People can wind up trapped in porn through many different ways. Some people intentionally seek it out for various reasons, some are exposed to it by no fault of their own but then find themselves returning to it again and again, and others go slowly and subtly. They walk down a long, dark, gradually declining…
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Hi. I’m Amanda. So why am I so passionate about discussing the issue of pornography? Well, because I’ve been there. This is my story… Now, if you watched my life as I grew up, I may very well be the last person you would expect to fall like this. I had a great home life….
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A lot of times when we think of idolatry we think of statues of false gods that people bow down to. Other religions such as Buddhism or Hinduism, or maybe doing something like what the Israelites did with the golden calf when Moses went up to receive the ten commandments come to mind (Exodus 32:4)….
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We are starting a series on something that no one talks about. However we believe it needs to be talked about. Pornography. Why are we doing this? In our culture today, no one is totally safe from porn. Even the safest, most Jesus-centered homes can be invaded by pornography. 1 Peter says we need to…
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Have you ever been hurt by someone? The pain can go deep and feel very heavy. It can be hard to forgive that person who hurt you. Sometimes it feels like you just can’t move on. “I know I need to forgive them, but I don’t know how!” For a while I struggled with this,…
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Have you ever had a long string of crazy things happen? Your life feels like a row of dominos that got bumped as one thing after another falls down in a clattering chain of a mess. Life can be rough. Problems come, but they don’t go away as quickly as we would like them to….
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I know you very well, but I never realized who you were. You were always there following me wherever I went. Your voice told me I had too much to do and too little time. You insisted people didn’t welcome me. You shook me to the core when I had to speak. You squeezed my…
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Often when we think of God bringing freedom into our lives, we imagine bright lights and thunderclaps, fireworks, and sudden victory in everything. We want big miracles, a sudden end to our battles and struggling, and for life to feel easy and perfect all at once. It is true that there are times when God…
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Free. We were made to be free. We weren’t made to be just partially free, but totally free. However, sin came in and left us in a bondage that we were not created to live under. Praise God that He sent Jesus to die for us and offer a way for us to have that…
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