God just open my mouth...

At our church tonight the men and women met for a separate Bible Study. The men’s study ironically was about purity and accountability. I was moved as they shared briefly and vaguely about pornography on the internet and how it is starting to really affect the church. I felt God just open my mouth and I shared with the men just a small part of how pornography destroyed my life and how I lost everything. After I shared with them my story I started to panic for a moment (WHAT HAD I DONE!) but then through my willingness to be open others were led to share and led to show great compassion. I am learning that part of my recovery is to allow God to use my brokenness to share with others.

During the meeting one man shared how he was addicted to pornography since he was 11 years old then another man pulled out of his bag a copy of “Every mans Battle” as another said that book changed my life. We all got a good look tonight that pornography is not just now starting to affect the church; it is all over the church. I think tonight our men will have grown so much closer to God and each other through this sin that we are all wanting victory from or at least a sin we could all easily fall into less we have accountability.

I am so amazed at what God is doing around me. He is delivering me and giving me such hope that I could have never of found on my own.

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