Comments for The Purity Project of OKC http://www.purityprojectokc.com Let's get free from sexual impurity Wed, 20 Aug 2008 02:43:27 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5 Comment on Discipleship Is the Best Form of Accountability by Mercy http://www.purityprojectokc.com/accountability/accountability-is-good-but-discipleship-is-better/#comment-30 Mercy Thu, 24 Apr 2008 18:07:00 +0000 http://www.purityprojectokc.com/information-2/accountability-is-good-but-discipleship-is-better/#comment-30 Amen to all that you have said. This is actually what I want to start with our young people in church. A sexual affair between two of our teenage youth really shook me. I have realized that I have not really done so much to 'touch' their lives. They are just obedient when Im around but not on my back. Yes...you're right, put them under our wing. That I wish I should have done from the start. Please pray for me too... for my family. I can sense that the devil is trying to cause conflict between me and my husband, and we are pastoring two churches. "Divide and conquer" is what i feel is the devil's ploy so that we could not work well in the ministry, into the heart of it.. but I believe that IN THE NAME OF JESUS everything will be straightened up. Thank you so much for greatly inspiring me! Thanks for obeying God. In Christ, mercy Amen to all that you have said. This is actually what I want to start with our young people in church. A sexual affair between two of our teenage youth really shook me. I have realized that I have not really done so much to ‘touch’ their lives. They are just obedient when Im around but not on my back. Yes…you’re right, put them under our wing. That I wish I should have done from the start.
Please pray for me too… for my family. I can sense that the devil is trying to cause conflict between me and my husband, and we are pastoring two churches. “Divide and conquer” is what i feel is the devil’s ploy so that we could not work well in the ministry, into the heart of it.. but I believe that IN THE NAME OF JESUS everything will be straightened up. Thank you so much for greatly inspiring me! Thanks for obeying God.

In Christ,
mercy

]]> Comment on What Are Your Addictive Triggers? by Darcy http://www.purityprojectokc.com/information-2/what-are-your-addictive-triggers/#comment-29 Darcy Mon, 10 Mar 2008 18:43:19 +0000 http://www.purityprojectokc.com/information-2/what-are-your-addictive-triggers/#comment-29 Wow! This article was simple and to the point. For years I have tried to figure out when and what my triggers were. I knew I did it for the "excitement". But not until now did I realize that the trigger is NOT "the image", "the person in the car" or "the voice on the phone". My triggers are boredom, stress and need for excitment. This article helped me to see that I need to keep a simple notebook (journal) to log when these triggers occur and I feel I need to stimulate my "senses". As part of that process I need to find a different way to satisfy those feelings. Either by reading some helpful literature, make a phone call (to a sponsor), or do something else that is healthy. I need to get into the "flow" of healthy habits. Wow! This article was simple and to the point. For years I have tried to figure out when and what my triggers were. I knew I did it for the “excitement”. But not until now did I realize that the trigger is NOT “the image”, “the person in the car” or “the voice on the phone”. My triggers are boredom, stress and need for excitment.

This article helped me to see that I need to keep a simple notebook (journal) to log when these triggers occur and I feel I need to stimulate my “senses”. As part of that process I need to find a different way to satisfy those feelings. Either by reading some helpful literature, make a phone call (to a sponsor), or do something else that is healthy. I need to get into the “flow” of healthy habits.

]]> Comment on Are You Poisoning Your Mind a Little At a Time? by Luke Gilkerson http://www.purityprojectokc.com/information-2/are-you-poisoning-your-mind-a-little-at-a-time/#comment-28 Luke Gilkerson Fri, 07 Mar 2008 15:28:48 +0000 http://www.purityprojectokc.com/information-2/are-you-poisoning-your-mind-a-little-at-a-time/#comment-28 http://blogs.covenanteyes.com/2008/01/24/brain-chemicals-kirk-franklin-and-walking-trees/ http://blogs.covenanteyes.com/2008/01/24/brain-chemicals-kirk-franklin-and-walking-trees/

]]> Comment on How to Start Healing From Porn! by How to start healing from porn! « Hot Health News http://www.purityprojectokc.com/information-2/ten-things-you-can-do/#comment-27 How to start healing from porn! « Hot Health News Mon, 11 Feb 2008 18:17:45 +0000 http://www.purityprojectokc.com/?p=27#comment-27 [...] read more | digg story Posted by likebutterinc Filed in Health News From Digg [...] […] read more | digg story Posted by likebutterinc Filed in Health News From Digg […]

