Are you addicted?
Inhabited at Spirit West Coast - 2006
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Here’s a recent update from Sara of Inhabited…
Here I am, sitting at a coffee shop typing words that have been heavy on my heart for quite sometime. For some reason today, they are like a fire that cannot be contained. There is an urgency to send out a warning to all of you to GUARD YOUR MINDS, and realize the destructive power of pornography.
I know I’m not painting a pretty picture, but I know God wrote this message my heart! The fact is that I keep hearing the same stories. A girl confesses she has been sexually abused for years, and could never find the courage to break the silence. A young boy gets taken advantage of, or sucked into pornography by their own father! A wife is devastated when she finds out her husband has been abusing her children.
IF YOU HAVE BEEN SEXUALLY ABUSED, know that though I don’t know your name I prayed for you today. Please go to this link and read true stories from those who have been abused. They want to share how they found hope and spiritual healing. CLICK HERE TO GO TO LINK
Maybe as you read this, whether male or female, you are thinking, “ah, I just look at certain sites, I would never do anything like that.” Let me tell you something! SIN is unmerciful, and the end is destruction and death! I don’t care how glamorous hollywood makes it! Sin kills, steals, and destroys! (John 10:10) It will “take you where you never wanted to go, and keep you longer than you wanted to stay!” Isaiah 44:20 “He feedeth on ashes: a deceived heart hath turned him aside, that he cannot deliver his soul, nor say, Is there not a lie in my right hand?” Sin blinds.
I want this email not only to serve as a warning but also as an encouragement! The warning is that if you are dabbling in pornography, or have been sucked into it, realize this is a serious problem that cannot be overlooked! You may not see it as such and feel you can justify it, but IF YOU DON’T STOP, YOU WILL DESTROY YOUR LIFE AND POSSIBLY THE LIFE OF OTHERS!
The encouraging part is that there is HOPE! We serve a living God who has the power to loose the chains of darkness, and renew the mind! We are all powerless to overcome any sin, but the blood of Jesus will wash away our stains! His power enables us, even when we are the weakest to fight! There is no sin too great that Mercy cannot forgive! There is no mental stronghold too great that the Word cannot renew. We find life changing power when we humble ourselves at the foot of the cross! It may be a journey to freedom, many battles, but victory is possible! THERE IS HOPE!
We serve a God of new beginnings. Start today! Tomorrow never comes. (Romans 8:1)
I will be sending out another email in a week on how to walk in freedom, whether it is this struggle, or any other mental battle that you face from an eating disorder, cutting, bitterness, etc…
I will also include a story that was one of the things that awakened me to how pornograpy is destroying our nation! SARA DELIGHT
Tags: abuse, addiction, cutting, eating-disorder, News and Media, pornography, spiritual-warfare
