addiction

Blocking, stalking, fans are flocking, Strange bedfellows, they’re not knocking. Peeking through the windows plenty, As if love they ain’t got any. Window chasers, they are gazers, Destitute, they are debasers. Lusts a plenty, not without, They go there, without a doubt. All is for them, them...

Oof, I don’t even know how to start this. I used to be heavily active on this forum for a little while a few years ago because I was suffering heavily from OCD and was always seeking assurance and wanting answers for my questions. Sometime between then and now, I got heavily involved with...

Joshua 24:14-15 NIV “Now fear the Lord and serve him with all faithfulness. Throw away the gods your ancestors worshiped beyond the Euphrates River and in Egypt, and serve the Lord. But if serving the Lord seems undesirable to you, then choose for yourselves this day whom you will serve...

Many false commitments That were not true to form. Many false confessions That not to Christ conformed. Many empty chatters That ne’er went anywhere. Many lies, deceptions, And not the truth was shared. Many staged professions Of faith, faith not sincere. Many times admissions Of sin, not...

An Original Work / June 10, 2022 Are you hurting, feeling lonely, Feeling sometimes it’s you only, Not sure others feel what you do, Not sure they know what you’ve been through? Do you have those who berate you? Do they mock you, trick you, hate you? Try to make you think you’re crazy, Try...

An Original Work / June 6, 2022 Danger’s lurking, humans squirreling, Minds are filled with garbage hurling, Life’s disaster going faster, Sin is now their Lord and Master. Open letter to the hurting, Sin is danger, don’t be flirting. Don’t escape in what is magic Or life can turn and be...

An Original Work / January 29, 2022 They are wand’ring far from home, From the Lord their souls do roam. Looking not to God above, Trusting not in Jesus’ love. Trusting in themselves alone, Spending time on their Smart Phones Doing what their flesh desires, And do not what God requires...

Hebrews 12:1-2 ESV “Therefore, since we are surrounded by so great a cloud of witnesses, let us also lay aside every weight, and sin which clings so closely, and let us run with endurance the race that is set before us, looking to Jesus, the founder and perfecter of our faith, who for the joy...

Paul and the other apostles were being attacked for teaching the gospel of Jesus Christ. So, Paul described in detail the suffering that they were enduring for the gospel of Jesus Christ. It was so severe at one point that they were so utterly burdened beyond their own strength that they...

Psalms 119:1-8 ESV “Blessed are those whose way is blameless, who walk in the law of the Lord! Blessed are those who keep his testimonies, who seek him with their whole heart, who also do no wrong, but walk in his ways! You have commanded your precepts to be kept diligently. Oh...

Galatians 6:1 ESV “Brothers, if anyone is caught in any transgression, you who are spiritual should restore him in a spirit of gentleness. Keep watch on yourself, lest you too be tempted.” If we are walking in fellowship with our Lord, in obedient faith, and if we are not deliberately and...

Psalms 16:4 ESV “The sorrows of those who run after another god shall multiply; their drink offerings of blood I will not pour out or take their names on my lips.” Another god A god is a deity, a spirit, and/or an idol. He, she, or it is someone or something that is worshipped. And...

An Original Work / August 13, 2021 “Pointless! Pointless!” the argument says From those from Jesus their lives they’ve fled. They see no hope in their battle ‘gainst sin, Because Christ Jesus they’ve not let in. They’ve not surrendered their all to him, But they’re still controlling...

Many of us have loved ones we care about who are professing faith in Jesus Christ but who are not living what they profess. We are concerned for them for we can see the damage they are doing to their lives, and we know that there is a better life for them if they will repent of their sins and...

Give God Your Heart Proverbs 23:26-28 ESV “My son, give me your heart, and let your eyes observe my ways. For a prostitute is a deep pit; an adulteress is a narrow well. She lies in wait like a robber and increases the traitors among mankind.” This instruction isn’t just for men...

Hello, I'm new here. Ive believed in the Lord for most of my life but i am new to living my life for Him and truly turning away From sin and my old life. I was addicted to pain pills for close to 10 years, addicted to cigarettes and marijuana15 years, binge drinking, bisexual, studied and...

i have been addicted to inappropriate content for the better part of six years. i made it 90 days inappropriate content free after my ex fiance and i split it. i met a new girl and i opened up to her about my addiction and a week later she used that as an excuse to dump me. ive made it a few days inappropriate content free here and there for a...

i have struggled with addiction of a lustful nature for quite some time. often involving sexual deviancies. i know it sounds weird to come out and say that but it would give yall a better picture of what i am looking for. and while youre at it. if anyone can give me a good recommendation for...

So if someone had resolved to sin, that is to make a choice to turn from God by willfully deciding to do something against his will, and then before actually sinning, realizes that they do not want to do that sin and repents from it... is that still considered a sin? If so, is that a mortal sin...

We’ve been married for 20 years. Both 49 with 1 child in school still. She’s clinically obese to The point of being partially disabled( can’t walk more than 10-15 minutes a day). Also has cholesterol of 350+, and recently diagnosed as “pre diabetic”. But she feels her weight is under...