We’re taking your battle with sexual addiction deep into a familiar story and see The Father’s Response! While you may have heard the parable of the Prodigal Son before, this time try listening with your eyes closed and heart open to see where you fit in. As the story highlights the different paths two sons will take, allow it to draw a picture of how you may be relating to God the Father...
Beyond Your Imagination
When you hear the word “imagination,” chances are you’ll put it in one of two boxes- it’s either child’s play or a path to deviance. For a moment, let’s re-imagine imagination. There is great power in this tool. What if we view our mind’s ability to be creative as a positive not a negative? This episode will challenge you to push past the idea that your imagination is a mere tool for daydreaming...
How Imagination Helps Break the Grip of Porn
If you struggle with unwanted sexual behaviors, your imagination has played a role in keeping you trapped. But did you know it can also help set you free? God has given us our imaginations as powerful tools, and they can be used either for good or for evil. If you’re wrestling with habitual unwanted behaviors, your imagination has been co-opted to drag you down. Consider pornography as one...
If You Keep Repeating Your Sin
Many of us have a love-hate relationship with our emotions. But emotions can actually lead us to God. It seems to me we live in a world with conflicting and confusing ideas about the place of emotions. I spoke with one man recently who remembers being scolded by his father for expressing anger as a child. How did his father scold him? By yelling at him angrily. A woman I know grew up in a home...
When Advice and Accountability Don’t Mix
When someone is struggling with an ongoing habitual behavior, many of us can be quick to give advice. Ironically, this usually makes things worse. Here’s why… Advice is great when it’s given by a qualified person, at the right time, and in the right way. In contrast, here are three times advice can backfire: When you’re uncomfortable. Often, we give advice when we’re uncomfortable with the other...
Powerful Partnership: Do’s and Don’ts
The term “Accountability Partner” can carry a high cringe factor. Yes, they are meant for good – offering space to confess to one another, to pray with one another, to hope for the best for each other.But, if not handled well, Accountability Partners can cause more harm than good.The enemy would love nothing more than for you and your partner to focus on your behavior, smother you in shame...