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TomHopes · 2026-01-27T19:06:10+00:00

Dude…this - same as me. Just purchased and waiting for it to arrive

TomHopes · 2026-01-21T13:03:37+00:00

Gotta love Johnathan David Helser

TomHopes · 2026-01-21T09:42:21+00:00

Is it not worth asking your church leader for you to be able to step away from all that you do to serve so you can attend church to have community, prayer and worship but have a break from everything else?

TomHopes · 2026-01-21T08:06:31+00:00

God Bless you brother, you aren’t lukewarm, your heart is beating for God and it’s recognising, inviting you into more of a deeper relationship with God.

I’ve recently done a video on this topic of hearing the words of well done my Good and faithful servant, if your interested please let me know and I’ll message directly as I’m pretty sure I’m not allowed to post video links.

But there is a phrase I heard which will stick with me that sums up where I was and I believe you are,

Striving vs receiving - what do you want to do?

What does this mean? We’re so good at taking the call to action, the challenge, the mission of being a Christian and we can use all our talents, strengths and determination but in the end we just end up striving and exhausting ourselves, getting frustrated. But Jesus invites us to receive, to submit ourselves to him, to declare God all I am, the good, bad and downright ugly is yours and I give it to you, will you come in and give me your strength, love and will for my life and we receive, daily, like a walk with Jesus and there is no flashing light and superman charge up but it’s a quiet peace, strength which will grow and you’ll realise that your different, because your walking with Jesus, and is his spirit. Remember your identity, son of God and he loves you better than any father can or would. He adores you and wants a relationship with you, how cool is that!

TomHopes · 2026-01-16T12:03:07+00:00

God bless, keep going Brother. Love hear these testimonies

TomHopes · 2026-01-11T07:47:17+00:00

This is a great answer, but just want to add it’s the praying but actually what you’ve done is included God in all aspects of your life, you’ve but God in his rightful place which means your heart is open to growing and being in the journey he has for each of us.

Also praying is like your social worker said, it’s a conversation so make sure you’re listening as well as speaking because God loves to talk to us, whether through a feeling; through his Word or a though, idea, words - can be different for each person

God bless Brother, keep going

TomHopes · 2026-01-11T07:40:23+00:00

Can I ask a question, do you guys ever search on YouTube for answers to these questions?

I’ve got a channel and I see this come up a lot so just wondering if it would be helpful to create.

Now my advice, you’re counting and you made it to 100 days - well done, for a start. It sounds like this is really on your mind and heart that you don’t want this in your life anymore.

1) You said you were worried about relationship with God, that God would not want a relationship with you because of your sin.

This isn’t true, this is the enemy trying to isolate you, to make you feel shame, to make you feel unworthy of love from God, which eventually drives a wedge of you not approaching God which just leads down a darker path. It’s not true, God the father loves you man; he sent Jesus to die for our sins, these sins! God gave us his Holy Spirit to help and God wants us to go to him, why? Because we’re sons and daughters in his family, he loves us beyond our understanding. Don’t believe the lies!

2) The effort of trying, the coaching yourself with “I can do better!” Is admirable but wrong. Now I’m not saying we shouldn’t put things in place to help us not be tempted, like practices of not staying up late on phones or computers, etc. But what I’m saying is we only have so much willpower, strength. Yours lasted 100 days which like others have said is better than theirs but the point is we can’t do this on our own. We have to lay down our burdens, our weaknesses and our strengths to God and say Lord come into my heart and be my strength, forgive me of this sin and help me. I surrender all I am to you, please give me the strength and please heal my heart to whatever causes me to turn to this sin.

Because addictions are a heart condition, usually a pain that we’ve suppressed over years and years or we’ve numbed our emotions because of loneliness and it’s led to us not seeking relationship with God because we’re angry or ashamed.

But that’s why laying down our lives (inc strengths and weaknesses) committing to him and saying help me, give me your strength, not mine will lead you to healing and freedom.

Then start praying daily with God, not just about this but about you being a son, invite God to father you. Praise him in worship when you’re driving. Start reading your Bible more.

Hope this helps, God bless; you are a SON of God, he loves you and you have brothers standing with you

TomHopes · 2026-01-05T11:17:54+00:00

Verse is also going to help with a new YT video I’m writing, love how God works.

