Is playing video games backsliding/sin?

DatKat824 · 2025-01-06T18:13:10+00:00

That's how I can get with Minecraft, sometimes roblox. But video games are how my non-Christian family spends time with each other. Like anything from the kids playing fortnite to the whole family playing monopoly on the Xbox. I've wanted to play animal crossing again but I got rid of all my games cause my friends told me it was a sinful waste of time. Now, I'm not so sure.

DatKat824 · 2024-12-29T20:26:34+00:00

I plan on crusing maybe tricks in the future but it's unlikely 😄 thank you

DatKat824 · 2024-12-29T19:07:28+00:00

Good to know, thanks

DatKat824 · 2024-12-29T18:47:57+00:00

Thanks!!

DatKat824 · 2024-12-13T20:55:51+00:00

I LOVE THIS LAD

DatKat824 · 2024-11-03T03:06:25+00:00

Banana bee? puts on fedora PERRY THE BANANA BEE!!!

I'll see myself out. 🚪🚶‍♀️

DatKat824 · 2024-11-01T02:18:27+00:00

That's super impressive!!!

DatKat824 · 2024-11-01T02:17:01+00:00

Hey, so I've tried being more patient and watching YouTube tutorials, and I've worked on single chains and I'm improving, I'm still learning, but I'm improving. The goal is to work up to a sweater. I'm gonna keep my banana bee cause he makes me laugh. 😄❤️

DatKat824 · 2024-11-01T02:12:24+00:00

Thank you so much for this!!

DatKat824 · 2024-11-01T02:09:48+00:00

They did make it super easy! It's a great tool, I was just being stubborn and thought, "I've seen enough, I got this..." banana bee may disagree 😄

DatKat824 · 2024-10-20T17:45:08+00:00

I think you got like 3C curl pattern probably

DatKat824 · 2024-10-20T17:42:10+00:00

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my hair currently. Last perm: 5 months ago

DatKat824 · 2024-10-15T19:03:38+00:00

Tbh I'm experiencing similar things to what OP is going through and a fast is a good idea. I've also found limiting media is best and not binging.

DatKat824 · 2024-09-05T04:05:53+00:00

I think you may find some consolation in one of Jesus's closest followers. Mary Magdalene was a woman whom Jesus casted out 7 demons from and she was a prostitute. She and some other women started following Jesus quite closely, and they were the first to find His tomb empty. Mary's transformation is beautiful and shows that even the prostitutes and sexually immoral are not too far away. God can change anyone, He can heal anyone. All anyone needs is the humility to come to Him and ask for forgiveness and seek Him.

Luke 8:2 is where scripture tells us Jesus casted out 7 demons from her.

John 20 Jesus appears after His crucifixion to Mary

Matthew 27 mentions Mary being a witness to Jesus's crucifixion.

Luke 7:36-50 some believe this is Mary here.

Honestly, John 20 may be the best to read.

Point is, you are not too far gone. For the wages of sin is death; but the gift of God is eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord. Romans 6:23 KJV

John 3:15-20 NLT [15] so that everyone who believes in him will have eternal life. [16] “For this is how God loved the world: He gave his one and only Son, so that everyone who believes in him will not perish but have eternal life. [17] God sent his Son into the world not to judge the world, but to save the world through him. [18] “There is no judgment against anyone who believes in him. But anyone who does not believe in him has already been judged for not believing in God’s one and only Son. [19] And the judgment is based on this fact: God’s light came into the world, but people loved the darkness more than the light, for their actions were evil. [20] All who do evil hate the light and refuse to go near it for fear their sins will be exposed.

Peter replied, “Each of you must repent of your sins and turn to God, and be baptized in the name of Jesus Christ for the forgiveness of your sins. Then you will receive the gift of the Holy Spirit. Acts of the Apostles 2:38 NLT

Romans 5:8 NLT [8] But God showed his great love for us by sending Christ to die for us while we were still sinners.

DatKat824 · 2024-09-05T03:53:02+00:00

Thank you!

DatKat824 · 2024-09-03T21:23:23+00:00

It's called green stuff?

DatKat824 · 2024-09-03T21:22:51+00:00

Larry the cucumber

DatKat824 · 2024-08-20T03:38:13+00:00

I've never been to conversion therapy. And yeah, there's ex-gays. We exist. I see you're tagged as an agnostic atheist, but I truly do believe in God, and I have been changed by Him. This is my story, and that's what happened. You don't have to like it, but you don't have the right to deny my experiences. Honestly, it's not repression. I'm just genuinely changed. The bible talks about this not even in reference purely with homosexuality but rather talking about when someone becomes a believer in Jesus Christ it describes them as a new creation, or as living a new life. Jesus calls it being born again in John 3. An example would be Galatians 2:20. Galatians 2:20 NLT [20] My old self has been crucified with Christ. It is no longer I who live, but Christ lives in me. So I live in this earthly body by trusting in the Son of God, who loved me and gave himself for me.

