Struggles of the sinfull kind

[freesoulhope]

Please pray for me so i can over come my addictions, everytime i give up one, a new one takes its place, i am weak, and i am a sinner, i am most unworthy. I dont feel that i derseve to be forgiven, but when i am, i am gratefull, but also ungratefull. When i am cured i still have a desire to contradict gods will. I love the sound of gods word, yet my actions contradict my heart, and my sins craves my indulgents. I wish i was not tempted by anything and that temptation was destroyed. but it doesnt seem like thats gonner happen untill gods return, untill then pray for me brothers and sisters so that i can over come my selfish desire and wikid foughts. God bless and amen.

 

[Toni]

I will pray for you. Read the story of the Prodigal Son. If you can go to this website. stanastasia.org/id25.html An excellent priest with excellent advice and I believe it is in Why be good or confession Fr. Ricardo gives an excellent talk on the story of the Prodigal Son.Fr. John’s Theology of the Body

• #1 In the Image of God He Created Us (11/10/2004)
• #2 Have You Read that in the Beginning It Was Not So? (11/17/2004)
• #3 You Have Been Purchased, and At a Great Price (11/24/2004)
• #4 In the Age to Come, Neither Married nor Given in Marriage (01/26/2005)

Morality and Sacraments

• Why Be Good? (01/06/2005)
• Confession (01/13/2005)
• Understanding The Mass - “This is the New and Everlasting Covenant” (02/2004)
• The Spirituality of Marriage (11/27/2002)
• The Male Priesthood (January 2002)

Men’s Topics

• Male Friendship (09/09/2004)
• 2005 Men’s Conference - Father or Adversary? (02/05/2005)
• 2004 Men’s Conference - Entire first session (02/2004)
• 2003 Men’s Conference - Put Out into the Deep I (02/2003)

Other Talks

• Fr. John’s “Advent of Wonder and Awe” Program (12/4/2004)
• Lenten Reflection: Redemptive Suffering (3/25/2004)
• Answering the Call for Laity to be a Voice in the Public Square (4/30/2003)

Homilies

• Give to God What Belongs To God (10/16/2005)
• The Role of the Body in Worship (10/23/2005)

 

[Tinkerbell]

Your in my prayers.

 

[dragonfly]

Dear FreeSoulHope,

You are in my prayers. Yes, addictions can be hard, the flesh is weak but the spirit is stronger!! When you start to hate your sin, you know you are in love w/ God! But how do we stop?? First, you have to really, really WANT to!! And you sound like you do! Then, EVERY morning take time to be w/ God, pray to him, remind him of your promise to stay clean and free of sin and ask him for his strength to do so. Also ask him to take it from you and freely and willingly GIVE it to him!! Whenever you feel like doing something, pray!! You might want to take some devotional prayer time w/ fasting also.

And Remember, your body IS the temple of christ. For no temple can be made of man’s hands but that we are the temples of God! You wouldn’t walk into a temple that is said to be the Lords and defile it by smoking in it, spitting, cursing, drinking, or anything!! So why do it to the “real” temple, your body??!! Also, whatever your addiction is, somebody had to show you how to do it. So somebody has to show you how to live clean!! Start in your Bible, Jesus is a perfect example! But I am also refering to friends; you really must rid yourself of the friends who participate in your addictions w/ you! Much like in a marriage, we are not to be unequally yolked! That also applies to everything! Including friends.

Prayers be w/ you
Dragonfly

 

[jman507]

Whatever you do just keep going to confession and keep going to Mass. Read the Bible. Start to find ways to redirect yourself to something else. Stop thinking of yourself, your addiction, how you feel, how you’ve failed God. Start getting humble, your not the only one with this problem, your not the wrost or the best, and you need the Lords help. Open yourself up to the care and the love of others. You will fail and fail again, and so will everyone else thats alive, but you need to get getting up again and again. You cannot stay both in sin and stay in the grace of God, it may take some time, but one will win over the other. Of course til then it’ll seem like forever.

You’ll be in my payers too. I too another that has to deal with his own addictions to sin. SO hey, if your praying to God for a little help, make sure you put one in for me.

 

[wjp984]

the only way to conquor addiction is to combat it with addiction. At least I tried to do that. What I mean is I substituted bad addictions, gambling and to a lesser extent alcohol, with a good addiction of learning the piano. I overly played it so much at any thought of desiring to gamble and well drinking, I still enjoy it once in a while at a party but I don’t buy cases of it for my own consumpton after being stressed. However, even a good addiction becomes bad when it annoys people. I have gotten quite good for a beginner for all the time I put into it but I can understand how the learning process which starts over all the time can realy annoy people. I’m sure I’ll work something out. But my advice is to indulge in something good that would be a good addiction.