We hope that today’s episode from Yohan Huh Prudente will help you find hope as you face the pain of your situation. Yohan brings to remembrance the call of Hosea to marry an adulteress woman, a vivid picture of God’s love for his own wayward and idolatrous people, to demonstrate that God is well acquainted with your pain and is able to sympathize with you in your suffering.

Read along here → https://harvestusa.org/betrayed-husband-christs-peace-given-for-you/

Feeling far from God is one of the most painful experiences in the Christian life, and it often intensifies during seasons of suffering. For those wrestling with broken relationships, unwanted desires, or sexual sin, this sense of distance can feel especially heavy.

Today’s episode from Catherine Krasinski encourages believers who feel like they’ve been abandoned by God. She examines the common causes of this experience, why God allows us to feel his seeming absence, and why Jesus can sympathize with our experiences of feeling forsaken.

“He is actually not far from each one of us, for ‘in him we live and move and have our being.’” - Acts 17:27-28

Read along → https://harvestusa.org/when-god-feels-far-away-hope-for-struggling-believers/

In today’s episode, Ellen Mary Dykas points those wrestling with feelings or experiences that make them feel “other” or tempt them to embrace a queer identity to Jesus, whose gospel and cross offers us a better way to understanding our story and identity.

Read along with today’s episode → https://harvestusa.org/jesus-and-queerness-the-cross-and-the-q-of-lgbtq/

Today’s episode from Keith Seary presents four practical, biblical doctrines that pastors should keep in mind as they consider how to disciple someone struggling with same-sex attraction. At times, it can feel challenging to help someone if you haven’t experienced similar temptations. But Keith reminds us that our deepest battles as God’s children are common to man, and the answer we all need is found in One Savior, Jesus Christ.

Read along here → https://harvestusa.org/help-for-pastors-caring-for-same-sex-strugglers-one-savior-common-challenges-and-helpful-doctrines/

Today’s episode from Keith Seary helps parents prepare to offer godly, biblical direction to their adult children with gentleness and respect, even amidst their wandering. He calls parents to entrust their children to the Lord since there is always hope that he will begin a new work in their lives.

Read along with today’s episode → https://harvestusa.org/help-my-adult-child-wont-listen-to-my-directions/

Today’s episode from Ellen Mary Dykas walks us through her experience of ministering to countless women who have wrestled with unhealthy and sinful same-sex attachments. She helpfully lays out a wide range of heart postures and behaviors that indicate when attachment has veered into sinful territory. She also clarifies what godly attachments involve, ending with a hope-filled way forward for repentance in God-honoring relationships.

Read along with today’s article here → https://harvestusa.org/women-and-same-sex-attachments-longing-for-a-true-home/

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“I hate his shoes.”

“She has a pretty face, but she’s too tall.”

“I don’t like his hobbies.”

Have you had these thoughts as the glow of your phone illuminates your face late at night? Dating apps can be a means for bringing about Christ-centered marriages. But what are you sowing in your heart with your use of these apps?

On today’s episode, Caitlin McCaffrey asks six diagnostic questions to help you discern if your use of dating apps is wise and intentional or veering your heart off track towards selfish and sinful desires.

Read along with today’s episode: https://harvestusa.org/help-im-addicted-to-dating-apps/

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On today’s episode, Caitlin McCaffrey dives deep into the importance of language. If the words we use to discuss these issues are not rooted in God’s Word, then we are building on a faulty foundation that will inevitably fail. She carefully walks us through how to think about two common, yet deeply misunderstood words.

Read along with today’s episode: https://harvestusa.org/attraction-and-orientation-defining-our-terms/

📣 Giveaway! 📣

During the month of February, we’re giving away five copies of Sex in a Broken World: How Christ Redeems What Sin Distorts by Paul David Tripp.

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On today’s episode, Ellen Mary Dykas shares three clear steps of faith for you to take while offering wisdom and counsel for tough decisions and grey areas you may face on the path of obedience. She ends the episode with a short exhortation to Christians to be ready to proactively love and care for those who have come out of same-sex partnerships and resolved to follow Christ.

Read along with today’s episode: https://harvestusa.org/walking-in-repentance-after-same-sex-marriage/

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But this reveals a very shallow understanding of attraction, marriage, and God’s work in the lives of his children.

Today’s episode by Mark Sanders teaches us that attraction is much deeper than instinctual sexual desire and what makes for a truly beautiful marriage is not butterflies in your stomach, but a lifelong commitment to sacrificial love. Love that is only made possible through the liberty of first being loved by Christ.

