I’ve met a number of people who have been frustrated to find that, even though they’ve prayed and prayed that God would remove their temptations, their temptations persist. Why is this? Have they done something wrong? Do they lack faith? Are they resisting temptation in vain? Has God forsaken them? If you can relate either […]
What Do You Do When Hope Disappoints
When it comes to sexual integrity, hope matters. It matters a lot. Whether the issue is abstaining from sex until marriage, resisting temptation today, or investing time and resources in order to heal and grow, we need hope that there is good up ahead. But what do you do when you’ve been abstaining, or resisting, […]
When You Don’t Want to Resist Temptation
What do you do when you know your unwanted sexual behavior is wrong but it feels so right? When you know where it leads but that just doesn’t seem to matter right now? When you know God has better for you but whatever that is feels unavailable or insignificant in the moment? To me, I […]
Moving into Hope
Expectations for how the holidays should be were even more upside down this year because 2020. The usual anticipation we all feel leading up to Christmas has come and gone. Now what? Hope. Beyond expectation and anticipation, there is Hope. The very virtue of Hope is living in the present moment with the validation of […]
A Miraculous Encounter
It feels like I am in an extended state of waiting. With all the uncertainty of 2020, I am waiting for some form of normality to return! Unfortunately, what was “normal” may never return the way I would like. That reality contributes to a degree of anxiety in my waiting process. In chapter 2:25-35 of […]
3 Ways to Quit Porn While Quarantined
At some point early in life, pornography was not a thought in your mind. You’d never seen it and it didn’t occupy any of your time. Things have changed. Now you can’t stop thinking about it even when you wish you could. If this describes you, then why not make this season of social distancing […]
