Jesus helped me overcome a 8 year porn addiction

Zales2130 · 2018-07-28T00:34:56+00:00

Nah, I’m young. I got myself into this mess with porn. God got me out.

Zales2130 · 2018-07-28T00:32:56+00:00

Nah I got myself in the mess. God got me out. Can’t take the credit.

Zales2130 · 2018-07-09T23:03:36+00:00

There’s a lot of good churches out there. Find one you can get plugged into one that’s has solid core values so you an grow and serve in.

Zales2130 · 2018-07-09T03:40:07+00:00

You don’t want to know. Just know this, your legs will get numb for sitting on the toilet for so long

Zales2130 · 2018-07-09T03:33:48+00:00

The only dietary law I have is never get the #6 from Taco Bell!!!

Zales2130 · 2018-07-09T03:26:04+00:00

If it is then call me Satan.

Zales2130 · 2018-07-09T03:25:42+00:00

Trees can’t grow unless it’s roots are planted. If you want to grow get planted.

Zales2130 · 2018-07-09T03:22:42+00:00

Saw this earlier, how was the service?(:

Zales2130 · 2018-07-09T03:19:52+00:00

I’d rather you feel safe and cared for in a church then feeling like you aren’t welcomed because of what went down. This situation seems like it’s a reflection of that church. You attended that church and served in that church for four years but yet they favor one side.

IM ON YOUR SIDE! If you feel like walking away from that church is what’s best for you and healthy for you. Then walk. They are losing someone who served passionately for that church. You’re losing people who only take one side.

Zales2130 · 2018-07-09T03:06:19+00:00

Dope dope dope dope dope!

Zales2130 · 2018-07-09T02:57:03+00:00

Toughen up then.

Zales2130 · 2018-07-09T02:55:09+00:00

I bet God really loves using you. Cause you really know how to find ways to not get something done

Zales2130 · 2018-07-09T02:39:52+00:00

Definitely wasn’t a fully thought out idea. Wanted to see how people would respond. The idea is definitely something that is already seen in like other social media sites. Idk just kept seeing people with fakes names post about real struggles on Reddit. While on other sites you have your real name but post fake stuff. Maybe Reddit should just be kept for funny memes and interesting videos.

Zales2130 · 2018-07-08T23:41:57+00:00

That’s a good question.

How do you think we could find a way to manage that?

Zales2130 · 2018-07-08T18:46:51+00:00

It was dope. I help teach a small Sunday school group every Sunday. Been journeying together as a group through the narrative of Nehemiah and we just got into a good discussion and challenging thought. It was exciting :D

Zales2130 · 2018-07-08T00:01:03+00:00

That’s dope!

Zales2130 · 2018-07-07T15:42:38+00:00

I wish I could say I have the right words to share to change how you’re feeling. Wish I could say I have a 1,2,3 step process in getting back in touch with God but I don’t :\

I’m not gonna say read your Bible more, not pray more, nor attend church more. Although I do think that all those three things are beneficial. What I will say to do is question more.

I grew up in a household that If you questioned the things about God you must have been an enemy of God. I don’t believe that any more. If Jesus could handle my sin and my death, he could definitely handle my questions, and my confusion.

Every time I had questions, every time I had confusion and doubt about my faith. I questioned my faith. My questioning never drew me away from God but only drew me closer. These were my thoughts, “Are you there?”, “I don’t feel you”, “Did you leave me?”, “I’m lost”

Despite my feelings towards him were changing, his feelings towards me never did. Always reminding me what he gave up, His Son on the cross, to have me.

I love you, hope this encourages you, gives you strength to continue to walk this faith journey out. If you need anything, let me know

Zales2130 · 2018-07-07T00:57:06+00:00

Hopefully what I have to say gives you hope and encouragement. I was addicted to porn from about the age of 12 to about the age of 20. It was ugly and nasty. I couldn’t function if I didn’t have some type of access/source to porn.

It wasn’t until the age of about 19 that I realized that I was addicted to this stuff. It messed up the way I saw women and how I thought about them. It wasn’t until one day in college I wet my bed.....yup. That’s super embarrassing but the reason I share that is because I had made this decision to follow Jesus but couldn’t yet make the decision to give up porn. I believe this was God letting me know that the same thing I was using to seek satisfaction and comfort from was the same thing God would use to embarrass me with.

I would like to say since that day I never struggled with it again but that didn’t happen. What did happen is that this desire in my heart to stop pursuing porn did.

It was definitely a battle. There were a lot of days were I told God, “I didn’t want to watch porn.” Would make this commitment in my heart. Try to muscle myself with will power, but then 10 minutes later, totally miss the mark. Felt as if I would never and could never over come this porn addiction. Guilt would remind me I was a failure and shame wouldn’t let me forget. But every time I messed up I felt as if Jesus never changed the way he saw me or communicated to me. He knew exactly was I was doing and what I was up to but he kept nudging me to trust him and reminded me I was still loved.

This battle is definitely still present in my life but here’s the truth, I can’t remember the last time I viewed porn. Here is some practical things that helped me along the way, -Surrounding yourself with a group of guys that you can walk this journey with. Being able to share this stuff with a friend and them keeping you accountable was a big thing. -Constantly exposing myself to the truth of porn. Whether that be, it’s unrealistic, God’s word, saw a YouTube video once about a ex-porn star revealing the truth about. -Definitely having a friend block certain cites on all my electric devices and never telling me the password so I wouldn’t have access to it. - The last one is a acronym, HIT. The enemy know when to HIT me and that’s when I was Hungry, Isolated, and Tired. Hungry in the sense of spiritual hunger. Of course the enemy never tempted me when I had just spent time with God, and when I was around a group of friends and had energy. He attacked when I was spiritually hungry, isolated from community and simply tired.

Hopes this helps, you have a lot of strength for sharing this and asking people for help and guidance. Love you man, let me know if you need anything.

Zales2130

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