067 Killing The Passive Will

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Matt Dobschuetz

Mental Health, Health & Fitness, Education, Self-improvement

4.9 • 672 Ratings

🗓️ 9 April 2016

⏱️ 35 minutes

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Summary

Sometimes we discover that we just plain want to hang on porn. We want to be passive and put the responsibility of moving forward on someone else. But it's time to make a decision.

In Episode 66, I asked the question, "Do you really want to fix this?"

This episode struck a nerve with the audience. I received more email then I ever have before. Some guys were worried I was quitting podcasting. Several guys thought my sharp comments were directly at them. And many more shared the action they were taking as a result from this show.

So I thought I would go deeper into what set me off. It's the passive will and a failure to take responsibility.

In this episode, you'll learn:

- The quote that almost got me in a fight
- What we discover about our struggle
- What the passive will is
- About the decision we must make
- What it means to decide

"Sometimes we discover that we just plain want to hang on to the sinful behavior, and some of us even have to face the fact that we then hope to blame God for not "healing" us. We see right away when we are dealing with a passive will, someone who looks lumpishly to a counselor or minister of God to do what only he himself can do. All such things as these come to the fore, along with the memories of where the heart opened itself to envy, bitterness, lust and so on. Then in full confession of our sins of God, we acknowledge our rank foolishness and our propensities to pride and rebellion, and we make a decision about sin."

- Leanne Payne, The Healing Presence

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0:00.0	Born Free Radio, Episode 67. In episode 66, I talked about passiveness, and I'm going to continue
0:07.7	that discussion today. And I'm going to share with you one of my favorite quotes of all time
0:13.7	about the passive will. And just to warn you that one time I used this quote in a teaching at church, and after I was done speaking, someone who was in the audience asked if I could step outside, they wanted to tell me something.
0:31.6	And as I went outside, I realized this wasn't going to go well because this person started yelling at me.
0:38.1	They got in my face.
0:39.2	They were they were so incensed by this quote that I'm going to read that they, they, I felt
0:48.1	like they were almost going to physically attack me.
0:50.5	So you'll have to hang on for that.
0:52.7	The quote that actually almost got me into a fight.
0:59.5	Welcome to Porn Free Radio. This is the podcast where motivated guys who want to quit looking at
1:05.6	porn, get hope, and take action. Even if you feel lost right now or out of control, you can recover and live a
1:13.3	meaningful life, free from shame and full of love. Now here's your host, coach and podcaster, Matt Dobschutz.
1:23.6	All right, welcome back to Porn Free Radio. This is the podcast for guys who want to live 100% porn-free.
1:31.4	In this episode, as I said, I'll be talking about the passive will, and I'll be sharing one of my favorite quotes by writer Leanne Payne.
1:42.4	So if you're a Leanne Payne fan out there, you will want to hang tight for
1:46.4	this quote because it's a great quote. And I'll get into that in a second. I want to give you
1:51.4	an opportunity just to hear about coaching. I'm happy to say a couple, let's see, three guys
1:58.8	started in the last week or two, which has been cool. It's been
2:04.5	busy but fun working with guys, building plans, and starting to get them going. Now, why would
2:14.5	you consider coaching? I said this in a couple of episodes ago, but this is something that I'm really getting clear about
2:21.7	and really want to focus in on.
2:24.9	And it's three questions.
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