Click here to read along with today’s episode: https://harvestusa.org/same-sex-attraction-and-a-beautiful-marriage/

Because Jesus is coming back!

God designed our hearts to be motivated by future realities. As human beings, we’re wired to make sacrifices in the present in the hope of attaining some good in the future. We embrace the pain of diets and exercise now, hoping to achieve long term health down the road. Similarly, if you’re struggling with porn, the promise that Christ is coming again should be a powerful motivation to quit porn.

On today’s episode, Mark Sanders shares five ways the promise of Christ’s return should motivate our present obedience.

Click here to read along with today’s episode: https://harvestusa.org/dont-look-at-porn-because-jesus-is-coming-back/

Today’s episode from Stephen Moss shares his story of disentangling his self-conception from his battles with same-sex desires. He chronicles his journey from an identity based on stereotypes and tribalism to one of freedom in Christ as he learned who he truly is—a unique image bearer of God and a new-creation man, united to Christ.

Click here to read along with today’s episode: https://harvestusa.org/disentangling-my-self-from-same-sex-desires/

When life is comfortable, relationships are fulfilling, and ventures are successful, it might be easy to seek him. But when life gets tough and God isn’t delivering us from hardship, it becomes tempting to stop praying and find something else to fill our unmet desires.

This heart posture is fertile ground for sexual sin to grow in.

On today’s episode, Mark Sanders challenges us to avoid sexual sin by worshipping God, not for what he can do for us, but for who he is.

Click here to read along with today’s episode: https://harvestusa.org/foxholes-field-goals-and-false-worship/

Women who believe in Jesus need faithful disciplers who will help them walk out true repentance by learning what it means to be sexually faithful women.

On today’s episode, Ellen Mary Dykas shines light on the hurt women experience when leaders are silent about these issues and calls women’s ministry leaders to invest in honest conversations with those under their care about applying the gospel to sex and sexuality.

Click here to read along: https://harvestusa.org/should-your-womens-ministry-talk-about-how-to-be-sexually-faithful-women/

On today’s episode, Ellen Mary Dykas shares how Jesus’s holy lordship lovingly confronts the false perception that our sexual and romantic desires belong to us and how this same lordship personally comforts us by graciously giving us his full protection and provision.

Click here to read along: https://harvestusa.org/no-private-real-estate-our-desires-and-attractions-belong-to-jesus/

Today’s episode from Joy Worrell seeks to help these parents remember grace. She helps parents reject false guilt, remember God’s sovereignty over their situation, and remember gospel and God of grace who lifts their shame.

Click to read along with today’s episode: https://harvestusa.org/parents-dont-live-in-the-land-of-guilt-and-shame/

They can.

Among many other lies and temptations, sexual sin tempts us to believe that we can navigate the unfolding of our lives better than God can and that our lives are ultimately self-governed.

It bids us to pursue a pattern of life that’s contrary to God’s design and fails to glorify and enjoy God in every season and experience.

In today’s episode, Men’s Ministry Director Keith Seary shows us how pursuing intentional habits, hobbies, and traditions can help us resist these temptations and fight sexual sin.

Read along on our website → https://harvestusa.org/habits-hobbies-and-traditions-a-god-given-necessity-in-fighting-sexual-sin/

In today’s episode, Keith Seary calls single Christian’s to cultivate four traits that mark a Christ-centered marriage: gospel focus, love for others, holy attraction, and submission to God.

Even if God does not call you to marriage, cultivating these traits will be fruitful in your life as you pursue a life of devotion to and dependence on Christ.

Click here to read along with today’s episode: https://harvestusa.org/should-i-prepare-for-marriage-even-though-its-not-guaranteed/

If you’re discouraged in ministry, today’s episode is for you.

Men’s ministry staff Yohan Huh Prudente shares three precious truths about God’s love that can anchor and empower your ministry to sexual strugglers.

You can read the original article on our website: https://harvestusa.org/be-anchored-in-gods-love-as-you-care-for-sexual-strugglers/

But you are not alone, dear Christian parent, brother, or sister.

In today’s episode, Yohan Huh Prudente leads you to into the presence of our dear Savior, who offers abundant blessings to his children, even in the midst of their pain and suffering.

