Have you surrendered your heart's desires, temptations, and fantasies to Jesus? This once sounded very daunting to me but now feels more like an invitation. This is what I am sharing today as I talk about Chapter 18 of my book, "All of You".You can find "All of You" on Amazon: https://a.co/d/0dhOqNZa

Right now, each of us is being sustained by something or someone. We continue to tell ourselves if we just had more of _____ or have a better connection with ____, it would finally sustain us. It might even seem to work for a period of time. What often happens, though, is it ultimately leaves us feeling empty.

Who or what are you turning to for sustenance?

For years, I was afraid that I ruined my brain with everything I had looked at and continually thought about. This is a very common fear with the women I talk to. You see, our brains get used to going down the same path. It directs itself along the path it has so easily been taking for so long. It's a well-traveled path, so taking a different route creates resistance. The good news is, with God's help we can create new pathways in our brain. In today's episode, I talk about how I started to see this work in my own life.

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Overcoming sexual strongholds is more than a physical battle. There's also a spiritual battle to be aware of that we can be equipped for. Join me as I talk about this on today's episode, based on Chapter 15 of my book, "All of You".

Do you have any toxic or unhealthy connections in your life? Today I talk about recognizing these kinds of relationships and how to break free from them.

What comes to mind when you hear the word "desire"?

Desires can show up in many different ways in our lives. We can try to squelch them, but then they can pop back up again somewhere else.

For years I saw many of my desires as "bad" and something I needed to numb, ignore, or somehow squelch. That didn't work (at all).

I don't think that works for most of us.

Could your desires be telling you something different than you think? 

Porn is created to cause a response in everyone that views it. When it starts to affect someone's attractions, it can cause a lot of fear, shame, and confusion. If this is something that has affected you, you are not alone.

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I had been trying to get my life together before I attempted to have a deeper connection with Jesus, but that wasn't working at all. Then something quite the opposite happened. As I gradually learned how to share with Him what was going on in the depths of my heart and life, (before I got my life together) I slowly started realizing it was ok to do this. The shame I felt started disappearing as I started building a deeper relationship with Him by being transparent with Him about everything I was walking through. He didn't scold me or turn away. He drew me in closer and started healing my heart.

If you were within walking distance of a place you wanted to visit, it would be very challenging to get there if you didn't know which direction to go, what street it was on, or what landmarks to look for nearby.

This is how it can feel to want healing from sexual strongholds, if we don't know how to get there or even what it can look like.

Join me as I discuss this today in Chapter 10 of my book, All of You.

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There's often a pattern involved in our continual temptations. Do you recognize a pattern of when you seem to be the most vulnerable?

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