I was a porn addict for many years and went through the long cycle of the sin that saying I wont do it again but than falling back into it. In in a way its a identity crises I started to more and more see myself as the porn addict until God had to show me, that is not who I am that Christ died for this and won the victory over it. I am a new creation in Christ Jesus no matter what I feel or how hard the temptation presses in we need to see ourselves as God sees us and than we can truly say Romans 8:37 37 No, in all these things we are more than conquerors through him who loved us
I completely understand you!! I finally had the courage to post about my testimony on this matter, and it is so nice to be able to relate to others who also has this struggle because I remember always thinking I was alone, that it "was only me"
For me, sadly, it's been closer to a 30-year battle. My wife was raised in Japan where it's "normal" for the boy to look at pornography, so she literally couldn't care less, which makes my struggle more profound because she is not effected at all, so I definitely cannot relate to this couple at all. I fear my failure to gain victory is indicative of my lack of true love for Jesus. I pray that my journey into Orthodoxy will give me a firmer foundation to build on my love for my savior who loves mankind. To love Jesus truly, in such a way that my wicked carnal desire to watch pornography steadily disappears as I grow closer in communion with my savior! Lord Jesus Christ, have mercy on me, the sinner!!
My husband and I have been together 31 years. I didn't know anything until about 11 years ago. I finally had to insist on marriage counseling. I know he needs more than that, but we have to take baby steps.
I have a lot of respect for this guy. Quitting isn’t easy and neither is talking about it. Especially talking about it in Christian circles. And I respect his wife too for her loyalty. Jim Daily clearly has no idea what he’s talking about.
Brokenness rather than perfection, starting groups, transparency finding connections sounds like real church. I'm very proud of this Pastor. Suffering in silence is total death and only leads to the brokenness of the church.
That is so powerfully true -- about the power of the secret, and the better power of "the pack" -- likeminded, loving, caring, and trustworthy fellow sufferers and believers.
He sought and found freedom not when she had the mindset that she was staying and dealing with it yet again, but when she had decided no more. Some addicts turn when the "no more" is presented. Some do not. Not all addicts will turn when the "no more" is presented. But it is in the "no more" that the heart is revealed. It is against God's Word to allow a pastor to remain in leadership with a sexual sin addiction. That's clear. Just because all this turned out okay does not mean this is the way for elders to handle this. This church's decision just stole years away from this man, this woman, and and this marriage. Thankfully, though, Jesus makes up from lost time.❤
Addictive behavior is a huge, very longstanding thing in humanity, our society and by extension the church, it has been to our great detriment to not address these issues ...especially as the Body of Christ, we fail to do so to our great peril ...as you said in this conversation... as a group to address with forgiveness and grace is the only path to bring healing. Who better to be that vehicle of heath and healing than the Church, but if the Church can't or wont admit it's wrongs -as you said- how can healing happen. Recovery groups to focus on and deal with addictions must become the norm if sin and the evil it promotes are to be broken
Again, identity precedes behavior. When you say you're "a sinner saved by grace", you'll struggle with sin. When you know you're a Son and walking in Power and Grace and your Father is The King who DESPERATELY loves you, you act out in like-kind. Know YOU'RE A SON!!!! Go be AMAZING!!
I want to say to the question posed on why he wouldn't step down. Clearly anyone asking that has not yet seen himself in the mirror of God's Grace through Jesus Christ. Thanks to the vulnerability of both of the quests.
