addiction

Hello everyone, I have a friend who I met years ago and he unfortunately has bad hygiene. Many people have talked to him about this throughout the years including me. He doesn't wash his clothes, he wasn't wearing deodorant or cologne, he doesn't brush his teeth, and he doesn't properly shower...

1. Is it okay that I don't feel an emotional closeness but an intellectual fascination with God? 2. How do I fight off temptation through Scripture? 3. How do I recover from an addiction that still tries to attack me even when I was regenerated? (I feel devastated when I get triggered by my...

The following is an excerpt from Russell Willingham’s Breaking Free: Understanding Sexual Addiction & the Healing Power of Jesus. Appendix B The Twelve Essentials 1. We must embrace Jesus Christ and the document that reveals his nature and directives—the Bible. Without this initial, basic...

Hello everyone - I'm Kevin! I'd like to welcome myself to the forum, I was a weed addict for a number of years and it had completely taken over my life, both financially and through health. My friend introduced me to god in 2016 and it completely changed the way that I looked at the world. I...

I've had BDSM fantasies from early childhood and have been trapped into it since. It has been a nightmare. Praise God, by his grace he set me free 4 months ago. This has been a huge breakthrough for me but very isolating as no one knows. God answered my prayers and each time I had a thirst...

Ok Ok, I need help on an addiction, most of you may know inappropriate content is very addictive, it can also ruin relationships and can distract you.. I'v been watching for a quite long time now and I just thought to myself, "If I don't stop now, i'll end up on the path to hell." I stop, but I continue to do...

What would happen if all those who are being abused by addictive spouses would speak out within the churches, & in public meetings, & if they would ask for prayer for their spouses, including for those who are pastors who are abusive & sexually addicted? I think we have all been conditioned...

For freedom Christ has set us free; stand firm therefore, and do not submit again to a yoke of slavery. Galatians 5:1 ESV Over the course of the forty-five years of my marriage to my husband, he was not free in Christ, although he claimed to be. He claimed to be a follower of Christ, or I would...

Background I’ve been trusting Jesus Christ as both my savior and lord for a week now. Most of my life I thought I was a good Christian, but my lifestyle proclaimed a different story. I’ve written a good amount on my past life, which was steeped in sexual addiction and sinful habits, but some...

Do you ever feel like what you have done is so bad that you could never be forgiven? Are you afraid to tell the truth for fear you will be rejected? Or, out of fear of other consequences? Do you remain in sinful addiction because you have given up hope of ever changing? The Lord Jesus led me to...

Flesh vs. Spirit I’ve heard a lot of explanations of Romans 6-8. Most of them left me unsatisfied, for they seemed to be crafted to fit into one theology or another, rather than to clarify Paul’s description of the struggle with the flesh and God’s solution in the Spirit. Paul said this in...

Our God, the One and Only True God – Father, Son and Holy Spirit – is absolutely amazing! His grace is amazing! He loves us so much that he, Jesus Christ, God the Son, died on a cross for our sins. He died that we might die to sin and live to righteousness. He died, not just to free us from the...

What is love? It can be many different things, depending on what type of love we are talking about. There is erotic or romantic love, and then there is friendship (companionship or brotherly) love, and I believe there is also a special kind of love a parent has for a child, and then there is...

(An allegory from real life) About three weeks ago, my husband and I each had to have a crown removed from a tooth in our mouths, and a new crown each was put on order. While we waited for the new (permanent) crowns to arrive, we were each given a temporary crown, which was not as good as the...

Have you found yourself in a spiral of sin, confess, sin, confess, sin, confess, but you never seem to progress past that? You keep repeating the same patterns, the same sins, the same responses, with the same lies, and the same attitudes, but you just can’t seem to jump ship. It is a lot like...

My heart is burdened. Why is it so burdened? Because so many Christians, or professing Christians, are walking (living) in sin and not in freedom! The Lord Jesus led me to read Galatians 5 (Select vv. ESV). For freedom Christ has set us free; stand firm therefore, and do not submit again to a...

Do you lay claims to being a follower of Jesus Christ? Does your walk match your talk? Or are you, behind closed doors, someone else entirely? The Lord Jesus led me to read Galatians 4 (Select vv. NASB). However, at that time, when you did not know God, you were slaves to those which by nature...