You can read the original article on our website: https://harvestusa.org/cries-of-the-heart-when-christ-meets-a-wounded-soul/

In today’s episode, former Harvest USA staff David White considers how our holiday aches point to our ultimate hope.

In today’s episode, Dave White, author of “God, You & Sex: A Profound Mystery” and former Harvest USA staff, shares five essential truths for parents to consider as they talk to their kids about sex and biblical sexuality.

Check out God, You & Sex: A Profound Mystery: https://harvestusa.org/books/god-you-sex-a-profound-mystery/

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“My husband is addicted to pornography, and I feel terrible shame about this even though I know it’s not my fault. How do I get rid of this shame if he doesn’t change?”

On today’s episode, Catherine Krasinski explores the reality that Christians, even those who know and believe the gospel, still struggle with shame. She reminds us of the ways Jesus himself experienced shame and offers two biblical principles that give hope to believers burdened by shame’s presence in their lives.

Read the original article on our website ➡️ https://harvestusa.org/i-know-the-gospel-why-do-i-still-feel-shame/

Yet, even after we’ve been justified, imperfections, weaknesses, and corruption remain. Does this mean that our good works done in faith can’t please God?

In today’s episode, Mark Sanders reminds us of this surprisingly freeing truth: even our best works still need the cleansing blood of Jesus. And through that work of Christ, our good works done in faith really are pleasing to the Father.

Watch the original video here: https://harvestusa.org/video/can-i-please-god-when-im-not-perfect/

1. They need to know that God is the Creator and since we are his creatures, he has the right to direct our lives.
2. They need to know that God created us to be embodied. That human beings are essentially both body and spirit.
3. They need to know that God made us for himself.

But how do you practically teach them these truths and how to live them out, especially amidst the many demands of parenting?

In today’s episode, Amy Tyson takes each of these truths and offers ways you can creatively teach them to younger and older children. She then offers practical tips for integrating this teaching into your ordinary family routines.

Read the original article here: https://harvestusa.org/the-ordinary-means-kids-and-biblical-sexuality/

In today’s episode, Amy Tyson offers the following four truths about God’s providence to nourish our belief that he is good and that he’s able and willing to do us good.

Truth #1: God works for our good.

Truth #2: God gives what is necessary.

Truth #3: God gives abundantly.

Truth #4: God gives what he requires.

Click here to read today’s article: https://harvestusa.org/a-reality-better-than-a-wish-list/

This is a question that comes up with some regularity to our women’s ministry. They’re unsure how to think about forgiving their husband when they don’t know the full scope of his sins.

Today’s episode by Women’s Ministry Director Caitlin McCaffrey offers the following practical insights for you to consider as you seek to move toward forgiveness with the limited knowledge you have.

1. God enables you to forgive.
2. God sees and knows what you don’t know.
3. Seek to forgive what you do know.
4. Seek to lament what you don’t know.
5. Meditate on scripture.
6. Entrust your wellbeing to the God who sees.

Click to read the original article on our website: https://harvestusa.org/?p=9118&preview=1&_ppp=8120b8b5bf

Buy, if you’re a single Christian, what are you supposed to do?

In today’s episode, Caitlin McCaffrey teaches us that intimacy and sex are not the same thing, and that our deepest longings for intimacy can only be satisfied in God.

Click to read the original article on our website: https://harvestusa.org/you-can-live-without-sex-but-you-cant-live-without-intimacy/

Seeing suggestive images on social media or in public places.

Filling their mouths with vulgarity or coarse joking.

Taking double takes or lustful glances at others.

Flirting to get sexual attention.

In today’s episode, Yohan Huh Prudente reminds us that when we sin sexually against God, even in “casual” ways, we exchange his glory for fleeing vanities that lead to shallow appetites taking the throne of our hearts. He then offers three steps to address casual sexual sin in your life as you seek to live in a manner worthy of the calling of Christ.

Click to read the original article on our website: https://harvestusa.org/casual-pornography-thou-shalt-not-prevail/

Do you think to yourself…

I am a dirty person for doing this–a lost cause.

Nobody gets to tell me what I should or should not do. I define my desires.

Nobody knows who I truly am. And I’ll take my secrets to the grave.

When the heart is callous toward the gospel, a person’s conscience will err by not proclaiming God’s truth and grace in that moment of sin, leading them to fall into more profound despair.

In today’s episode, Yohan Huh Prudente shows us what it looks like to proclaim God’s truth to our hearts in a way that counters self-centered guilt and shame. He then holds out the wonderful promises of the gospel, which provides true hope to heavy hearts.

