Pray for me in my struggle.

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I am in need of prayer. My marriage is all but dead, I have been struggling with the temptations of the world in an attempt to fill the void my marriage has left. I trust in God, and know He is my deliverer, but the flesh is weak. I ask forgiveness daily in the name of Jesus Christ, and have been praying for years about my marriage, but, I have yet to see a change. I will not give up praying over us, and will not cheat or get a divorce, but, I need prayer for strength that God will help me to help myself in staying away from the "thorn in my flesh". May God bless all who pray for others, and thank you for taking the time to read this. I am unworthy of all God has done for me, but I thank Him that He doesn't bless because of what we deserve.
 
FATHER IN JESUS HOLY NAME, SEND A MIRACLE OF LOVE AND SEAL THIS MARRIAGE WITH IT, IN JESUS NAME.
 
Praying in Jesus's name for all streangth for you and for both you and your wife.
Welcome to cc.

God bless
pickles
 
Thank you pickles for welcoming me. I feel blessed to find cc. All the sites I ever found otherwise were only a snare. It is nice to be able to pray for others and recieve prayers. I lead a pretty solitary life and sometimes the only interaction I have with people is on the internet, aside from work. God bless you and all who read this.
 
Lord God, there are many people struggling on this planet. The forces that are trying to pull us down are large and they keep getting larger by the day. I want to pray for this man. I know about the struggles with our thorns. Please comfort this person. He or she is turning to you and the Body of Christ for help. Answer the prayer of this one.

In Jesus' holy name we pray. Amen
 
Dear Brother, scripture tells us that when we've done all we can do to stand, then just stand! Meaning, God is in control over your life. God said when we are at our weakest, then He is at His strongest for us. Be still, and just know, He is God. Amen.
 
Praise be to God, and thank you all for your prayers. Thank you for the encouraging words, and for your faithfulness to pray and lift up your brothers and sisters in prayer. May God bless you all in the name of Jesus.
 
Praying for strength, guidance, and encouragement for you brother. We all struggle but we have a very forgiving God and a faithful intercessor. Praying for you to be able to overcome those obstacles that keep you from abundant living. Stay in the Word :)
 
All one can do sometimes is to gve the one they love in Jesus to God Our Father, then live and love as scripture asks us to.
You and your wife remain in my prayers in Jesus's name.

God bless
pickles
 
I do appreciate your prayers. The evil one feeds on keeping me under torment. Being in a marriage with no love shown, no affection, no compassion, no desire for me at all, is taking a toll on me. My wife and I are both Christians, and both love the Lord. I am really struggling right now, and having a hard time staying away from the temptations of the evil world we live in. I am ashamed and honestly disgusted by my own actions. I am struggling and burdened by the desires of the flesh. I know better, I know the wages of sins are death, I know that I have greived the Holy Spirit of God by my falling, and I cant seem to finally once and for all pull this thorn from my flesh. I do love the Lord with all that I am, and I dont blame my wife,(I have disappointed and broken her heart in so many ways over the years) , I have never and would never cheat on her physically, but, mentally, according to the Word of God by lusting over other women , I have. I have since a very young age had an addiction to pornography. I pray for forgiveness daily, and thank God for His unfailing mercy that is sufficient for me, but I need prayer more now than ever to stay away from this evil snare. I am so disappointed in myself for being the dog returning to his vomit. I know alot of people, both men and women, struggle with the sin of pornography, but, I am so tired of failing in such a major way. Knowing what I know, I shouldnt be having this much trouble letting go of this. I see this site as a place that I can confess my sin and recieve prayer from other believers, and I thank God for that as well. God help me to win this battle and once and for all lay this sin at the foot of the cross of Jesus. I deperately want to live a clean and holy life as a living testimony of the power of Christ, as there are a few that look up to me for spiritual guidance and as an example, and I just feel like a fake and a hipocrite. I want to make my life a living form of worship to our Lord, and with this bondage, I cant. Thank you all for your prayers and the way you are all faithful in loving Christ through others.
 
Father, show him the way, the truth, and the light. Give him discernment, and wisdom. In jesus name, Amen! So do not fear, for I am with you; do not be dismayed, for I am your God. I will strengthen you and help you; I will uphold you with my righteous right hand. All who rage against you will surely be ashamed and disgraced; those who oppose you will be as nothing and perish.
 