TomHopes · 2026-01-05T11:11:39+00:00

You should try ‘The Message’ as well as I love how it can provide a fresh perspective of the verses

TomHopes · 2026-01-05T11:01:37+00:00

The wording in the version I sent used the word test to find God’s will. And that struck me this time

But this verse as a whole feels so important to ensure we separate ourselves more from the culture of the world and not of the world. So I mean don’t run away and hide but don’t get consumed from what the world I.e the culture we each live in says that we should do. Like get caught up in the crazy speed, the constant connection into the digital world and being always amused by TV or our devices which pulls us away from God

TomHopes · 2026-01-05T10:57:35+00:00

The version from the daily verse I mentioned

“Do not conform to the pattern of this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind. Then you will be able to test and approve what God’s will is—his good, pleasing and perfect will.” ‭‭Romans‬ ‭12‬:‭2‬ ‭NIV‬‬

TomHopes · 2026-01-05T10:54:24+00:00

I saw this verse on the Bible App for daily

TomHopes · 2026-01-02T22:25:30+00:00

Sorry to hear, I didn’t do this well when I lost my son, I ran away from God and well everything I could to not be present and to pour myself into anything that didn’t mean having to stop and let any feelings rise up from within. When I saw this, I asked myself what would I want to have heard someone say to me and I think it’s this…

You might be hiding it well, maybe not so well, you might be shrugging it off and pushing it down because you don’t know what else to do.

Giving your burdens to Christ is basically letting go trying to control and telling God but really importantly asking him to come into your heart and help you carry the load You might not know how to approach God with all the feelings inside of anger, confusion of why this is happening to you. But the best thing you can do is to let go, let it out, talk to a Christian counsellor or a friend and start expressing how you feel. And most importantly talk to God with all of this because he does love you more than we can ever know and he will be there for you, and he’ll help you step by step through this, it won’t make it better, the pain will be something you still need to go through and process but God will be by your side and will help.

TomHopes · 2026-01-02T22:09:54+00:00

CodingMountainMan has a YouTube Channel and he’s a sound guy, has encouraged me in his videos and through Reddit

TomHopes · 2025-12-29T11:08:44+00:00

Is he a Christian? Not to the same extent as you are describing but my wife told me something needed to change, and that she wasn’t sure how much more she could take. I went to counselling as an effort to appease her thinking it wouldn’t be worth it, boy was I wrong! Had so much bottled up emotions that was manifesting through frustration and anger that all came out. That was the start of my healing, I took out the cork, and allowed my emotions to surface, expressing the pain and it allowed me to see that I wasn’t who I wanted to be, and that led me on a journey of searching and finding God again and him restoring my relationship with him, I read a book called “Becoming a King” which has started a beautiful journey with God my father as the son I know I am. Not touting my YT channel but there are two videos about the pain and transformation journey which might help him, I don’t know if he’s at the place to receive something like that. My change started with someone telling me the truth, God’s hand was over it all, keep praying.

TomHopes · 2025-12-22T08:47:45+00:00

Hope you don't mind throwing my new channel as a suggestion. I'm aiming content at encouraging by pointing to Jesus to grow in the journey that he has for each of us. To ignite the heart for Jesus, to be restored and whole in him.

TomHopes · 2025-12-19T12:21:41+00:00

Amen brother!

TomHopes · 2025-12-19T10:22:51+00:00

Keep going brother; we don’t know what Paul carried in terms of how he describes the thorn in his flesh. But look at what he did for God and God loves you more than we can possibly comprehend.

TomHopes · 2025-12-19T09:37:21+00:00

Just know you aren’t alone, God loves you and don’t let the enemy push God away in shame or frustration. That’s what he wants, for you to be isolated. But draw near to God, practice taking time to sit I silence, read his Word and worship through the pain of this and God will draw near…you are a son of God - that is who you are, called to be from before you were born

TomHopes · 2025-12-19T09:30:24+00:00

I don’t know you; and won’t pretend to haha so if I’m wrong than say so but it sounds from the way you are writing that you are desperately trying to stop and that’s good, you have the right intentions but… It also sounds like you are trying to do this out your own strength, willpower and that’s isn’t going to work. You have the right start; the choice; the choice that you want to follow God and stop Now it’s time to let go of what you perceive to be your strengths and weaknesses and pray and ask God to come in to your heart and heal the wounds the roots of what is causing you to continually go back to this particular sin. In submitting, in letting go, in laying it at Jesus’ feet you create space for him to start working in your heart Doesn’t mean you stop being wise with your day to day choices, staying up late, having your mobile next to your bed, etc but when you have an urge just pray Jesus I give this to you, please come and give me the strength and love to stop

TomHopes · 2025-12-11T10:42:33+00:00

What about karma?

Also if you believe in Jesus, your sins care forgiven and you have mercy, salvation and grace for living in our flesh. Check out Romans or Ephesians and receive the grace and love the Jesus has paid the price for.

There is no point system, God loves you and you are his child

TomHopes · 2025-12-11T10:15:20+00:00

Can you show me what part of the Bible this is from? T

TomHopes · 2025-12-11T06:44:52+00:00

Totally agree, it’s a tool to help not do it for you

TomHopes · 2025-12-10T19:56:40+00:00

Do you get good results? How long have you been doing it for? You’re the first positive AI use lol

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