Click here to read the original article on our website: https://harvestusa.org/the-prodigals-hope-through-guilt-shame-and-fear/

On today’s episode Caitlin McCaffrey shares the long lasting impact porn addiction leaves on families. She discusses how it fuels deceitful relational dynamics, the harm of early childhood exposure to adult content, and how children witness their mother suffering too.

If you’ve experienced pain and disappointment because of your father’s sinful choices, Caitlin invites you to behold your perfect Father in heaven. The One who has always been what your imperfect father could not be: perfectly righteous and exclusively for you in selfless love.

Read the original article on our website here: https://harvestusa.org/help-my-dad-is-addicted-to-porn/

No matter what we might feel in the moment, humbly confessing our sin is the only solution for the sickness of sin.

Today on the Harvest USA podcast, Caitlin McCaffrey unpacks Psalm 32, warning us against the dangers of suppressing our sins and sharing the great comfort, hope, and joy that follows honestly confessing our sins to God.

Are you a woman struggling with sexual or relational sin? We offer targeted discipleship and biblical support groups for women in a supportive Christ-centered environment. Learn more: https://harvestusa.org/get-help-for-yourself/women/

Read the original article here ➡️ https://harvestusa.org/mind-the-gap-the-danger-of-delayed-confession/

All men need brothers in Christ who help bear our burdens and “run the race” alongside us (Hebrews 12:1-2). How do we do this well for our brothers in Christ struggling with same-sex attraction?

In today’s episode, Stephen Moss has three encouragements for men who want to walk as a brother in Christ to their friend struggling with same-sex attraction, painting a picture of what healthy Christian friendship looks like.

Click here to read the original article on our website: https://harvestusa.org/being-a-brother-to-men-struggling-with-same-sex-attraction/

Where do you turn?

In today’s episode, Ellen Mary Dykas points your eyes to Jesus and his nearness to you in this unwanted chapter of your story. He is a refuge, a faithful bridegroom, and an eternal home. Whatever you think, feel, and believe, he is drawn to you with deep compassion.

Sign up for our free video course Hope in Your Heartbreak: First Steps for Sexually Betrayed Wives: https://harvestusa.org/courses/hope-in-your-heartbreak/

Check out our ten session workbook for wives Jesus and Your Unwanted Journey: Wives Finding Comfort After Sexual Betrayal: https://harvestusa.org/curriculum/sexual-faithfulness-gospel-infused-practical-discipleship-for-women/

Click here to read the original article on our website: https://harvestusa.org/hurting-wives-jesus-is-with-you/

1 Timothy 4:7-8 tells us that while physical training is of some value, training in godliness is “is of value in every way, as it holds promise for the present life and also for the life to come.” As you prepare for battle against sexual sin, you must train yourself in godliness.

In today’s episode, Mark Sanders offers you five practical tips for building spiritual fitness as you face the battle ahead.

Click to read the original article on our website: https://harvestusa.org/spiritual-fitness-for-the-battle-against-sexual-sin/

Many people wrestling with addiction think it simply means not giving in to temptation anymore. They focus on obedience to the prohibition…you shall not commit adultery.

As Mark Sanders shows us in today’s episode, repentance from sexual sin goes further. Repentance puts on righteousness by practicing Christ-centered contentment, engaging in true worship, and living a life of love and service to others.

Click to read the original article on our website: https://harvestusa.org/the-opposite-of-sexual-sin/

Restlessness seems to cry out from every atom of our bodies, “Give me satiation, peace, comfort, freedom . . . rest!” Masturbation, pornography, sexual fantasy, and extramarital connections—all these expressions of sexual sin pull on our bodies and souls with a magnetic draw to answer such a cry.

Yet in those moments of restlessness and sexual temptation, we have a superior Comforter and Sustainer.

In today’s episode, Keith Seary shares a liturgy you can put into practice as you face restless nights of sexual temptation.

Read the original article here: https://harvestusa.org/a-liturgy-of-rest-for-sleepless-nights-of-sexual-temptation/

When God doesn’t seem to be cutting it, men and women alike can turn to their relationships to feel good about themselves, imprisoning themselves in relational idolatry. Therefore it’s crucial to have God, people, and sex in their right places. The first commandment is a helpful guard rail toward this end.

