about what a wicked sinner I have been and the things I've done. Wow I usually kind of think of myself as a good person, but to be honest I've more often been one of the bad ones. Thank you Jesus for dying on the cross even for the likes of me. Satan is hitting a lot of people hard right now. Revival is coming and those that will be leading the way are getting attacked. You have a ministry and will be leading people to Christ or back to Him so expect the attacks and be prepared for them. I speak peace to your house in Jesus mighty name. The peace that is without understanding I speak into your house and your life. You are a covenant believer and as such have that promise of peace no matter what comes your way because our Lord is with you, guiding you, teaching you, leading the way. Thank you Lord Jesus for your peace in Will's life. Amen.
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Post by savedbygrace on Jun 25, 2020 13:53:15 GMT -7
Amen
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Post by Will on Jun 26, 2020 5:16:07 GMT -7
Thanks Amy!
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Post by Will on Jun 28, 2020 3:06:56 GMT -7
Hey guys, just checking in. Well good news from the house. All is well and harmony has returned! So that's awesome. Going well with sobriety but am very stressed, over-worked and under-rested. Feels like every day is a big challenge and doesn't seem to be enough time in them to get done what I plan to get done! Feels like every day a hundred annoyances and hurdles and problems are thrown at me and I have to take a deep breath and remember the enemy is just throwing stuff at me to get a reaction. All I have to do is remain calm and trust in Jesus. So that's all a danger. Was considering taking a sickie tomorrow (a great Australian tradition) but don't think it's God's will. So praying for the strength to keep going and soldier on. Currently my commute is 1 1/2 hours, plus 9 or 10 hours onsite, then 1 1/2 hrs back. But it's also a blessing and is teaching me humility, endurance and persistence - all things I have seriously struggled with in the past. God bless you all, let's have an epic week!
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Post by savedbygrace on Jun 28, 2020 14:01:20 GMT -7
I'm so thankful for harmony in the house.... thank you Jesus!! It's so much easier to deal with the outside stresses, which I can see are MANY, with a peaceful home base.
Dear Lord, thank you for answers to prayer, and please be with Will this coming week and give him the grace he needs each day.
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Post by Will on Jun 28, 2020 22:42:29 GMT -7
Thanks Saved!
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