tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2872289811002419028.post9042344071908890196..comments2023-07-21T10:01:32.456+01:00Comments on T Childs Christianity Blog: I want to set up a Merseyside based church help group for men struggling with porn addiction and all related issues.T-Childshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14973808285834438472noreply@blogger.comBlogger14125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2872289811002419028.post-35141788279448679062014-12-03T16:47:40.072+00:002014-12-03T16:47:40.072+00:00Hi Tim, I hope you are well. I was just thinking ...Hi Tim, I hope you are well. I was just thinking about you and thought I would come over and say 'Hello'. I miss your blogging and hope that one day you will return.<br />God bless<br />Brenda.Brendahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16165344093549650260noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2872289811002419028.post-50633945099312478832014-09-13T17:25:13.555+01:002014-09-13T17:25:13.555+01:00Thanks for getting back to me. I am glad you have...Thanks for getting back to me. I am glad you have regained access to your account and have been doing well.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16349087080262856079noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2872289811002419028.post-55943236759404720132014-09-13T13:27:43.580+01:002014-09-13T13:27:43.580+01:00Also, couldn't access my account to get into t...Also, couldn't access my account to get into the bloody blog either!!!! ;~)T-Childshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14973808285834438472noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2872289811002419028.post-42065696451985717162014-09-13T13:25:38.965+01:002014-09-13T13:25:38.965+01:00Been very busy with stuff, Jerry, and active in my...Been very busy with stuff, Jerry, and active in my church too, so little time for adding posts. Hope you are well.T-Childshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14973808285834438472noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2872289811002419028.post-69076089313030306732014-09-05T13:28:54.099+01:002014-09-05T13:28:54.099+01:00Are you still with us, Tim? I looked for you at t...Are you still with us, Tim? I looked for you at the other site, and nothing has been published there since last March, either.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16349087080262856079noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2872289811002419028.post-75731565015488009702014-03-24T18:29:09.189+00:002014-03-24T18:29:09.189+00:00This is great what you're trying to do Tim and...This is great what you're trying to do Tim and I hope it works out. There are already several groups I have seen that are for women that struggle with sex too, but I have never, not even once, seen a group for men that struggle with sex. Although I have seen a group about porn addicts getting help resisting porn, it's a Christian group in the U.S., but groups dealing specifically with Christian men who are struggling with sex and lust and so on. I can honestly say I have not seen one, not a single one.<br /><br />I mean there are men groups that meet in Churches, and being that I am not a man and haven't been to any of the meetings I don't know what they discuss, maybe stuff like sex addiction; but you know what, I doubt it. I doubt it because people, specifically church people, tend to shy away these days from topics like this. Topics about, abortion, sex addiction, homosexuality, drug abuse, domestic violence etc etc. <br /><br />There are churches I have seen with tons of ministries but none of the ministries are focusing on the things that most people struggle with. As I was reading this post and saw you talking about your struggle, tears began to come to my eyes, because I kept thinking I wish I could do something, I wish I could say something perfect that would help you and every other man that I have come across that have struggles in this same area to overcome this issue once and for all. But I have no perfect words, but I pray. I pray that God may strengthen you, that God may help you to resist and endure the temptation you are faced with, I'm pretty sure if not every other day, maybe daily. <br /><br />Tim you're different from many of the men I have come across who have these struggles. You have actually acknowledged that you have an issue, you have gone before God and prayed about it yourself. I believe He will and is already working on you Tim, just believe it. I think of all the things that men struggle with, of course I don't know all the things you guy's struggle with, but the most common thing is sex related, in some way. I pray Tim that God gives you the strength to endure, and this group you're putting together may very well be exactly what God may want you to do, continue to pray about it, you never know how many lives may be positively affected by the encouragement and brotherly love supplied by this group and other groups like the one you're doing. God bless you Tim. S. Knowleshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10252839278824306504noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2872289811002419028.post-35012563736578344402014-03-13T16:57:49.442+00:002014-03-13T16:57:49.442+00:00Thanks Frank. We need all the prayers we can get, ...Thanks Frank. We need all the prayers we can get, and all the encouragement too. God bless.T-Childshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14973808285834438472noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2872289811002419028.post-76688127678289221562014-03-12T23:10:49.459+00:002014-03-12T23:10:49.459+00:00Dear Tim,