In today’s episode, Ellen Dykas reflects on the blessing of the first commandment as it speaks to our relationships. She diagnoses what relational idolatry might look like, what growth towards godliness in this area looks like, and how Jesus sets us free from toxic relational dynamics.

Click here to read the original article: https://harvestusa.org/god-people-and-sex-in-their-right-places/#:~:text=Women%20and%20men%20alike%20wrestle,t%2C%20I%27m%20sunk.

“You should love me as I am, as God does…unconditionally!”

“Our relationship is FINISHED!”

When your child says these words, it can deeply troubling. This is especially true for parents of a child who has turned his or her back on the Creator by adopting the falsehoods of LGBTQ+ thinking. But God’s Word remains unchanged, unassailable, and dependable. A solid ground for parents to stand on.

In today’s episode, Joan McConnell offers biblical truths in response to the sayings above and reflects on why storing up these truths in your heart will keep you steady as you embrace the long journey of interceding for your wandering child.

Click here to read the original article: https://harvestusa.org/parents-keep-gods-truth-on-speed-dial/

That’s why an “Ebenezer mindset” can help parents remember God’s character and work in seasons when their child is walking away from the Lord to embrace their own sinful sexual desires.

In today’s episode, Joan McConnell offers the following four reasons having an Ebenezer mindset is important for this trying season.

1. We need Ebenezers because we forget.
2. We need Ebenezers because sometimes it’s hard to praise the Lord.
3. We need Ebenezers because our God is sovereign.
4. We need Ebenezers to share truth with others.

Click here to read the original article on our website: https://harvestusa.org/parents-have-an-ebenezer-mindset/

Today Julie Lowe helps parents understand their child’s struggle with masturbation, offers practical tips they can use to help their child through this struggle, and outlines age appropriate ways to speak with them, whether they’re young children, preteens, or older teens.

Read the article on our website here: https://harvestusa.org/how-can-parents-help-children-and-teens-struggling-with-masturbation/

Our kids need to be equipped with wisdom to respond to the evil they encounter in the world, not simply stay sheltered from it.

In today’s episode, Julie Lowe helps us think through equipping our kids with discernment. Discernment to see right and wrong. Discernment to name the darkness. Discernment to rest in the Lord as we acknowledge that our ultimate safety is in his hands.

Click here to read the entire article on our website: https://harvestusa.org/keeping-kids-safe/

While the Bible is full of honest stories about the misery of sin, and the wreckage it brings, it is mysteriously quiet about the specific impact on many betrayed wives.

In today’s episode, Ellen Dykas seeks to answer two questions to bring comfort and hope to wives facing the aftermath of their husband’s sexual sin.

1. Why does suffering, including marital unfaithfulness, exist in a world that God is supposedly in control of?
2. What hope is available to me and all hurting wives as we face this trial?

This episode of the Harvest USA podcast features session four from our brand new resource “Hope in Your Heartbreak: First Steps for Sexually Betrayed Wives”.

Hope in Your Heartbreak is available now and it’s completely free. If you found today’s episode helpful and want access to the entire course, sign up now at: https://courses.harvestusa.org/courses/hope-in-your-heartbreak/

“My husband’s porn issue is because I have not been sexually available.”

“All men struggle with sexual sin, so I just need to accept it.”

If your husband has been caught in sexual sin or an affair, thoughts like these might be bubbling up in your heart. They may even be coming from others who think they're offering you helpful counsel for your situation and suffering. No matter where these words are coming from or how they’re wounding you, we are certain about one thing…

They’re not true and they’re not anchored in God’s Word.

Today on the Harvest USA podcast, we’re sharing session 3 of our brand new video series “Hope in Your Heartbreak: First Steps for Sexually Betrayed Wives”.

In this session, Caitlin McCaffrey seeks to anchor you in the truths of God’s Word as you wrestle with questions in the aftermath of sexual betrayal. She then shares specific truths from the Bible which will address and bring comfort to you as you wrestle with these common wounding words.

Hope in Your Heartbreak is a free resource from Harvest USA. You can register to watch the entire six session course here: https://courses.harvestusa.org/courses/hope-in-your-heartbreak/

When singleness drags on…do you think: It’s not the end of the world if I marry an unbeliever.

When marriage feels empty…do you think: Surely God would understand if I found someone else who makes me happy.

When saying no to same-sex romance feels unbearable…do you think: There’s always that “affirming” church down the street.

These options promise safety if Jesus disappoints us—but they actually sabotage our relationship with him. Forsaking all others may leave us feeling empty-handed, but Jesus calls us to this costly loyalty so he can give us something better: himself.

