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Posted: Thu Dec 15th, 2005 06:52 pm |
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| Happy Birthday StandingStrong. A clean day for me, I give JC the credit...It is amazing that none of us would be communicating in this way if it wasn't for Gods promptings in each of our lives!. Take care Guys
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Posted: Thu Dec 15th, 2005 07:23 pm |
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Cool handle, StandingStrong; like it better than Isolated !
If you all feel this post is too long, feel free to start another accountability post.
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Posted: Fri Dec 16th, 2005 02:08 am |
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I messed up today. I was going on 4 days, but I went and saw a movie and the cleavage in it got me started. I came home and binged. Man I feel terrible. But I know that I need to get back up and fight again. It is SO tough. It's almost like i'm a puppet when I do this junk. I know that it's wrong, but I can't stop myself. I just don't ask the holy spirit to help me. I've been pretty stupid to take the hint that God wants to help me overcome this stronghold. I feel very dirty.
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Posted: Fri Dec 16th, 2005 08:05 am |
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| keep going Overcomer. I know how unexpected and easily a trigger can come along especially after freedom (the one you just indicated is probably my biggest weakness!!). I'll pray for you today. Keep fighting and don't beleive the lies that this stuff will satisfy (hence, the binges)....I sometimes begin to beleive all the various deceptions, only to be reminded that sexual imagery does not help us one little bit. Go and thank God for your 4 days of freedom, it is a good thing.
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Posted: Fri Dec 16th, 2005 12:32 pm |
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You know guys, hearing all of you motivates me even more to want to speak to young women......high school girls included about modesty in how they dress. Thanks for your realness! Sometimes they don't believe we "older women" though......they think they know it all and want to be "trendy" whatever the cost.....the enemy has our culture so duped that we don't realize how the individual choices we make every day really affect the culture at large, families, and marriages.....the security of our nation's future even. Sometimes I think it might be more powerful for guys like you, as you continue to get stronger and stronger, to speak to groups of young people about these sorts of things. I have a friend who does abstinence-based education in the public high schools and speaks all over the place. She incorporates college students into her teaching to role play and share personally about their own stories. The one's she's found to be most effective in reaching the hearts of these kids with the truth are the young men. So keep seeking Him for your sobriety, guys. Who knows what God may have for you in helping others find freedom or EVEN stay free in the future! Because of your own struggles and your willingness to be real and transparent about them, you may be like Mike one day, having the opportunity to affect the lives of others for good out of you own dilemmas.....you are doing this here, at least, already......and since these sorts of struggles are really more about our own wounds from the past and how we're responding to them, you will each be able to have greater compassion on those that struggle in the future as well.......and want to reach out to them with the care and grace of Jesus, having first experienced it for yourselves. Sorry to ramble at you all......I just know God has great things for each one of you! Blessings in Jesus!
Prayerfully,
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Posted: Fri Dec 16th, 2005 12:52 pm |
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Thanks Holdsworth StandingStrong 
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Posted: Sat Dec 17th, 2005 10:40 am |
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Unfortunately today I have not done too good. Had a struggle with a desire to masturbate yesterday which was successfully avoided thanks to the Holy Spirits conviction. However today the desire was still there and I found myself playing with it in the shower, but not acting out all the way. Anyway, after I came home from church (I'm a Seventh-day Adventist), I found myself by myself and bored. I stumbled across a picture of a pretty girl and the temptation started building to the point that I found myself browsing the pictures again and masturbating. I was so close to making two weeks as well - the devil crept in to a number of cracks and got a hold.
Please, can I have advice on how to recover from this mistake. I also would like advice on how to escape a mistake once you are in it. I find that once I started looking at the pictures I can't withdraw. I just keep going, despite my better wishes. Please pray that the devil can't hold his foothold and that the redemptive power of Jesus will wash over my conscience.
