I have a rule...I listen to the advice of guys with perms like the one above. OK, I don't have that rule, but maybe I should.
I just wish I would have realized the truth in the above quote as it applies to several things in my life. The topic that inspires this is my addiction to porn. While I've been free of this beast for about 3 years now, the enemy often attacks me with temptation.
We talked about "soul ties" in our last class. I realized this week I was tied to every interaction with pornography, from the first encounter at age 7 in my brother's clubhouse to my last glimpse of the "hard stuff" over three years ago. That's 20+ years. While it wasn't a constant in the early years, it was much more so at the end.
Thousands of images and impressions...well, that is quite the chain that attached to me. So while every single strand might not have seemed like a big deal at the time, the results were simply toxic.
The fact that the enemy still attacks me with images of the stuff, the fact I can still unfortunately remember the first picture I saw in that clubhouse...it just SCREAMS that this stuff is tied to me.
When the things that come to mind to say to my wife during intimate moments are more porn dialogue and less Song of Songs, we have a problem.
I repented of specific soul ties this week in group to people I knew, as well as the many one-sided "relationships" I developed through porn.
A brother developed this prayer for some of his relationships, and I found it to be spot-on what I need to be praying many times over cut away at these chains and experience the FREEDOM that only our Heavenly Father can provide.
"Lord, I repent of my sexual immorality with _______. I release her, and I receive your purity and your love, Lord. Please give her purity in all her relationships. Amen."
Happy Cutting. While the chains are too strong for us to break away from, HE has a Love and Forgiveness that cuts through like a hot knife through butter.
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