Where are we getting help in real life (offline)?

[Lemmiwinks]

Is anyone here in a program of some kind? Seeing a therapist? Accountability partner? Online resources are good and all, but it seems to me that it is necessary to have a real life resource.

I know I need to find a program of some kind, just going to forums is not going to change any thing for me.

 

[Isaiah54]

Is there a local church that offers a support group? Many large churches have support groups for specific issues. My church is relatively small, but we have a men's group that's awesome. It's about 12-15 guys that meet regularly. We can talk about our personel issues in confidence, and pray for and support each other and just have some food and fellowship. It's an experience you can't have online. Seek the Lord about this because I'm sure there's something out there like this that would be perfect for you, and I believe you have a lot to offer too. Keep looking until you find it. "Seek and you will find" - right? Praying for you. God Bless.

 

[Lemmiwinks]

Is there a local church that offers a support group? Many large churches have support groups for specific issues. My church is relatively small, but we have a men's group that's awesome. It's about 12-15 guys that meet regularly. We can talk about our personel issues in confidence, and pray for and support each other and just have some food and fellowship. It's an experience you can't have online. Seek the Lord about this because I'm sure there's something out there like this that would be perfect for you, and I believe you have a lot to offer too. Keep looking until you find it. "Seek and you will find" - right? Praying for you. God Bless.

I'm not sure that church is the best place for me to get help. I've been prayed over at altar calls, confessed all my sins to pastors and christian friends dozens of times, the guilt and fear hasn't been helpful.

 

[RuthD]

I have gone to support groups for whatever need I have. The support is great! I also see a psychiatrist and social worker. Best wishes to you.

 

[PrayerInProgress]

I tried counseling, but ran out of money right about the time it was helping. So since then I have just prayed for more faith. As for things like guilt and shame caused by temptation/giving in to temptation/lustful thoughts/etc, I have been praying for those to go away for about 20 years. They have not gone away. Sometimes they are worse. That's just the way the adversary works. However, I have noticed patterns of when the adversary will try and make me fall away. That has helped a lot. I've also learned that for me there is something that works good to get me to stop feeling so much guilt and shame from my problem. It has worked really great for me.

Right now I'm looking for accountability partners, but even doing that is hard to know where to look.

Yours in Christ,
P.I.P.