Category: Sexual Addiction

20.May.2013 |

Temptation and Change. An Extract from a Story. God Sex book)

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Each day, we have a choice to renew our minds. It is a new day with new beginnings and new chances to heal.

Our minds change a little at a time and we find ourselves exercising some form of power in our lives.

God’s power helps us as every new day there are new temptations. Temptations are attractive. As we walk out our journey, we find ourselves in moments where we put ourselves in a place of weakness where we know temptation will meet us. We know the answer, yet, we still must make the choice. The mind may try to counter-argue: “Just one last time. I’ll do it. It’s fine. I’ll start again tomorrow.”

If we fall in this moment, we can blame the circumstances, but it was still our choice.

Good and bad opportunities will come. We can see these moments as tests, and like tests, we need to pass them; otherwise, the same test returns.

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17.May.2013 |

Sexual Desire

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Sexual desire is cognitive—involving thoughts, wishes, fantasies, or desires—as well as physical—genital arousal.
It is also thought to be psychosexual, meaning that all of our senses get involved.

Sexual desire is not necessarily the same thing as physiological or genital sexual arousal—though it can be a component. There can be an absence of sexual activity without a lack of desire.

On the other hand, a person can engage in sexual behaviors and activities without feeling sexual desire. So many people engage in said activities so that they can feel a part of a clique with whom they hang out; however, the sexual experience leaves them disappointed.

An understanding of sexual desire and the fact that they do not need to give in to these acts just to “feel good” about themselves can help spare people the heartache that comes from premature sexual activity. (Extract from God Sex book)

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15.May.2013 |

Forgiveness, Sexuality, Moving Forward

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There is and always will be the issue of forgiveness. We all struggle with regret for past mistakes, and we all live with the memories of what we have done.

The first step in moving on is to admit that we are fallible and make mistakes. God forgives us, and we must, therefore, forgive ourselves and others.

Our problem can be letting go of our pride and embarrassment over what we have done. We should not be in a resentful place nor can we afford to be a person that holds resentment.

God encourages us to forgive, for it is in forgiveness that we are forgiven.

We also have to choose to not dwell on our mistakes. Sexual sin is often difficult to forget because of the intimacy we held with others. It did not seem like a bad idea at the time, but when the relationship dissolves, we face the regret of giving ourselves over to something temporary.

We have to choose to cast down our thoughts and imaginations. If we keep on allowing ourselves to dwell on our mistakes then we are going to be depressed. Choose to move forward.

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14.May.2013 |

Grace or Obedience? (Taken from God Sex book)

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We love grace, but we hate obedience. We run to familiar things rather than to what God calls us to: Christ.

Biblical teachings are best utilized through a combination of grace and knowledge.

We can all too often try to justify the sins of those we love. We convince ourselves that what they are doing is not really wrong. We fall for deception. Our intention to be merciful fails and we find our friends in trouble and further from God. We are too inclined to just excuse sin and err to God’s grace; meanwhile, we allow people and ourselves to stay in sin.

Faithfulness to Him means maturity, and at times, it hurts.

Our vulnerabilities and weaknesses are not offensive to God, but our sin is.

If we want to know God, we have to be willing to allow Him to know us. John writes in John 8:32, “And you will know the truth, and the truth will make you free.”

Jesus visualized the fisherman Peter as a world-changer. If we keep ourselves in God’s words, we find it easier to both love ourselves and others. It is also easier to change.

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11.May.2013 |

Sex, History and the Bible

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Despite popular belief, the Song of Solomon is not the only book of the Bible that talks about sex.

The Bible contains great revelations and stories regarding sexual issues; including the origin of sex, marital sex, group sex, seduction, sex as a form of worship, promiscuity, prostitution, rape, polygamy, homosexuality, bisexuality, incest, bestiality, and coitus interruptus.

God is not silent about sex. In some ways, God presents “Fifty Shades of Grey” about the most controversial topic in the world, and yet, at the same time, He provides freedom and safety because He sets the guidelines for what is a huge part of our lives.

The many translations of the Bible and the shifting in language over the centuries have served to mask the Bible’s information concerning sexuality. That or perhaps we just don’t read it enough to discover the shocking facts! (Extract from God Sex).

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