]]> Comment on How to Start Healing From Porn! by teach4him http://www.purityprojectokc.com/information-2/ten-things-you-can-do/#comment-23 teach4him Wed, 30 Jan 2008 13:21:05 +0000 http://www.purityprojectokc.com/?p=27#comment-23 Andre, the goal of our enemy is to take over our minds with the basest thoughts we are capable of thinking. The enemy knows that by feeding our minds that our hearts and emotions will follow next. Your struggle is this: while you are feeding your mind with these images, your are resisting giving your heart and you shudder to think about giving your behaviors over to something that you once considered an impossibility. Additionally, the enemy wants us to tie us up in doubt--doubt about who we are--as well as guilt and shame. All of us in the Purity Project of Oklahoma City have been where you are. We know what it is like to be caught-up and the feeling of helpless to overcome the situation you describe. But, there is hope! You have taken a very wonderful first step by confessing what you've been doing to all of us. This is a huge step! You can build upon this and make this the foundation of a new life. Please read <a href="http://www.purityprojectokc.com/information-2/whats-the-recovered-life-like/" rel="nofollow"> What the Purity Project Wants for You</a> and <a href="http://www.purityprojectokc.com/first-steps/" rel="nofollow">First Steps</a>. We have discovered that all of this can be yours if you are ready to begin the journey. Please send a personal e-mail to <a href="mailto:purityproject@cox.net" rel="nofollow"> purityproject@cox.net</a> and we'll help you walk through this.</p> Many blessings, teach4him Andre, the goal of our enemy is to take over our minds with the basest thoughts we are capable of thinking. The enemy knows that by feeding our minds that our hearts and emotions will follow next. Your struggle is this: while you are feeding your mind with these images, your are resisting giving your heart and you shudder to think about giving your behaviors over to something that you once considered an impossibility. Additionally, the enemy wants us to tie us up in doubt–doubt about who we are–as well as guilt and shame.

All of us in the Purity Project of Oklahoma City have been where you are. We know what it is like to be caught-up and the feeling of helpless to overcome the situation you describe. But, there is hope! You have taken a very wonderful first step by confessing what you’ve been doing to all of us. This is a huge step! You can build upon this and make this the foundation of a new life. Please read
What the Purity Project Wants for You and First Steps. We have discovered that all of this can be yours if you are ready to begin the journey. Please send a personal e-mail to
purityproject@cox.net and we’ll help you walk through this.

Many blessings,

teach4him

]]> Comment on How to Start Healing From Porn! by Andre Harris http://www.purityprojectokc.com/information-2/ten-things-you-can-do/#comment-21 Andre Harris Tue, 29 Jan 2008 04:08:04 +0000 http://www.purityprojectokc.com/?p=27#comment-21 i am so glad i found this. i have been struggling with porn off and on for about five years. it started with straight porn, then i found gay porn. i denied that i was gay, and i dont believe i am. i dont know what the problem was. i am saved and believe homosexuality is a sin, but watched it anyway. thanks for the help i am using the info to change my life i am so glad i found this. i have been struggling with porn off and on for about five years. it started with straight porn, then i found gay porn. i denied that i was gay, and i dont believe i am. i dont know what the problem was. i am saved and believe homosexuality is a sin, but watched it anyway. thanks for the help i am using the info to change my life

]]> Comment on The One Best Thing to Cure a Porn Problem by Zach Spencer http://www.purityprojectokc.com/accountability/the-one-best-thing-to-cure-a-porn-problem/#comment-20 Zach Spencer Wed, 23 Jan 2008 21:46:09 +0000 http://www.purityprojectokc.com/?p=126#comment-20 Amen! Accountability is crucial in overcoming the grip of pornography. I work for a company called Covenant Eyes which is intended to help build accountability relationships in order to recover from a pornography addiction, as well as to prevent slipping into one. We've just recently added some videos which you may find as useful resources by a pastor named Jim Rose that deal with how to build integrity into your accountability relationships. So far we've got four. You can check them out <a href="http://blogs.covenanteyes.com/tags/building-integrity-in-relationships/" rel="nofollow">On our Blog</a> and can download them and use them in presentations if you'd like. Amen! Accountability is crucial in overcoming the grip of pornography. I work for a company called Covenant Eyes which is intended to help build accountability relationships in order to recover from a pornography addiction, as well as to prevent slipping into one.