Help lord help the marriage with Restoration help all the couples that struggle in this area help us to know that u hear the hurt and cry’s help lord help it to be a Mighty testimony of how you set your children free for your glory help with trust issues help with the pain in the heart of feeling betrayed help with falling In Love again deeper with you and the spouse and keep your mighty hand upon us for u say You will never leave us nor forsake us help that to get in rooted in our spirit to be set free in the name of Jesus I can do all things through Christ who strengthens me strengthen the married couples Lord and help them help us all in the name of Jesus
BELIEVE LIKE A CHILD Is it perhaps your desire to enter the kingdom of heaven? Do you wish you had certainty about it? Here is what the Lord Jesus had to say about it: "Verily I say unto you, Whosoever shall not receive the kingdom of God as a little child shall in no wise enter therein." Luke 18:17. What did Jesus mean by these words? Notice that Jesus said, "receive" the kingdom; He did not say "work for" or "earn" the kingdom. How then can we be sure to receive the kingdom of God as a little child and truly enter therein? To know what Jesus meant we have to understand how a little child receives, since this is what Jesus requires of anyone who wishes to enter the kingdom of God. Have you ever noticed how a little child receives things, let's say from his parents or grandparents? Think about it for a while. By observation we know that little children receive without any inclination that they ought to EARN or DESERVE what is given to them. It does not occur to them that they should first become worthy or deserving. It is clear that little children always receive in humility and without reservations. They display an absence of pride and self-sufficiency; they receive without works and without merit. They do not feel the need to prove that they deserve what is given to them. They do not measure their worthiness of the gift by their own goodness or lack of it. They do not think to bring the question of their own merits into the equation....they simply receive. This is the point that Jesus was making. He is saying that this is the way that we need to receive the greatest gift that anyone can ever receive -- the gift of God, which is eternal life in His kingdom. The reason we need to receive it as a little child is, try as we may, we can never earn or deserve it through our own merits, goodness or performance. Thinking that we can deserve it is deception and pride. God, the almighty Creator, is holy and righteous and cannot look upon any sin -- His standard is perfection. Even if we have failed only once to fulfill the smallest commandment in the law of God, we still fall short of that perfection. The Bible says that: "All have sinned, and come short of the glory of God" (Romans 3:23). We have all failed to keep God's moral law, the 10 commandments perfectly; we have all sinned and come short of the glory of God. We can never change our imperfection and make ourselves acceptable to God by trying to be good. Isaiah 64:6 says: "But we are all as an unclean thing, and all our righteousnesses are as filthy rags; and we all do fade as a leaf; and our iniquities, like the wind, have taken us away." God is a holy and righteous judge and therefore has to punish sin. But He is also love and does not want to damn anyone to eternal punishment in hell. So He made salvation possible to anyone who would believe Him and be willing to receive it from Him as a gift. He, the Creator, chose to come down from heaven and to become flesh like us and to pay the penalty for all our sin. The penalty for our sin is death. Romans 6:23 "For the wages of sin is death; but the gift of God is eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord." Now what does the Bible say about the love of God? John 3:16-18: "For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life. For God sent not his Son into the world to condemn the world; but that the world through him might be saved. He that believeth on him is not condemned: but he that believeth not is condemned already, because he hath not believed in the name of the only begotten Son of God." By wholeheartedly trusting in the finished work of the Lord Jesus Christ, who died for our sins on the cross, and receiving the free gift of salvation and the forgiveness of sins by His grace, anyone, regardless of the magnitude of their sins, can have the forgiveness of all their sins and be born again by the Spirit of God, receiving from Him the gift of eternal life. Isn't it amazing that God was willing to take the punishment for our sin upon Himself? He is unlike anything that we will encounter in this dark world that has been marred by man's rebellion and Satan's subsequent evil dominion through sin. God created mankind with a free will to choose for themselves what they will and will not believe, and what they will and will not receive. He will never force His love or His gifts on anyone. He will never force anyone to have a relationship with Him. Yet He wants to become your Father. The only way that we can receive eternal life in the kingdom of God is to receive it from Him as a free gift. It is not available to us in any other way. We can never earn the things of God. The Bible makes it clear: "For the wages of sin is death; but the GIFT of God is eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord." (Romans 6:23) "For by grace are ye saved through faith; and that not of yourselves: it is the GIFT of God: not of works, lest any man should boast" (Ephesians 2:8-9). Romans 10:9-11,13 "That if thou shalt confess with thy mouth the Lord Jesus, and shalt believe in thine heart that God hath raised him from the dead, thou shalt be saved. For with the heart man believeth unto righteousness; and with the mouth confession is made unto salvation. For the scripture saith, Whosoever believeth on him shall not be ashamed. For whosoever shall call upon the name of the Lord shall be saved." Why don't you confess with your mouth the Lord Jesus and believe in your heart that God raised Him from the dead? Why don't you call on His name and be saved? Titus 3:4-7 "But after that the kindness and love of God our Saviour toward man appeared, Not by works of righteousness which we have done, but according to his mercy he saved us, by the washing of regeneration, and renewing of the Holy Ghost; Which he shed on us abundantly through Jesus Christ our Saviour; That being justified by his grace, we should be made heirs according to the hope of eternal life." Kindly share this message.
