Saunter

Tag: Approaches

  • Day counts are not evil

    Day counts are not evil

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    JMJC The purpose of a day count is to encourage others in their journey, to help them understand God works in the lives of ordinary people and also wants to help them. It is powerfully effective as evidenced by the number of recovery programs that emphasize it.Day counts can be used to fuel pride, but…

  • The All-Important Pause

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    JMJC First thing I do when confronted with temptation, I pause. This pause allows me to pray, meditate, remember why I am stopping, play the tape forward (play the tape forward means envision a future in which I relapse, the bad feelings, the guilt, the shame, the social impact, the harm to the acting out…

  • Serenity in the Present Moment

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    JMJC One way I find God is in practicing love and gratitude in the present moment, unattached to the past or future or things outside my control. In this state, fear and temptation lose their power; I can fly like an eagle and jump obstacles like a gazelle. Lord, grant me the serenity to accept…

  • Dark Nights of the Soul

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    JMJC Directly inspired by Dr. Brant Pitre‘s Introduction to the Spiritual Life It is common for anyone just coming to Christ, diving deeply into discipleship, or beginning a significant spiritual practice like chastity to receive extraordinary spiritual graces. However, it is also common for such a person to experience the seeming withdrawal of these graces…

  • Spiritual Exercises

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    JMJC 1. Seeking the face of God and active religious devotion to God as heavenly Father, Christ as personal savior, and Holy Spirit as advocate, comforter, and protector; offering one’s entire self to God and accepting his will in place of your own 2. Devotion to Mary as heavenly mother and perpetual help 3. Appealing…

  • Spiritual Stretching

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    JMJC One morning I could not, not, not keep my mind off the body of a woman I would see in a meeting later that day. Later upon seeing her in person, my mind raced with fantasies of undressing her, touching her skin, a life together, a night together, … But throughout these lustful thoughts…

  • Willing Surrender

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    JMJC Though God is always embracing us, we have a baffling capacity to ignore him in our times of strength. Eventually the world tears us down, and this suffering also tears down the veil of our strength. In these moments of weakness, we again recognize his presence and are ‘most near’ Christ, who came to…

  • Christ, Guide Me…

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    JMJC Christ opens a narrow path for us out of the great sea of sin, and it is our responsibility to take the right steps. To our left and to our right are sins of every kind, but forward is the path of sanctification. Though we will not pass through life completely dry, we will…

  • Holy Name of Jesus

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    JMJC Place your mind squarely on Jesus. See him laying on the cross suffering for the sin you’re wanting to commit. See the nail you’re driving in with every lustful thought and action. The agony you’re causing him as his body writhes and face contorts. The spear you’re driving into his side to ensure your…

  • Spiritual Warfare

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    JMJC Spiritual warfare is real, and removing the coping mechanisms of pornography, masturbation, and other forms of sexual acting out forces us to face our wounds. We will want to do almost anything to escape this discomfort like a rat trapped in a burning bucket. The trick though is that porn, masturbation, and other means…