Temptation

I keep giving in to the same sin over and over. I'm exhausted and ashamed.

I'm struggling with pornography and feel like God could never forgive or help me with this.

I drink too much. I've tried to stop and can't. Is this a spiritual problem or a medical one?

I've been texting someone I'm attracted to in a way that feels like cheating, even though nothing physical has happened. Am I wrong?

I struggle with anger. I say things I regret and I can't seem to control it. What do I do?

I tell small lies and exaggerate constantly. It's become a habit. Is this really a big deal?

I'm constantly jealous of what others have: their success, relationships, lifestyle. I can't seem to be genuinely happy for people.

Everyone tells me to flee temptation, but in the moment I freeze and talk myself into staying. What does fleeing actually look like?

I had six good months and then I slipped last week. It feels like the whole stretch was fake and I am back at zero.

When I am with my friends I go along with things I would never do alone. How do I stop caving just to keep the peace?

It never starts big. It starts with one small compromise, and then I look up and I am somewhere I never meant to be.

There is something I keep doing that the Bible never mentions by name. How do I work out whether it is actually wrong for me?

I cannot tell the difference between God convicting me and my own self hatred. At two in the morning both voices sound exactly the same.

Things that used to bother my conscience do not register anymore. Honestly, that scares me more than the sin does.

A friend in recovery asked me not to drink around him. I do not think I am doing anything wrong, so does his struggle really have to change my behavior?

I started with small bets on my phone for fun, and now I check the app all day and chase what I lost. I keep telling myself it is just entertainment.

I have been vaping for years and I hate that I need it. Does God even care about something this ordinary?

I smoke most evenings to switch my brain off after work. Everyone tells me it is harmless and I am not sure I believe them.

I have no self discipline at all. I make a plan on Sunday and it is dead by Wednesday, every single week.

I eat way past full most nights, usually when I am tired or upset. It feels too small and too embarrassing to bring to God.

Nothing ever happens outwardly, but my mind wanders somewhere it should not all day long. Can a thought life genuinely change?

My partner and I keep pushing the physical line and then feeling awful afterward. Where is the line actually, and why does it keep moving?

We are getting married in eight months anyway. Does waiting still mean anything at this point?

Two people have now told me I come across as arrogant. I cannot see it myself, and I have no idea how you even work on something like pride.

Nobody knows about this except God. I have confessed it to him a hundred times, so is that enough, or do I have to tell an actual person?

After I gave in again I stopped wanting to pray or read anything at all. The guilt has killed whatever appetite I had for God.

I keep making the same mistake and coming back with the same apology. Is there a point where God finally gives up on me?

I have begged God to take this away for years and it is still here. Why will he not just remove it?

If God's Spirit really lives in me, why is this still so hard? I honestly expected it to be easier by now.

I hold it together all day and then fall apart at eleven at night when I am tired and alone. My self control seems to run out on a timer.

In the actual moment my mind goes completely blank and every good intention vanishes. What am I supposed to hold onto right then?

This finally cost me something real: a job, and a friendship I cannot get back. How do I face what my own choices did?

Honestly, part of me still enjoys it. I do not want to want this, but I do, and that feels worse than the failing does.

People keep telling me God can change anyone. I believe it about other people and I cannot make myself believe it about me.

I can stop for a few weeks, but there is just a hole where the habit used to be, and eventually I fill it back up with the same thing.