The saying is trustworthy: If anyone aspires to the office of overseer, he desires a noble task. Therefore an overseer must be above reproach, the husband of one wife, sober-minded, self-controlled, respectable, hospitable, able to teach, not a drunkard, not violent but gentle, not quarrelsome, not a lover of money. He must manage his own household well, with all dignity keeping his children submissive, for if someone does not know how to manage his own household, how will he care for God's church? He must not be a recent convert, or he may become puffed up with conceit and fall into the condemnation of the devil. Moreover, he must be well thought of by outsiders, so that he may not fall into disgrace, into a snare of the devil. 1 Timothy 3:1-7
the only winning move is not to play Chastity leads to a peaceful life, I wish I had stayed way from marriage and sex in all forums and wish I had found this truth in my youth.
My respect to this woman who stood beside her husband, may God bless her abundantly and may she be heald completely by the blood of jesus
You so right
I was a porn addict for many years and went through the long cycle of the sin that saying I wont do it again but than falling back into it. In in a way its a identity crises I started to more and more see myself as the porn addict until God had to show me, that is not who I am that Christ died for this and won the victory over it. I am a new creation in Christ Jesus no matter what I feel or how hard the temptation presses in we need to see ourselves as God sees us and than we can truly say Romans 8:37 37 No, in all these things we are more than conquerors through him who loved us
@jbond5150 Try to get over your hate
Amen
I completely understand you!! I finally had the courage to post about my testimony on this matter, and it is so nice to be able to relate to others who also has this struggle because I remember always thinking I was alone, that it "was only me"
I identified with her when she said she could not understand why she was not enough.
For me, sadly, it's been closer to a 30-year battle. My wife was raised in Japan where it's "normal" for the boy to look at pornography, so she literally couldn't care less, which makes my struggle more profound because she is not effected at all, so I definitely cannot relate to this couple at all. I fear my failure to gain victory is indicative of my lack of true love for Jesus. I pray that my journey into Orthodoxy will give me a firmer foundation to build on my love for my savior who loves mankind. To love Jesus truly, in such a way that my wicked carnal desire to watch pornography steadily disappears as I grow closer in communion with my savior! Lord Jesus Christ, have mercy on me, the sinner!!
Amen.
Also, please, try to reach the interviewed or interviewer for further help.
Seeing you at the top.
My husband and I have been together 31 years. I didn't know anything until about 11 years ago. I finally had to insist on marriage counseling. I know he needs more than that, but we have to take baby steps.
Thank you Jim, your shows are so helpful for families, parenting and marriages.
I have a lot of respect for this guy. Quitting isn’t easy and neither is talking about it. Especially talking about it in Christian circles. And I respect his wife too for her loyalty.
Jim Daily clearly has no idea what he’s talking about.
Yes it is a big deal having an open discussion like this.
I don't understand why you say that about Jim Daily, could you explain please?
Thank you for your openness! This is one of the biggest issues in the church today.
Brokenness rather than perfection, starting groups, transparency finding connections sounds like real church. I'm very proud of this Pastor. Suffering in silence is total death and only leads to the brokenness of the church.
Very well said
Beautiful and powerful testimony thankyou so much. The Truth will set us free
That is so powerfully true -- about the power of the secret, and the better power of "the pack" -- likeminded, loving, caring, and trustworthy fellow sufferers and believers.
Thanks for being open and honest about your struggles. Thanks for sharing steps people can take and letting people know there is hope.