In today’s episode Stephen Moss explores what it means to put away these potential escapes and embrace the fullness of Jesus’ love for us in covenant loyalty and grace.

Click here to read the original article on our website.

Many men and women feel as if giving in to temptation is the only way to silence that nagging voice of desire you’re wrestling with. It doesn’t have to be this way.

In today’s episode, Mark Sanders shows us that there are plenty of practical decisions we can make to escape temptation early in the process. He then offers several practical strategies you can implement to exit the highway of temptation before you reach the point of giving in.

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In 40 years of ministry at Harvest USA, founder John Freeman has observed God’s steady faithfulness. In today’s episode, he shares eight lessons he’s learned over four decades of ministry to those in turmoil and sin regarding gender and sexuality.

1. We’re all sexually broken to some degree and in some sense.
2. Many of Satan’s schemes against us are directed at gender and sexuality.
3. The sexually broken are close to God’s heart.
4. People don’t set out to get enslaved by sexual sin.
5. The church and parents must intentionally lead in areas of gender and sexuality.
6. We were never meant to handle sex and sexuality on our own.
7. It’s not over ‘til it’s over.
8. Whatever pit we find ourselves in, Jesus is deeper still.

Click here to read the original article on our website.

Much like the ugly mug shots we see that tend to stick around, mug shot theology is that picture we’re sure God has of us. A picture he always looks at when we’ve been behaving at our worst - when we’ve really blown it.

There are few men who don’t suffer from mug shot theology, especially when it comes to their deep and unrelenting sexual temptations, struggles, and sin. It just seems to come with the territory.

In today’s episode Harvest USA founder John Freeman shows us that when we trade a mug shot theology for a gospel theology…everything changes.

Click here to read the original article on our website.

How do we devote ourselves to becoming Titus 2 “older believers” who engage in intergenerational discipleship especially in an age where sexual sin can be difficult to talk about?

In today’s episode, Keith Seary suggests four points to consider for those who want to embrace the call to participate in intergenerational discipleship in their church.

1. Embrace a higher calling for your age than the world has to offer.
2. Overcome potential fears regarding mentorship.
3. Recognize the unique benefits of growing older.
4. Take one practical first step.

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Yet, whether we share our sin struggles with others or not, we are accountable before God. In today’s episode, Keith Seary shows us why biblical accountability is not only good for us, but something we should earnestly desire. He shows us how biblical accountability enables us to live out the high calling God has called us to as his children and how pursuing the ordinary means of grace helps us to turn from sin and live spiritually fruitful lives.

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You told yourself it would be the last time. You cried out to God, begged for strength, and for a while, you tasted freedom. But temptation came and, in a moment, it all fell apart. Once again, you gave in. You wonder, “Does God still care? Am I a lost cause?” And with a sigh, you decide, “Well, God’s patience must have been exhausted.”

In today’s episode, Yohan Huh Prudente points us to the wonderful forbearance of God by putting on display the mercy and patience of Christ as he persevered in his earthly ministry, obeyed even amidst the agonizing death on the cross, and ascended to become our eternal high priest.

Click here to read the original article.

The anguish this question expresses is familiar to many when life-dominating sexual sins take hold. The sorrowful assumption that there is no way out—and therefore no salvation—when entangled with sexual sins is understandable, because our human hearts are not inclined to see the light.

Yet there is hope. In today’s episode Yohan Huh Prudente addresses the anxiety we feel about our salvation by calling us to gaze long and hard at Jesus, who is the way, the truth, and the life for struggling sinners.

Click here to read today’s article.

Tender confessions like these about same-sex attraction are happening more and more in the church. So in today’s episode, Women’s Ministry Director Caitlin McCaffrey offers nine things to consider as you walk with your struggling sisters in Christ.

Click here to read the full article on our website.

In today’s episode, Women’s Ministry Director Caitlin McCaffrey shares common experiences women struggling with masturbation go through, why they often struggle deeply with shame, and how the gospel offers grace and hope.

Resources mentioned in today’s episode:

Raising Sexually Faithful Kids Video Course

An Important Discussion for Parents to have with their Kids

Solo Sex & The Christian

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All pornography is sinful. All pornography is objectifying and dehumanizing. But if you’re a young man who finds yourself searching again and again for gay porn, whether or not you even think of yourself as “gay,” we need to take a careful, honest look directly at this particular sin struggle.