Forgive said:
I am in need of prayer. My marriage is all but dead, I have been struggling with the temptations of the world in an attempt to fill the void my marriage has left. I trust in God, and know He is my deliverer, but the flesh is weak. I ask forgiveness daily in the name of Jesus Christ, and have been praying for years about my marriage, but, I have yet to see a change. I will not give up praying over us, and will not cheat or get a divorce, but, I need prayer for strength that God will help me to help myself in staying away from the "thorn in my flesh". May God bless all who pray for others, and thank you for taking the time to read this. I am unworthy of all God has done for me, but I thank Him that He doesn't bless because of what we deserve.
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What I am about to tell you will seem harsh to you, but this is the way out of your sin and temptation. And if you mean you struggling with porn, or other vile sins of the flesh then your eternal life is at stake, contrary to popular belief, you are not a sinning saint! You cannot be double minded and please God, you must forsake all known sin, and seek His mercy, you can have victory in your life and in your marriage, but your wife must be willing to do the same! I pray the Lord will lead you and your wife out of the darkness and into His glorious light! But you have your part to do, and wallowing in sin, and falling into temptation because you are lonely, or angry is no excuse, as Jesus was tempted in all areas but was without sin! He diddnt resist temptation for you, He shows you His example to overcome as He did, through His blood! But real repentance must come first as commanded!

CONFESS OR REPENT!

Act 3:19 Repent ye therefore, and be converted, that your sins may be blotted out, when the times of refreshing shall come from the presence of the Lord;

Quote from most ministries today:

“When a person confesses the fact that he is a sinner and acknowledges Jesus Christ as his Lord and Savior, his spirit is reborn”.

This seems to be the biggest obstacle to get over in the professing Christian world today. To them this confession is equivalent to repentance, and admitting you are a depraved sinner is more humbling than forsaking your evil ways, stop sinning then seek the mercy of God, such as the city of Nineveh did. This is a glaring example of what Christianity has become, where there is no clearing or accountability before God, you come to Him on your perceived notions of mere men, then receive the Holy Spirit of God through a confession over stopping and clearing of any wrong doing. Thus a still defiled and double minded convert receives the Holy Spirit! You had better be sure before you call those who teach otherwise heretics, false teachers and worse.
Jesus and His devout followers clearly preached repentance unto life, they preached the sin stops in repentance or the heart hardens, they preached go and sin no more, not go and sin some more, they preached depart from iniquity, pluck it out, cast it away, forsake it( kill it), cut it off at the root, cut it off and out, strive to bloodshed in STOPPING the sin if need be, he who sins is of the devil, crucify(kill)your flesh with Him, walk in newness of life, the unrighteous will not inherit the kingdom, and many more powerful warnings that totally contradict this just confess, acknowledge, accept, then you are reborn and eternally saved.
Please note, that there are some verses that seem to imply that all’s a sinner needs to do is confess and accept Jesus to be saved, but you can also use scripture to try and prove murder is ok, or that the sky is pink etc., but this has no influence what so ever on the ones who dig deep, compare spiritual with spiritual, not a snippet here and a snippet there, to try and prove their doctrines are correct.
Here are just a few verses that clearly contradict the saved IN sin, confess and accept message, as all through scripture from Genesis to Revelation, the word is clear:
Jas 1:21 Wherefore lay apart all filthiness and superfluity of naughtiness, and receive with meekness the engrafted word, which is able to save your souls.
Jas 1:22 But be ye doers of the word, and not hearers only, deceiving your own selves.
Isa 55:6 Seek ye the LORD while he may be found, call ye upon him while he is near:
Isa 55:7 Let the wicked forsake his way, and the unrighteous man his thoughts: and let him return unto the LORD, and he will have mercy upon him; and to our God, for he will abundantly pardon.
Jas 4:8 Draw nigh to God, and he will draw nigh to you. Cleanse your hands, ye sinners; and purify your hearts, ye double minded.
Jas 4:9 Be afflicted, and mourn, and weep: let your laughter be turned to mourning, and your joy to heaviness.
Jas 4:10 Humble yourselves in the sight of the Lord, and he shall lift you up.
Psa 18:20 The LORD rewarded me according to my righteousness; according to the cleanness of my hands hath he recompensed me.
Psa 18:21 For I have kept the ways of the LORD, and have not wickedly departed from my God.
Luk 13:23 Then said one unto him, Lord, are there few that be saved? And he said unto them,
Luk 13:24 Strive to enter in at the strait gate: for many, I say unto you, will seek to enter in, and shall not be able.
Isa 1:16 Wash you, make you clean; put away the evil of your doings from before mine eyes; cease to do evil;
Jer 26:13 Therefore now amend your ways and your doings, and obey the voice of the LORD your God; and the LORD will repent him of the evil that he hath pronounced against you.
Luk 9:23 And he said to them all, If any man will come after me, let him deny himself, and take up his cross daily, and follow me.
Luk 9:24 For whosoever will save his life shall lose it: but whosoever will lose his life for my sake, the same shall save it.
Luk 9:25 For what is a man advantaged, if he gain the whole world, and lose himself, or be cast away?
Tit 2:11 For the grace of God that bringeth salvation hath appeared to all men,
Tit 2:12 Teaching us that, denying ungodliness and worldly lusts, we should live soberly, righteously, and godly, in this present world;
Tit 2:13 Looking for that blessed hope, and the glorious appearing of the great God and our Saviour Jesus Christ;
Tit 2:14 Who gave himself for us, that he might redeem us from all iniquity, and purify unto himself a peculiar people, zealous of good works.