He sought and found freedom not when she had the mindset that she was staying and dealing with it yet again, but when she had decided no more. Some addicts turn when the "no more" is presented. Some do not. Not all addicts will turn when the "no more" is presented. But it is in the "no more" that the heart is revealed. It is against God's Word to allow a pastor to remain in leadership with a sexual sin addiction. That's clear. Just because all this turned out okay does not mean this is the way for elders to handle this. This church's decision just stole years away from this man, this woman, and and this marriage. Thankfully, though, Jesus makes up from lost time.❤
accountablility is the most important part of pron recovery! confession starts the healing
Addictive behavior is a huge, very longstanding thing in humanity, our society and by extension the church, it has been to our great detriment to not address these issues ...especially as the Body of Christ, we fail to do so to our great peril ...as you said in this conversation... as a group to address with forgiveness and grace is the only path to bring healing. Who better to be that vehicle of heath and healing than the Church, but if the Church can't or wont admit it's wrongs -as you said- how can healing happen. Recovery groups to focus on and deal with addictions must become the norm if sin and the evil it promotes are to be broken
Again, identity precedes behavior. When you say you're "a sinner saved by grace", you'll struggle with sin. When you know you're a Son and walking in Power and Grace and your Father is The King who DESPERATELY loves you, you act out in like-kind. Know YOU'RE A SON!!!! Go be AMAZING!!
Can I like this comment a thousand times?
I want to say to the question posed on why he wouldn't step down. Clearly anyone asking that has not yet seen himself in the mirror of God's Grace through Jesus Christ. Thanks to the vulnerability of both of the quests.
fair play to these two people for having this open discussion.
Help lord help the marriage with Restoration help all the couples that struggle in this area help us to know that u hear the hurt and cry’s help lord help it to be a Mighty testimony of how you set your children free for your glory help with trust issues help with the pain in the heart of feeling betrayed help with falling In Love again deeper with you and the spouse and keep your mighty hand upon us for u say You will never leave us nor forsake us help that to get in rooted in our spirit to be set free in the name of Jesus I can do all things through Christ who strengthens me strengthen the married couples Lord and help them help us all in the name of Jesus
aMEN
Is there a session where Michelle tells her story?
BELIEVE LIKE A CHILD
Is it perhaps your desire to enter the kingdom of heaven? Do you wish you had certainty about it? Here is what the Lord Jesus had to say about it:
"Verily I say unto you, Whosoever shall not receive the kingdom of God as a little child shall in no wise enter therein." Luke 18:17.
What did Jesus mean by these words? Notice that Jesus said, "receive" the kingdom; He did not say "work for" or "earn" the kingdom. How then can we be sure to receive the kingdom of God as a little child and truly enter therein?
To know what Jesus meant we have to understand how a little child receives, since this is what Jesus requires of anyone who wishes to enter the kingdom of God. Have you ever noticed how a little child receives things, let's say from his parents or grandparents? Think about it for a while. By observation we know that little children receive without any inclination that they ought to EARN or DESERVE what is given to them. It does not occur to them that they should first become worthy or deserving. It is clear that little children always receive in humility and without reservations.
They display an absence of pride and self-sufficiency; they receive without works and without merit. They do not feel the need to prove that they deserve what is given to them. They do not measure their worthiness of the gift by their own goodness or lack of it. They do not think to bring the question of their own merits into the equation....they simply receive.
This is the point that Jesus was making. He is saying that this is the way that we need to receive the greatest gift that anyone can ever receive -- the gift of God, which is eternal life in His kingdom.
The reason we need to receive it as a little child is, try as we may, we can never earn or deserve it through our own merits, goodness or performance. Thinking that we can deserve it is deception and pride. God, the almighty Creator, is holy and righteous and cannot look upon any sin -- His standard is perfection. Even if we have failed only once to fulfill the smallest commandment in the law of God, we still fall short of that perfection. The Bible says that: "All have sinned, and come short of the glory of God" (Romans 3:23).
We have all failed to keep God's moral law, the 10 commandments perfectly; we have all sinned and come short of the glory of God. We can never change our imperfection and make ourselves acceptable to God by trying to be good.
Isaiah 64:6 says: "But we are all as an unclean thing, and all our righteousnesses are as filthy rags; and we all do fade as a leaf; and our iniquities, like the wind, have taken us away."
God is a holy and righteous judge and therefore has to punish sin. But He is also love and does not want to damn anyone to eternal punishment in hell. So He made salvation possible to anyone who would believe Him and be willing to receive it from Him as a gift. He, the Creator, chose to come down from heaven and to become flesh like us and to pay the penalty for all our sin. The penalty for our sin is death. Romans 6:23 "For the wages of sin is death; but the gift of God is eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord."
