Taking a daily personal inventory is an extremely important process in recovery from sexual addiction. Step Ten of the Twelve Steps states that “We continued to take personal inventory, and when we were wrong, promptly admitted it.” Someone who has reached this step has experienced the hard work of the preceding steps, with each building upon the foundation of the last. The journey begins with admitting that sexual addiction has ruled one’s ...
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Feeling stuck in a daily routine is common. For a man in recovery from sexual addiction, a new routine is a helpful tool, essential in early recovery as new patterns are being formed. Changes and new steps will prevent him from becoming stuck and will challenge old patterns of thinking as a new way of life begins to take hold. There are simple steps that a man can practice each ...
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After many years of service to Christ, Cliff’s wife developed a quickly spreading cancer. Many people joined Cliff in fervent prayer for his wife, but she failed rapidly and soon died. Through it all, however, Cliff did not break his determined gaze on Christ. Instead of allowing the tragedy to shake his faith, he allowed his deep experience of pain and suffering—and even depression and confusion—to push him even deeper ...
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Being a parent can be one of the most rewarding relationships in life. But between taking the kids to school, work, and managing a household, let’s face it: It can be overwhelming. And knowing how to parent in today’s technology-driven world can be terrifying. So, here are some tips on how to parent from a biblical perspective.
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Who of us hasn’t had the experience of saying something we wished we hadn’t said? It’s a universal issue, and it has been for centuries.
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Many of us begin our recovery by seeing that we’ve been powerless to measure up to God’s laws. Some of us, however, expect that once we’re well on the road to recovery we’ll start keeping the laws of God.
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Words, either in the privacy of the mind or spoken aloud, are powerful. Written across the pages of history are phrases uttered at crucial moments that turned the course of world events.
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Charles Spurgeon, the famous 19th century preacher, had this to say about sin: “Did sin ever yield thee real pleasure? If so, go back to thine old drudgery, and wear the chain again, if it delights thee. But inasmuch as sin did never give thee what it promised to bestow, but deluded thee with lies…be free.”
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Can an unhealthy habit take the place of genuine human relationships? If so, how does this happen, and what can one do to change it?
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Words, either in the privacy of the mind or spoken aloud, are powerful. Written across the pages of history are phrases uttered at crucial moments that turned the course of world events.
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