We need to identify the stories that gay porn is telling and consider the better story we find in Scripture.

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In today’s episode, Ellen Dykas explains how to begin talking about your sexual history and why it’s critical to discuss past and current sexual struggles before engagement and marriage.

If you’d like to learn more, consider reading Ellen’s minibook, Your Dating Relationship and Your Sexual Past: How Much to Share. When you buy this minibook from Harvest USA, 100% of your purchase will benefit our ministry.

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While the world believes that the Bible teaches a utilitarian, prudish approach to sex and accuses Christians of being shriveled and grumpy in our chastity, the Bible is not shy about sex, and biblical sexuality is joyous and healthful.

In today’s episode, Amy Tyson offers three theological foundations that help us understand and teach our children the blessing and goodness of God’s positive design for sex and sexuality.

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Because, when a parent learns that their beloved son or daughter is caught up in an LGBTQ+ identity, they realize that the journey they’re on may be long and hard.

In today’s episode, Joy Worrell unpacks why God’s sovereignty is so critical to these parents, how it strengthens them in their journey, and how God intends to shape them and their relationship with him as he works through these painful circumstances.

If you’re a parent struggling to navigate your child’s embrace of an LGBTQ+ identity, we would love to help. We offer both resources and support groups to come alongside you as you navigate this trial.

Parents support group ➡️ https://harvestusa.org/get-help-for-yourself/parents-families/

Resources for parents ➡️ https://harvestusa.org/how-we-help/a-struggling-child/

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That’s just one of the topics covered in our book “God, You & Sex: A Profound Mystery”.

In today’s special episode of the Harvest USA podcast, we’re featuring a conversation between David White (former Harvest USA staff member and author of the book) and Ellen Mary Dykas as they discuss the content and purpose of the book.

You can check out “God, You % Sex: A Profound Mystery” here: https://harvestusa.org/books/god-you-sex-a-profound-mystery/

While the Bible may not use the word “codependency” it does help us understand what unholy relational patterns look like.

In today’s episode, Ellen Mary Dykas paints a picture of what relational idolatry looks like and shows us how Jesus models what right love in human relationships looks like while maintaining a supreme love for God.

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Often, curiosity about something or someone starts innocently. We don’t intend to get into an affair, or an addiction, or tangled up in a messy relationship or business dealing. But we see or think something, and—without stopping to check our hearts’ motivation or consider where that ‘innocent’ click, text, or encounter might lead—we pursue and take.

In today’s episode, Ellen Dykas calls us to keep watch over our curiosity and guard our hearts from the temptations that could lead us astray from Jesus.

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If you’re feeling the weight of past sexual sin and anxiety about what this means for your wedding night, today’s episode from Mark Sanders offers 5 ways for you to prepare.

1. Confess your sins to the Lord and your future spouse.
2. Meditate on the cleansing blood of Jesus.
3. Renew your mind in Christ.
4. Conform your expectations to God’s design for sex.
5. Prepare beyond your wedding night for a lifetime of growth.

Articles mentioned in today’s episode:

Ellen Dykas - “Your Dating Relationship and Your Sexual Past”

Catherine Krasinski - “Sexual Fantasies: Redeeming Your Imagination”

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More than ever before, we’re wrestling with questions of identity, sexuality, and what repentance and faithful living looks like for our brothers and sisters with same-sex desires.’

In today’s episode, Harvest USA President Mark Sanders surveys two common approaches to discipleship when it comes to questions about marriage and same-sex desires, and then offers a third way we believe is most helpful and faithful to scripture.

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How can the one who committed the betrayal walk in the light in a way that rebuilds trust and expresses genuine repentance?

How can the betrayed spouse honestly share their pain with their spouse and others in order to receive the care and support they need?

Today’s episode from Caitlin McCaffrey offers help and practical wisdom for couples navigating these painful situations.

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A pornographic style of relating is about seeing other people, even in non-sexual contexts, as objects rather than brothers and sisters who bear God’s image. But where does the habit of objectifying others come from? What’s the root feeding that sickly tree?

In today’s episode, Caitlin McCaffrey helps us step back and think about what drives our thoughts and behaviors.

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What does it mean to lead in ministry where imperfect people are called to be sexually faithful?

In today’s episode, Yohan Huh Prudente speaks to sexually faithful imperfect leaders to offer three key principles that point to a godward path in a darkened world.