Now what does the Bible say about the love of God? John 3:16-18: "For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life.
For God sent not his Son into the world to condemn the world; but that the world through him might be saved.
He that believeth on him is not condemned: but he that believeth not is condemned already, because he hath not believed in the name of the only begotten Son of God."
By wholeheartedly trusting in the finished work of the Lord Jesus Christ, who died for our sins on the cross, and receiving the free gift of salvation and the forgiveness of sins by His grace, anyone, regardless of the magnitude of their sins, can have the forgiveness of all their sins and be born again by the Spirit of God, receiving from Him the gift of eternal life.
Isn't it amazing that God was willing to take the punishment for our sin upon Himself? He is unlike anything that we will encounter in this dark world that has been marred by man's rebellion and Satan's subsequent evil dominion through sin.
God created mankind with a free will to choose for themselves what they will and will not believe, and what they will and will not receive. He will never force His love or His gifts on anyone. He will never force anyone to have a relationship with Him. Yet He wants to become your Father.
The only way that we can receive eternal life in the kingdom of God is to receive it from Him as a free gift. It is not available to us in any other way. We can never earn the things of God.
The Bible makes it clear: "For the wages of sin is death; but the GIFT of God is eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord." (Romans 6:23)
"For by grace are ye saved through faith; and that not of yourselves: it is the GIFT of God: not of works, lest any man should boast" (Ephesians 2:8-9).
Romans 10:9-11,13
"That if thou shalt confess with thy mouth the Lord Jesus, and shalt believe in thine heart that God hath raised him from the dead, thou shalt be saved.
For with the heart man believeth unto righteousness; and with the mouth confession is made unto salvation.
For the scripture saith, Whosoever believeth on him shall not be ashamed.
For whosoever shall call upon the name of the Lord shall be saved."
Why don't you confess with your mouth the Lord Jesus and believe in your heart that God raised Him from the dead? Why don't you call on His name and be saved?
Titus 3:4-7
"But after that the kindness and love of God our Saviour toward man appeared,
Not by works of righteousness which we have done, but according to his mercy he saved us, by the washing of regeneration, and renewing of the Holy Ghost;
Which he shed on us abundantly through Jesus Christ our Saviour;
That being justified by his grace, we should be made heirs according to the hope of eternal life."
Kindly share this message.
The saying is trustworthy: If anyone aspires to the office of overseer, he desires a noble task. Therefore an overseer must be above reproach, the husband of one wife, sober-minded, self-controlled, respectable, hospitable, able to teach, not a drunkard, not violent but gentle, not quarrelsome, not a lover of money. He must manage his own household well, with all dignity keeping his children submissive, for if someone does not know how to manage his own household, how will he care for God's church? He must not be a recent convert, or he may become puffed up with conceit and fall into the condemnation of the devil. Moreover, he must be well thought of by outsiders, so that he may not fall into disgrace, into a snare of the devil.
1 Timothy 3:1-7
Its annoying how the host talks over him.
I wish i had freedom from anxiety and worry
Don't only wish, pray, belive and receive. Jesus loves you!!
@@eliaskocak8919 thank you brother
Thank you
How did his parents respond to his disclosure?
Girl you are a roll model 😍
Pastors and church leaders should step down and get help.
Yet PRAISE JESUS for healing!!
Amen ❤❤❤❤❤🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏
the only winning move is not to play
Chastity leads to a peaceful life, I wish I had stayed way from marriage and sex in all forums and wish I had found this truth in my youth.
I agree.
spirits are stubborn
Questo sarà il tuo caso.
It’s a good thing Michelle is sinless or Steve might leave her.
so if you partner screws around behind your back, you'd be okay with that? You couldn't leave them because you're not sinless right?
Plant Based cheating on someone is different than watching porn once a year
@@rmmm329 it doesn't matter if they're different. You're not sinless so you can't leave them. That's the standard you set.
Plant Based huh? That’s not English
@@rmmm329 really? Looks like English to me.
Jesus died to set us free from sin. Seek and you shall find.
Ah, to you bible only Fundelmentists , Why ?
What do you mean?
She’s a hot blonde
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