I am also finding a need for a direct accountability partner, who can contact me to check my integrity, instead of it being my perogative to check in. I am too scared to confront someone I know so I am hoping that some one here who is on a similar time zone to East Coast of Australia can contact me by msn, yahoo or skype (prefered).
Thank you very much for your prayers,
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Posted: Sat Dec 17th, 2005 10:59 am |
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Adothetechy
the devil crept in to a number of cracks and got a hold.
The worm might have put a thought in your head...but it was you that had a hold of things. The nasty one is pointing a finger at you and saying GUILTY...you sinned you scum bucket....and the the liar whispers... but oh, didn't it feel goooood!! Let's do that again... and again....
With what you wrote... I've been there, done that (Repeat several dozen times). You're not alone. Read through the forums. How to quit? Don't look at the pictures...check out the list on health activities when you need something to do. There's lots of advice, resources, and hope.
By the way, I am guilty of the same stuff and more. Lot's more. However, it is through His grace and mercies that we can be set free. He loves you and will forgive.
Lord, help us to be above reproach this day. May our thoughts and actions please you. You created us and know us. Help us to be your this day. Amen,
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Posted: Sat Dec 17th, 2005 05:45 pm |
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Posted: Sun Dec 18th, 2005 09:41 am |
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Exactly, holdsworth! Great suggestions for working with young people! 
Thanks...and blessings to you!
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Posted: Sun Dec 18th, 2005 11:24 am |
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convincted that my sin is harmful
C'mon Holdsworth, get for real. All this sin, harmful, and battle talk stuff...aren't you being a bit over dramatic. We're talking about your fleshly pleasure here. All those things that make you feel good. This stuff is like an old, fuzzy, warm, blanket that you've carried around for years. ..and then you go and compare it to toxic chemicals and a sponge....Hey, I'll tell you what. I'll go along with you for a ways on this religious stuff, but when your ready, I've got the blanket right here for you....
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Posted: Sun Dec 18th, 2005 03:06 pm |
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| "this stuff is like an old, fuzzy, warm, blanket that you've carried around for years" yeah, I agree, but it ain't a good one, even though it is very familier! I admit I also made the mistake of speaking in a way I wouldn't normally speak! Sponge, head, chemicals etc just another way of saying God wants me to renew my mind with his truth and spirit, that is a battle. Last edited on Sun Dec 18th, 2005 03:09 pm by holdsworth
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Posted: Mon Dec 19th, 2005 04:17 pm |
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Holdsworth, do churches in the UK talk about the problem of porn very often ?
Or have you heard of any surveys taken of the men there in relation to this issue?
I've travelled to Europe on business before; the stuff they have on regular TV would make it hard to live pure while having one.
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Posted: Mon Dec 19th, 2005 05:22 pm |
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| Hi MikeI have answered your question in the 'General Discussion thread', because I didn't think the accountibility thread was the right place.
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Posted: Wed Dec 21st, 2005 09:41 am |
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today has been my first day of sobreity since my last post. thanks for your support one and all. Just got into a cycle of looking at stuff and could not escape.
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Posted: Wed Dec 21st, 2005 10:26 am |
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| Thats great Ado'. Keep coming here too. When The temptations come and rational thinking starts to go out the window, try and get away from the temptation straight away and ask JC for help in whatever the feelings are you are dealing with. Yesterday was difficult for me and the temptation to go back to stuff was really strong.
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Posted: Wed Dec 21st, 2005 11:19 am |
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Praying for you guys!
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Posted: Wed Dec 21st, 2005 12:24 pm |
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| Thanks Captivated
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Posted: Wed Dec 21st, 2005 12:43 pm |
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| hey you guys and gals standingstrong here just wanted to say hi and share Romans 8.5 for those who live according to the flesh set their minds on the things of the flesh, but those who live according to the spirit set their minds on the things of the spirit . to set the mind on the flesh is death, but to set the mind on the spirit is life and peace. love you all have a great Christmas standingstrong
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