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1 | Porn in spouse overcome thru fasting? | Galatians | keliy | 212633 | ||
Bandaid, dear sister, I can not express how sorry I am that my posts have been interpreted in such a way. It is hard for me to get my true feelings across on such an electronic format. Please believe, that my only intention is to serve, and not offend. In serving others through serving the Lord, I have realized that a true servant's reward comes only when the other person is blessed. That has always been my intention, and to read it any other way is to block any benefit that may otherwise be received I have been down some paths that are parallel to some struggles you are facing, and am familiar with mental illness. I have been arrested and jailed for situations that were due to a believer who refused to stop tampering with the prescribed dosage of her seratonin-reuptake-inhibitors ( psyche-meds) Thankfully the charges were dropped due to the Holy Spirit speaking through me during the trial. To God be the glory! I have also suffered from addictive behaviors during my decades of apostasy and rebellion. If I were to mention some habitual behaviors, there are people that would say these were more destructive than any they have ever known. I am not trying to blow my horn here, I actually am only breathing today by the grace of God and the hedge of protection that He placed over me, as well as the expertise of the EMT's who attended to me on a flight for life helicopter dispatched to a rural location before sunrise one Sunday morning as I laid alone. Yet I remained in denial and actually got worse in my behaviors. All of that to get to this: It was 15 long years after that incident while ignoring the pleadings of Christian family members that I realized I needed to look towards the resources of God to introduce any type of lasting change in my life and they have consistently proven to be sufficient. After my conversion to Jesus, and accepting Him as the Lord and Savior of my life, He has made possible my transformation by making God's divine power available to me. Here are some notes I kept, that I turn to in times of need: God's Spirit is within me (Rom 8:9; Jhn 14:16-17), Always available to teach me God's truths (1Cor 2:10-13; John 14:26, 16:13). God's Spirit will strengthen me (Rom 8:11) and intercede for me (8:26-27) God will help me discern between good and evil (1Jhn 2:18-27) and develop character (Gal 5:16-17, 5:22-23) His Word is sufficient to change me completely (1Thes 2:13; Heb 4:12; 2Pet 1:2-4). His Word is able to counsel me in any situation (2Tim 3:16-17), and gives me hope (Rom 15:4). Instead of relying on the wisdom of this world -which is foolish (1Cor 3:19) and inadequate (Isa 55:8-9), I can have God's wisdom (Jas 1:5), strength (Eph 6:10; 2Thes 3:3; 1Jhn 4:4), and sufficiency (Phil 4:19; 2Cor 9:8-10) in every circumstance (1Cor 10:13; Phlp 4:11-13). The Lord Jesus Christ will remain with me (Mat 28:20; Heb 13:5) to sustain me (Jhn 15:1-11) and care for me (Jhn 10:27-29; Eph 5:29) Jesus is and will always be my defender (1Jhn 2:1), and He will always intercede to God our Father on my behalf (Rom 8:34; Heb 7:25) May he turn all your sorrows to joy, keliy |
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2 | Porn in spouse overcome thru fasting? | Galatians | bandaid | 212650 | ||
Keliy, I can appreciate your situation and where you have been. One of our family professions is counseling. It is difficult for people especially laypeople to seperate their own feelings and experiences from others' situations. Counselors have to struggle to do this daily, or they will miss on hearing someone elses singular unique need. That is why they have years of school and trainning, to use the knowledge they have learned in each of those seperate instances and keep there own perhaps, skewed views, out of their counsel. Hopefully they can use there own experiences to help someone else instead of hindering their advice. Fortunately for me, I have a wide and vast array of help and inspiration when I need it. I have chosen to stay open to hearing God in my own life and what He is showing me through my own unique circumstances and in no way feel I know it all or have not missed my own blind spots. It is a daily process, and it is exciting to learn afresh Gods Word everyday and how it pertains to my own or loved ones lives. By coming here to this site, is just another piece of weaponary I have picked up to fight the battle I am in for my husbands mind, body and soul. I have my armour on yet I don't think I am strong enough lest I fall, but I can do several things at one time. This site to me is for finding ideas on these questions I have not explored and answers in the original texts and verses to the questions I have stated. I know you want to help, just in this circumstance with me, I don't really need that kind. Really. I simply have come for the meat of my questions and any scriptural references since this site is so very awesome that all of the concordances are so easy to get and I can choose the NASB which is the closest to the original translation. I'm a bit beyond the bread, although God keeps me humbled and I learn more through the same Word I have read a 100 times. There are times I have pain, regrets and anger over my situation, I deal with that. But I am using that to dig into Gods love and in this situation His Word. Meditating on what He is telling me. Finding answers to very pertinent questions. I was looking for a site that scholars may use to study in depth the meaning of every word in scripture. I cannot expect the professors and people around me to focus on only my questions when there are so many in more need. But if someone needs money to buy food, you either give them money, or get them food they can eat depending on their dietary needs and likes. You cannot give them a can of tuna and expect them to say thank you wholeheartedly if they are allergic to it. Maybe that is not a very good picture, but I simply would like the focus of this forum - for me - to be on the exciting study of Gods Word and the questions I have I don't mind debating. Not my circumstances. At this point I am not wallowing in pain or hurt. I am not cold to it, I just have already been through most of it and I expect there will be more to feel. Right now I feel excitement over Gods Word and finding the answers I seek. It has been a huge issue to just get the focus of the forum on the questions, knowing not everyone will have the same beliefs and scriptures and all the knowledge of the bible. Unfortunately, that is not where the focus went, and it is rather frustrating having to explain to each and every kind person, I'm okay, can you answer the questions please? Give your views and time and paragraphs...on the questions. Bandaid is okay. Which by the way, my name refers to instrumental group helper. So, thank you for taking so much time to show compassion over my situation. If you can share any ideas on my original questions I would be delighted. |
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