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i heard a sermon recently in which the pastor related a tale that had happened to him.
he had a buddy with a sex addiction problem, and his friend asked him to go to a meeting
with him. it was a Christian organization ministering to ppl with similar problems.
a man got up and began to relate his story saying, i drove past a (nightclub for adults) and i really wanted to go in.
several people raised their hands, and this pastor thought, why do ppl want to ask questions??
then the man said he turned around and went in. a few more ppl raised their hands.
he said he wound up spending too much time and too much money there, and more hands went up.
he said when he got home he was so ashamed and wondered how God could ever love someone like him.
every hand in the place was raised but the pastor's.
afterwards, the director of the organization came up to the pastor and said, you look confused.
the pastor said, yeah, i mean, why did so many ppl want to ask the poor man questions??
the director replied, we have one rule here. if someone is confessing a sin you also deal with,
you must raise your hand...
...so no one feels they're struggling alone.
my testimony is i've been too prone to point a finger rather than to raise my hand.
may God give me grace for other sinners like me, so i will raise my hand and say, me, too.
i struggle, too.
he had a buddy with a sex addiction problem, and his friend asked him to go to a meeting
with him. it was a Christian organization ministering to ppl with similar problems.
a man got up and began to relate his story saying, i drove past a (nightclub for adults) and i really wanted to go in.
several people raised their hands, and this pastor thought, why do ppl want to ask questions??
then the man said he turned around and went in. a few more ppl raised their hands.
he said he wound up spending too much time and too much money there, and more hands went up.
he said when he got home he was so ashamed and wondered how God could ever love someone like him.
every hand in the place was raised but the pastor's.
afterwards, the director of the organization came up to the pastor and said, you look confused.
the pastor said, yeah, i mean, why did so many ppl want to ask the poor man questions??
the director replied, we have one rule here. if someone is confessing a sin you also deal with,
you must raise your hand...
...so no one feels they're struggling alone.
my testimony is i've been too prone to point a finger rather than to raise my hand.
may God give me grace for other sinners like me, so i will raise my hand and say, me, too.
i struggle, too.
