SHOWNOTES FOR EPISODE 022
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Here is some encouragement and some important helps for those new to sexual recovery:
REALIZE YOU’RE NOT ALONE – Men, women, single or married. You probably think you are the only one dealing with these problems. Not true! The majority of us are dealing with some sort of sexual issue. But nobody seems to talk about it. Our parent, our churches, our friends…. We don’t hear about these type of private stuggles except in gossipy, hush-hush ways.
REACH OUT IN SEVERAL DIRECTIONS – More than ever, you need a support system. You need someone to talk to. The instinct is to keep it quiet and try to manage it yourself. But that never works. God’s healing plan is though others.
TALK TO GOD IN A DIFFERENT WAY – I assume that you have prayed before and tried to make some sort of connection with God. People in sexual recovery are usually quite spiritual. They’ve tried talking to God, asking Him to take their junk away, asking Him to remove the guilt and consequences.
FIND SOME SKILLED HANDS WHO CAN HELP YOU WITH THE DEEPER STUFF – If your new, it’s crisis management. It’s triage. But the real road to healing will come when you start working on the roots of why you committed adultery, look at porn, go to chatrooms, masturbation. There are root causes that only skilled hands will be able to help you with. A counselor, a minister, another person who has been through what you’re going through.
Go find them. Spend the time. Spend the money. It’s worth it!
GET SOME STRUCTURE AND ACCOUNTABILITY – When our lives break, we need some supports strengthen us. We need some structure to hold us up. Structure is internal and external.
REALIZE IT’S NOT HOPELESS – No situation is hopeless. No marriage. No lost job. No life. There are so many that have gone through the things you’re going through. There are many that have gone through WORSE, and come through it. We believe that hope can only come from God’s Spirit. With this blog we are already praying for you that God will give you hope and help you see His light in your dark situation.
Resources
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http://porntopurity.wordpress.com (Porn to Purity Blog)
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