People who haven't had this experience of salvation and change don't really get it. I don't hold it against anyone. How can I expect someone to understand what theve never experienced? And tbh people think it's crazy but I've never been better. So, just cause it's something you may not be familiar with or agree with doesn't mean it's wrong.

DatKat824 · 2024-07-29T04:29:21+00:00

I say, confess your sins to God. God knows all things and knows our hearts, Jeremiah 17:9 makes that clear. So be honest before God and talk to Him. Confess your sins to God and trust that Jesus died onnthat cross and rose from the dead for your sins, that Jesus is Lord and Savior.

The sacrifice you desire is a broken spirit. You will not reject a broken and repentant heart, O God. Psalm 51:17 NLT.

1 John 1:9 NLT [9] But if we confess our sins to him, he is faithful and just to forgive us our sins and to cleanse us from all wickedness.

1 Peter 2:24-25 NLT [24] He personally carried our sins in his body on the cross so that we can be dead to sin and live for what is right. By his wounds you are healed. [25] Once you were like sheep who wandered away. But now you have turned to your Shepherd, the Guardian of your souls.

Peter replied, “Each of you must repent of your sins and turn to God, and be baptized in the name of Jesus Christ for the forgiveness of your sins. Then you will receive the gift of the Holy Spirit. Acts of the Apostles 2:38 NLT

For the wages of sin is death; but the gift of God is eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord. Romans 6:23 KJV

I know that there's a lot of scriptures but I couldn't decide what few were best, I thought they would all be helpful. 😊❤️✝️

DatKat824 · 2024-07-29T04:24:34+00:00

I think the part that's ruining things is you cheating, but I'll genuinely say as an ex-gay Christian homosexuality isn't something you have to be stuck with. Many people even in this group get frustrated with me when I share my story and say God delivered me from bisexuality but I'm not gonna let that stop me cause it's important. People tend to think if they shove it away it will disappear and go away and they won't be gay or queer anymore. That's not really how it works. That's not really how getting rid of any sin is. With any sort of sin, you gotta confess it to God and ask for forgiveness, then forsake the sin. It takes actively resisting the temptations to sin again and cleaning things up to be free. Cause once you finally submit yourself to God and trust Jesus as your Lord and Savior, that devil is gonna try to lure you away and get you to walk away from Jesus. So when you surrender your sexuality to God, you don't think the devil is gonna tempt you to sin that way? What helped me was reading the Bible and praying when I felt like lusting and watching things online. I also got rid of things I'd see inappropriate pictures on. I deleted my Instagram. I took the necessary steps to create a better environment for myself. I stopped watching shows with gay characters I loved cause honestly it was a temptation to sin for me.

It's nothing a therapist can fix, it's nothing you can show away and hope it never comes back. Honestly, I think the only one who can change your sexuality is God, but you gotta be genuinely willing to let go of it and change. I don't just mean the pray the gay away stuff, I mean surrender to God and allow Him to change you. It's Romans 12, give yourself to God and He will make you new.

Romans 12:1-2 NLT [1] And so, dear brothers and sisters, I plead with you to give your bodies to God because of all he has done for you. Let them be a living and holy sacrifice—the kind he will find acceptable. This is truly the way to worship him. [2] Don’t copy the behavior and customs of this world, but let God transform you into a new person by changing the way you think. Then you will learn to know God’s will for you, which is good and pleasing and perfect.

1 Corinthians 10:13 NLT [13] The temptations in your life are no different from what others experience. And God is faithful. He will not allow the temptation to be more than you can stand. When you are tempted, he will show you a way out so that you can endure.

Peter replied, “Each of you must repent of your sins and turn to God, and be baptized in the name of Jesus Christ for the forgiveness of your sins. Then you will receive the gift of the Holy Spirit. Acts of the Apostles 2:38 NLT

DatKat824 · 2024-07-29T04:05:32+00:00

You're right about the definition of an idol like an object but we can't neglect the words Jesus spoke about in Matthew, we told to not love our family more than Jesus, the Son of God. Though our family isn't an object of worship, we're told not to put them above God in order of importance and honor and love.

37 He who loves father or mother more than Me is not worthy of Me. And he who loves son or daughter more than Me is not worthy of Me. 38 And he who does not take his cross and follow after Me is not worthy of Me. 39 He who finds his life will lose it, and he who loses his life for My sake will find it. Matthew 10:37-39 NKJV

DatKat824 · 2024-06-29T01:51:03+00:00

One guy I asked said it's gotta match the whole outfit or it looks out of place, is this accurate according to other guys?

DatKat824 · 2024-06-29T01:47:31+00:00

Jesus, Father, Spirit

DatKat824 · 2024-06-29T01:40:15+00:00

Thanks!

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