There are many more powerful scriptures that go against this just confess and you are in formula to salvation, many will say to confess is all that is needed, as to them to confess means you make a mental commitment to stop the rebellion against God, which is a part of repentance, but they go no further.
But IF you compare word to word, and make sure the scriptures harmonize together, you can clearly see a huge contradiction in the confess and accept way to the cross verses the repent and obey way to the cross!
You cannot be wrong on this, either the word is in great compromise or you are!
Dig deep as Jesus warned, build your foundation on solid ground, not sinking sand as the modern teachers and ministries teach today.
The confess and accept way to the cross is why Christianity is in the state it’s in today, where its normal for professing Christians to be walking in the darkness and light at the same time, to be a vile sinner, then blame their sin nature on their folly, to blame God they were created evil, or even that His he created them to be a homosexual. This teaching is producing a world gone mad, a church that has become the laughing stock of the world, where few are coming to a saving faith because the preachers and ministers are teaching this confess and accept plan, instead of repent, obey, and follow Jesus plan, that saves you out of your sin, coming broken and useful to be used by the master, clear and free from all know vile and rebellious sins against God. That He commanded you in the first place to forsake, and stop, before He would relent and consider any forgiveness and pardon of wrong doing!
Now the word of God makes sense, the word comes alive as we become accountable to it, it becomes our bread of life, our anchor, and rock of salvation, as we strive to walk the pure and holy life God has granted to us, giving us all we need In His son, to walk a blameless live, overcoming the world, the lies coming out of the churches, and the snare of the devil, who boldly proclaims all you have to is just confess you sin, then accept Jesus, then you are saved and filled with the sprit! I wish it was this simple, but Jesus made it crystal clear, FEW of the FEW will be saved, so strive to enter, repent and forsake all known rebellious sin against God, and receive with meekness the implanted word that can save your soul!
Pro 28:13 He that covers his sins shall not prosper: but whoso confesses and forsakes them shall have mercy.
Tommy

PS. Being a true follower of Christ isn’t about joining a church to your liking, getting saved IN you sins through this confession formula, then spending the rest of your Christian life learning how the word of God doesn’t apply to you, no its about purity, sincerity and love,, obeying God from your heart, keeping His commands, and following Jesus example on the narrow road, you die to sin and rebellion once and for all in repentance!





 
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All marriages can be fixed by following Jesus and the advice in His word. Husbands are to love the wife as Christ loved the church. That means being a total servant and even a slave not thinking about self but about the interest and care of your wife. Wives are to love their husbands as the leader and again not be driven by the "me" or what "I" want but also giving and caring for each other. We are to die to ourselves and put the interest of others before us. If the parties in a partnership followed these rules and became humble to one another I guarantee the marriage will be different. I have been married to the same gal 37 years. She is completely different than me. But we have learned to work these differences for each others strengths. It is a matter of repentance from self (that means turning away from) and willing to be humble and serve each other. Are you willing to do this because this is what a strong Christian does.
 
Thank you all for the wisdom. HeIsNowHere, my focus and first priority in life is first God, then my wife. I try to always put her needs and desires before my own. However, I have fallen in my walk with God, and I am desperately wanting to get back to the path that I have strayed from. I know that I have to crucify and deny the flesh, but, without the strength of the Holy Spirit, it is impossible. Again, I do ask you all to continue to pray for me to have the strength and will-power to get past this evil addiction. Tommy, I do know that man cannot be double minded and please God. The lack of teaching or false teaching is not the issue by any means. It is a war of evil desires and self against the will of God for me. I have lost a few battles, but thank God, whos mercy is made new every morning, I woke up today, and have been given a new chance to do things right. I do ask that all will be in agreement for me over this issue, that I will have the strength and the presence of the Holy Spirit to guide me, helping me in this spiritual battle. God bless all, and thank you from the bottom of my heart for your caring, advice, encouragement, and prayers.
 
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