We’ve just recently added some videos which you may find as useful resources by a pastor named Jim Rose that deal with how to build integrity into your accountability relationships.

So far we’ve got four. You can check them out On our Blog and can download them and use them in presentations if you’d like.

]]> Comment on How Sick of Porn Are You Really? by esvl http://www.purityprojectokc.com/information-2/how-sick-of-porn-are-you-really/#comment-19 esvl Sat, 19 Jan 2008 17:01:35 +0000 http://www.purityprojectokc.com/?p=135#comment-19 Wow. What a honest article. Wow. What a honest article.

]]> Comment on Sexual Compulsions And Denial Pt. I by teach4him http://www.purityprojectokc.com/information-2/sexual-compulsions-and-denial-pt-i/#comment-18 teach4him Tue, 15 Jan 2008 21:52:53 +0000 http://www.purityprojectokc.com/?p=89#comment-18 Well, you may have a point here. Churches and Cults do prey on people with problems, like this one, and they bring about even bigger problems for all concerned. Having a porn problem can be bad enough--but I suppose there are worse things.... Just so that you'll know, the Purity Project has members from a lot of different churches and isn't a "ministry" of any single church. We are a Christ centered group; but, here is the big difference--or what we feel is a difference: We are here to tell you what's worked for us--not get you to join a particular church--or even our group. Everyone of us in the Purity Project will readily admit that we've lived lifes of hypocrisy (ouch! that hurts to admit that! :)) The difference between who we once were and what we are NOW is that have a story to tell about our deliverance! We want everyone to know about the great joy we have in our lives because we no longer have porn in our lives. This freedom is somthing we never dreamed could be ours. This was not something we did ourselves--it was something that Christ did for us. Believe me, I can hardly believe I saying this because I used to HATE hearing stuff like this. But it is the absolute truth! I love truth more than I like preaching! I'm pretty certain I don't qualify as a member of a cult (I'm saying this with a smile on my face)--but I certainly would have qualified as a Cult member when I was addicted to porn! I was owned by pornography and self-gratification and I could think of nothing else. I had to have my fix everyday. I don't know if what I've written is satisfactory; but, my sincere hope is that I can help anyone who wishes to begin their journey of healing. Well, you may have a point here. Churches and Cults do prey on people with problems, like this one, and they bring about even bigger problems for all concerned. Having a porn problem can be bad enough–but I suppose there are worse things….

Just so that you’ll know, the Purity Project has members from a lot of different churches and isn’t a “ministry” of any single church. We are a Christ centered group; but, here is the big difference–or what we feel is a difference:

We are here to tell you what’s worked for us–not get you to join a particular church–or even our group. Everyone of us in the Purity Project will readily admit that we’ve lived lifes of hypocrisy (ouch! that hurts to admit that! :)) The difference between who we once were and what we are NOW is that have a story to tell about our deliverance! We want everyone to know about the great joy we have in our lives because we no longer have porn in our lives. This freedom is somthing we never dreamed could be ours. This was not something we did ourselves–it was something that Christ did for us. Believe me, I can hardly believe I saying this because I used to HATE hearing stuff like this. But it is the absolute truth! I love truth more than I like preaching!

I’m pretty certain I don’t qualify as a member of a cult (I’m saying this with a smile on my face)–but I certainly would have qualified as a Cult member when I was addicted to porn! I was owned by pornography and self-gratification and I could think of nothing else. I had to have my fix everyday.

I don’t know if what I’ve written is satisfactory; but, my sincere hope is that I can help anyone who wishes to begin their journey of healing.

]]> Comment on Sexual Compulsions And Denial Pt. I by Boscoby http://www.purityprojectokc.com/information-2/sexual-compulsions-and-denial-pt-i/#comment-17 Boscoby Tue, 15 Jan 2008 18:24:59 +0000 http://www.purityprojectokc.com/?p=89#comment-17 I appreciate the article... I think it cuts to the chase and makes some very valid points but "The Purity Project" makes me suspect of their true intentions. Many churches and cults seek vulnerable people, like those with addictions, to offer a "cure" and convert. I appreciate the article… I think it cuts to the chase and makes some very valid points but “The Purity Project” makes me suspect of their true intentions. Many churches and cults seek vulnerable people, like those with addictions, to offer a “cure” and convert.

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