Wishing you success in setting up this C...Dear Tim,<br />Wishing you success in setting up this Christian group for heterosexual men, and I hope this will edify the faith of others as well as yourself. <br />All the best,<br />Frank.Frank E. Blasihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12218732913319387677noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2872289811002419028.post-91564411418706106072014-03-12T14:11:46.634+00:002014-03-12T14:11:46.634+00:00Thank you both Brenda and Susan for your kindness,...Thank you both Brenda and Susan for your kindness, concern and scriptural wisdom and love. It has to be revealed or we keep it in the dark where it festers. And we have to be defeated in some way before we truly ask for God's help and realise that we can do nothing in our own strength. I am learning this daily. God be merciful to me a sinner.T-Childshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14973808285834438472noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2872289811002419028.post-75583374789871025032014-03-12T13:17:33.608+00:002014-03-12T13:17:33.608+00:00I think if you keep the message of the Lord of the...I think if you keep the message of the Lord of the pharisee and the publican ever on your heart, humbled yet not thoroughly defeated, knowing the Lord is forgiving and kind to those who recognize His holiness and our own depravity, you are in a good place. Once you think you can conquer it (by doing or not doing A,B, and C) you are taking matters into your own hands. I recently saw a wonderful quote by Spurgeon:<br /><br /> “The holier a man becomes, the more he mourns over the un-holiness which remains in him”<br /><br />The fact is none of us is perfect, and we all have no reason to feel that we are anything good, and when we feel we have "arrived" in a place where we can feel good about ourselves, we are in the most danger, because then we fall into pride, which is the worst sin because then we think we have a hand in our own salvation and goodness, which we do not. We have nothing to boast of and always must keep our gaze on the goodness of God, not on ourselves. If your focus is constantly on yourself and your own abilities (or lack thereof) you need to keep it on Jesus and His mercy:<br /><br />"The cross exposes me before the eyes of other people, informing them of the depth of my depravity. If I wanted others to think highly of me, I would conceal the fact that a shameful slaughter of the perfect Son of God was required that I might be saved. But when I stand at the foot of the cross and am see by others under the light of that cross, I am left uncomfortably exposed before their eyes. Indeed, the most humiliating gossip that could ever be whispered about me is blared from Golgotha's Hill; and my self-righteous reputation is left in ruins in the wake of its revelations. With the worst facts about me thus exposed to the view of others, I find myself feeling that I truly have nothing left to hide.<br /><br />...I give thanks for the gospel's role in forcing my hand toward self-disclosure and the freedom that follows."<br /><br />Taken from Milton Vincent's, A Gospel Primer for Christians, p. 34<br /><br />If we are proud of ourselves, we err, if we are continually humbled at our inability and God's sufficiency, we are right where the Lord would have us be.Susanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00498627087140234765noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2872289811002419028.post-47477068608020095052014-03-11T15:49:57.784+00:002014-03-11T15:49:57.784+00:00Tim,
where darkness and light come together, there...Tim,<br />where darkness and light come together, there can be only one winner, I know that the Lord is able to bring you through this. ' Only believe and you shall see the glory of the Lord.' were the first words I heard when I walked into the Adelaide Revival Centre thirty years ago, and they have proved themselves true, and still are proving themselves true, in my life.Brendahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16165344093549650260noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2872289811002419028.post-87124431912027332572014-03-11T14:57:04.773+00:002014-03-11T14:57:04.773+00:00Thank you both for the encouragement. I am in a ve...Thank you both for the encouragement. I am in a very dark place at the moment.T-Childshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14973808285834438472noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2872289811002419028.post-13638785277603669362014-03-11T09:17:02.110+00:002014-03-11T09:17:02.110+00:00Hi Tim,
I believe absolutely that, as you say, ...Hi Tim,<br />I believe absolutely that, as you say, 'only Jesus can save us from this self destructive addiction and set us on a new course, bring freedom in its wake and give us a totally new life where we live through Him, and not the faulty or disordered desires of our corrupt nature or the fallen world system all around us.', and that the ones who can help are the ones who have come through it themselves. It is a good idea to form a group to help one another, and I believe prayer and seeking God through His word, together with encouragement from one another will bring all who put their trust in Jesus through all things. It is only after you come through a trial, particularly a strong trial that you realize how powerful God is. The devil is strong over the flesh, but the Lord is much stronger and when we realize what both have to offer there is no contest.<br />God bless you and make you strong in Him.Brendahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16165344093549650260noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2872289811002419028.post-69521739790445635432014-03-11T02:48:34.473+00:002014-03-11T02:48:34.473+00:00Hi Tim,
Woot! I am so proud of you for stepping ou...Hi Tim,<br />Woot! I am so proud of you for stepping out. Why not lead this group? You are right in the middle and I have always said the best leaders are those who lead from within. Those who have or are struggling with something, they know how to relate to others in the same situation. <br /><br />Covering you in prayer. :)<br /><br /><><child of Godhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11635805396738062444noreply@blogger.com