Struggle with SSA
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April 8, 2018 at 11:15 amHey all, First time posting. Feeling frustrated with myself. I’m attracted to the same sex and I barely put up a fight against my lustful desires. I have fantasies that I indulge in and sometimes even sleep with a friend of mine. I feel like I love satisfying myself more than I love God and I hate that because He deserves better from me. I go to Celebrate Recovery and I see a counselor. Been listening to DAB everyday since the start of the year too. It helps (thankful for you Brian) but I’m just not committed to self discipline or making good decisions. Please ask God to help me choose to seek life in Him now so I don’t have to go through a rock bottom experience to change. Also, I need to find a sponsor for Celebrate Recovery. Please ask God to connect me with the right person. Thank you.
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April 8, 2018 at 12:38 pmYou can call me “spirit” not “junkmail” lol
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April 8, 2018 at 2:44 pmDear Spirit,
God bless you. Know as you step closer to our Lord you will find love from him that beats all other love. I know that we are just called to bring our brokenness to him that’s what he wants. I pray you keep going on your journey with him, I pray you can really enjoy great worship in him I believe we were born to worship and there is nothing like being in the spirit, for me there is nothing like it.
Dear Lord Jesus,
Please take Spirit this year on a journey with you, please let keep self condemnation away and your love so near. Lord in circle Spirit with love and your amazing joy. Lord show the paths to take, help the choices they make, be a wonderful counsellor, give Spirit rest near you, lead Spirit by still waters and refresh his soul. AmenPraiseHimPrayers: 1075Requests: 110
April 8, 2018 at 4:26 pmDear Spirit: If only someone would have replied with Dear Junkmail, I would’ve had a laugh. Ha ha! I’m sorry to hear about the situation you’ve been in, but glad you reached out on the Prayer Wall. I love this Prayer Wall. I always have a ton of prayer requests I think of putting on, but then I read some already written and find myself too busy to write a request of my own which is totally fine because I love praying for others. I know God answers prayer. I also know the comfort of having someone care enough to pray for me, so I like to give that to others. There is such a spirit of confusion that is so prevalent in our society these days. It reminds me of calling evil good and good evil. I hate it. I’m not sure where you’re desires/feelings/thoughts are coming from in regards to the behavior you shared about, but I think that addressing it is key. Of course, I’m not trying to be some counselor here, but I think it’s important to talk with people about their situation and pray. God instructs us to take every thought captive. I encourage you and remind myself to do that. I don’t do it enough, but I will get better at it. I also encourage you to be aware of what you allow into your life as an influence. You know what you watch, read, listen to, think, etc. Lately, I’ve been listening to message from Ravi Zaccharius. I really like listening to him. He is a gifted speaker. He really knows how to get to the root of things- to break things down. He has a heart for reaching the younger generation. I think his ministry motto is “helping the believer think and the thinker believe” which I really like. God helps me learn things when I can really understand them. That may sound really dumb, but hopefully not. Ha! I guess I’m a thinker. I don’t know what will reach you, but I pray you’ll find it. It’s great to hear you listen to DAB each day. I do, too. And when I get lost in the monotony of listening and I begin to zone out, I read. The other day I thought I heard Brian talking about the eye/what you see and how if you see things positive in others, your eye will be light or something along those lines. I wanted to hear it and have time to think it through, somehow I didn’t. This morning I tried to go back and find it and was unsuccessful. If you, or anyone else knows what I’m referring to, will you please give the date of the message? I’d appreciate it. Get to praying already, right? Ok!
Father, you know junkmail, I mean spirit. Ha ha! Yes, I’m a joker and am SO thankful that You, too, have a great sense of humor. You are SO good! You are SO loving! You know this person through and through. You love them. You understand. Everything you tell us to stay away from is because it’s for our own good. Let this person know that if they don’t. Let them know that You want what’s best for them and You want them to have a blessed, good life that glorified You and builds the Kingdom- our family. Remind them and teach them why You tell us to die to ourselves, to crucify the flesh. Let them know that pursuing the things of the flesh does not satisfy- maybe for a short time, but then we’re robbed. It’s the enemy’s schemes. Don’t let them, or myself fall for it. Let us believe You are for us and Your plans for us are good- always better than any we could ever have for ourselves. Show this person what is leading them into this behavior- not general stuff or surface stuff, but the root of it. Speak to them and let them understand, see clearly and allow You to pull it up by the root and cast it into the sea. You know what I mean, Lord. Do what’s best. I lift them up to You and ask that You keep them from evil and from sin. Sin just separates us from You. Why would we ever think that would be a good idea? No way! Thank You for Your amazing love! Thank You for Jesus! Let us not be deceived or deceive ourselves. We have an enemy but He has no power over us. You give us freedom and a choice. Let us choose wisely. Let us be on guard against the one who comes like a ravenous wolf to steal, kill and destroy. Guard our hearts and minds in Christ Jesus. I pray in Jesus’ Name. Amen.
I’ll be praying for you. Look forward to hearing good news about God bringing about incredible changes in your story!
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