How to Break Free from Sin

Conversations with John & Lisa Bevere

Messenger Network

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🗓️ 21 November 2017

⏱️ 18 minutes

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Have you ever struggled with sin that you couldn't seem to break free from? In this episode, John and Lisa reflect on John's struggle with pornography and discuss how you can break the bondage of deeply rooted struggles in your life.

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0:00.0	So Lisa, I love this time of year. It's Thanksgiving and everybody has...
0:07.2	Thanksgiving is my favorite.
0:08.6	Ah, I know. Probably is one of my favorites as well because you don't have to do all that
0:12.4	shopping and all that stuff, but I love all the family time we get during this time of
0:17.2	year, you know. But today, we're here to talk about something that is going to take a little
0:22.1	guts.
0:23.1	Yeah. We're going to be talking about how to get free from the bondage of sin.
0:27.0	Right.
0:28.0	You know, we've talked about intimacy and holiness, but you know, the truth is when you
0:32.4	have an area of sin that you're captive to, that's always going to be a shadow between
0:36.0	you and the presence of God.
0:37.9	And John, you have an amazing story about this. Why don't you set it up with some scriptures
0:41.6	and let's go into this?
0:42.6	Well, you know, when I was 11 years old, I got addicted to pornography. And I think one
0:51.2	of my friends shared a Playboy magazine with me and it just grew and grew and grew into
0:56.2	the hardcore stuff. And you know, I found myself in high school. I couldn't stop thinking
1:00.8	about, you know, fantasy with girls. I'd be on dressing girls in my class and thinking
1:04.9	about things and you just, it was horrible.
1:07.2	Yeah. I think a lot of young men have that.
1:09.2	Yes.
1:10.2	And I remember it got worse in college. I'm a fraternity boy. And of course, the fraternity
1:14.8	culture fed all of those desires.
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