Comments on: trade your porn for needy kids – a Q&A http://flowerdust.net/2007/09/26/trade-your-porn-for-needy-kids-qa-1/ Author, Blogger, Speaker, Bad Driver Thu, 11 Mar 2010 21:37:20 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Sanford Ashley http://flowerdust.net/2007/09/26/trade-your-porn-for-needy-kids-qa-1/#comment-205070 Sanford Ashley Sat, 20 Sep 2008 22:06:30 +0000 http://www.flowerdust.net/?p=546#comment-205070 Hi Anne, I think it is awesome that you realize how big a problem sex addiction is in the church and in society. We can't be salt and light if we are still caught in this sin. I speak to and coach men on this issue an every man that has been freed does not want to go back. I pray that God will continue to use you and let me know if I can ever help. Best regards, Sanford Ashley www.sanfordashleysuccess.com Author "Sex...The Seductive Addiction" Authorhouse Hi Anne,

I think it is awesome that you realize how big a problem sex addiction is in the church and in society. We can’t be salt and light if we are still caught in this sin. I speak to and coach men on this issue an every man that has been freed does not want to go back. I pray that God will continue to use you and let me know if I can ever help.

Best regards,

Sanford Ashley
http://www.sanfordashleysuccess.com
Author “Sex…The Seductive Addiction” Authorhouse

]]> By: mat http://flowerdust.net/2007/09/26/trade-your-porn-for-needy-kids-qa-1/#comment-142925 mat Sat, 01 Dec 2007 10:42:49 +0000 http://www.flowerdust.net/?p=546#comment-142925 thanks for the post truth is i am also addicted to porn and mb. i got help, tried really hard at times to abstain from acting out and through god's grace i really felt free! but recently i stumbled and gave in to curiosity and complacency, naively thinking i could just browse through it and be gone. guess i was wrong. There was just so much guilt and shame. told mum. family is quite concerned. (i am worried that i may be a stumbling block to them as well.) i noe that christ died for my sins. but sometimes i just get doubts as to whether i am worth god's time...i always stumble! yup, intellectually i noe that's not true but i can't help feeling the pain, the guilt and the lost of integrity... to make things worst i sometimes still feel tempted and it adds to the guilt somehow. yup. that's my story. i still will fight for i know that nothing is impossible with god. anyone there can identify with me or have any advice? oh and does fasting help in this? p.s. this is wierd but i actually feel better after writing this out... thanks for the post
truth is i am also addicted to porn and mb. i got help, tried really hard at times to abstain from acting out and through god’s grace i really felt free!
but recently i stumbled and gave in to curiosity and complacency, naively thinking i could just browse through it and be gone. guess i was wrong.
There was just so much guilt and shame. told mum. family is quite concerned. (i am worried that i may be a stumbling block to them as well.) i noe that christ died for my sins. but sometimes i just get doubts as to whether i am worth god’s time…i always stumble!
yup, intellectually i noe that’s not true but i can’t help feeling the pain, the guilt and the lost of integrity…
to make things worst i sometimes still feel tempted and it adds to the guilt somehow.

yup. that’s my story. i still will fight for i know that nothing is impossible with god. anyone there can identify with me or have any advice? oh and does fasting help in this?

p.s. this is wierd but i actually feel better after writing this out…

]]> By: Nathanael http://flowerdust.net/2007/09/26/trade-your-porn-for-needy-kids-qa-1/#comment-125592 Nathanael Tue, 16 Oct 2007 18:20:49 +0000 http://www.flowerdust.net/?p=546#comment-125592 What a great post, sister! I remember reading that article on Relevant when you first posted it and praising the Lord for your boldness. I also was addicted to porn. As I was preparing for my preaching debut two years ago at the young adult ministry I used to be a part of, the Lord let me know very clearly I was to tell the congregation about it. At that time, there were 1000 young people coming to two services on Sunday nights. Needless to say, I wrestled with that a bit. Up until that point, the only people I told were my best friend and my girlfriend (who is now my wife). Here's the link: http://www.thebridgeministries.com/audio The message was September 4, 2005. What a great post, sister!
I remember reading that article on Relevant when you first posted it and praising the Lord for your boldness.

I also was addicted to porn.
As I was preparing for my preaching debut two years ago at the young adult ministry I used to be a part of, the Lord let me know very clearly I was to tell the congregation about it. At that time, there were 1000 young people coming to two services on Sunday nights. Needless to say, I wrestled with that a bit.

Up until that point, the only people I told were my best friend and my girlfriend (who is now my wife).

Here’s the link: http://www.thebridgeministries.com/audio
The message was September 4, 2005.

]]> By: Rachel http://flowerdust.net/2007/09/26/trade-your-porn-for-needy-kids-qa-1/#comment-121914 Rachel Thu, 04 Oct 2007 22:07:11 +0000 http://www.flowerdust.net/?p=546#comment-121914 Really awesome of you to be so open and let God use you to speak out on this subject of Porn. I will be praying for you in Decatur on Sunday! Really awesome of you to be so open and let God use you to speak out on this subject of Porn. I will be praying for you in Decatur on Sunday!

]]> By: Joe Louthan http://flowerdust.net/2007/09/26/trade-your-porn-for-needy-kids-qa-1/#comment-121142 Joe Louthan Mon, 01 Oct 2007 22:55:21 +0000 http://www.flowerdust.net/?p=546#comment-121142 I got tired of this porn crisis only being talked about in men-only small groups. I notice when we take prayer requests and every single man in the room struggles with it, I figured that women struggle with lust in some form. So I started being open and honest about my struggles with lust and pornography with not just men but with women, too. Every single woman I have shared this with is relieved just to talk about it. I think it is high time that this subject is brought out in the open between men and women alike. Like Craig Groeschel said, "You cannot beat this by yourself. If you could, you would have done it by now." You have to call upon the strength of the Lord every single day. Not only that, "Therefore confess your sins to each other and pray for each other so that you may be healed. The prayer of a righteous man is powerful and effective." (John 5:16) You want to talk about struggling: I am out of the country on business in South Africa. I was watching television and I notice that the all curse words (major and minor) were bleeped out. I thought to myself, this should be pretty safe. Yea, SA worries about cuss words but they don't worry about nudity so much. Those are images that are burned into brain after being off of porn for several months. Is there any doubt that I HAVE to pray every single day? I got tired of this porn crisis only being talked about in men-only small groups. I notice when we take prayer requests and every single man in the room struggles with it, I figured that women struggle with lust in some form.

So I started being open and honest about my struggles with lust and pornography with not just men but with women, too. Every single woman I have shared this with is relieved just to talk about it.

I think it is high time that this subject is brought out in the open between men and women alike.

Like Craig Groeschel said, “You cannot beat this by yourself. If you could, you would have done it by now.” You have to call upon the strength of the Lord every single day. Not only that, “Therefore confess your sins to each other and pray for each other so that you may be healed. The prayer of a righteous man is powerful and effective.” (John 5:16)

You want to talk about struggling: I am out of the country on business in South Africa. I was watching television and I notice that the all curse words (major and minor) were bleeped out. I thought to myself, this should be pretty safe.

Yea, SA worries about cuss words but they don’t worry about nudity so much. Those are images that are burned into brain after being off of porn for several months.

Is there any doubt that I HAVE to pray every single day?

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