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In today’s episode, Yohan Huh Prudente calls men in the midst of their fight against sexual sin to pursue meaningful friendship and fellowship with one another.

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In today’s article, Keith Seary has us consider the following five principles regarding the Christian life that are vital in the process of turning away from hypocrisy.

1. We’re called to be holy.
2. We are dependent and relational.
3. Christ is faithful.
4. We will suffer as Christians.
5. We need to rely on the local church.

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In today’s episode, Men’s Ministry Director Keith Seary offers hope for those burdened by their premarital sexual sins by unpacking how our new identity in Christ and how the common vows made during the marriage ceremony give us room to grow in hope.

Walking through past sexual sin and growing in marital intimacy takes time and care. Harvest USA offers resources to help you with this: https://harvestusa.org/how-we-help/marriage-discipleship/

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You feel isolated from your wandering child.

You feel isolated from others.

You feel isolated from God.

It appears there’s no one to lean on, no one who understands, and no one who cares.

In today’s episode, Joan McConnell (Director of Parents and Family Ministry) seeks to help parents understand these experiences with help from the Bible and shows us that even this trial falls under the comforting promise of Romans 8:28

“And we know that for those who love God all things work together for good, for those who are called according to his purpose.”

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In today’s episode, Parents and Family Ministry Director Joan McConnell addresses a series of questions pastors and church leaders may be wrestling with.

• How could this happen?
• What did I do to cause this?
• What can I do to fix this?
• Do my child’s choices and conduct mean that I have not “managed my household well?”
• Do my child’s choices and conduct negate my call to ministry?
• Do my child’s choices and conduct mean that I should consider a ministry hiatus?
• Will I be defeated by my child’s choices, or will I move on trusting the Lord?

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For more resources focused on parenting children struggling with sexual sin check our Struggling Child Resources Page

In today’s episode, Caitlin McCaffrey discusses what change looks like in the Christian life and how beholding or looking at Jesus, his righteousness, his perfections, and his perfect work on the cross begins to transform us from the inside out.

Today’s content features session 5 of our latest video resource “Transforming Love: Women, Sexual Struggles, and Help in Christ”. If you found this helpful, you can access the full course for free on our website. In six 30-minute sessions, Transforming Love will offer you hope and practical help if you’re wrestling with things like:

• Pornography.
• Masturbation.
• Sexual expression outside of marriage between a man and a woman.
• Confusion about gender identity.
• Same sex attraction.

Visit HarvestUSA.org/Courses to learn more.

Our sin is sobering and pervasive, but as Mark Sanders shows us in today’s episode, it does not have the final say. Indeed, through Union with Christ, it is possible to please our Heavenly Father!

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To help us think biblically and practically, Mark Sanders presents three questions that, a married couple or someone considering marriage, can use to prayerfully discern the Lord’s calling for them.

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In today’s episode, Mark Sanders helps us understand the nature of unbelief, how isolation nurtures unbelief, and that walking in community with our brothers and sisters in Christ nurtures faith.

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What were you feeling, experiencing, desiring?

What about twelve hours before?

Our desires serve as a GPS for our hearts. Today on the podcast, Ellen Mary Dykas shows us how our desires point us in a direction: either towards God with a posture of love and surrender or away from God towards selfish demands.

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Yet there is hope!

In today’s episode, Catherine Krasinski walks us through 7 steps to encourage us toward a Spirit-fueled journey to fight sexual fantasies.

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For further reading, check out “A First Aid Kit for Sexual Temptation”

You’ve paid for internet filters only to find a way around them.

You spent hours devouring pornographic content.

You slept with that person again.

Your wife discovered that you’ve been using her clothes to indulge in dark fantasies.

Even so, don’t give up hope! In today’s episode, Ellen Mary Dykas reveals Jesus to us, who with his inviting and commanding grace is calling us to receive his resurrection life.

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In todays article, Stephen Moss, explains how parents praying with their kids during Pride Month is an important way to shepherd the hearts of both child and parent as Christian families together seek to engage with their lost neighbors.

Mark explains how for many youth the deck has been stacked against them. They’ve been fed language, narratives, and parameters that prohibit any biblical categorization for who we are and how we are to live. Truly, Gen Z needs an entire deconstruction of their sexual worldview for a biblical framework to make any sense, and this deconstruction won’t start with logical arguments and statistics; they’ve been captured not by data, but by a story.

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In today's article, Keith Seary establishes a biblical roadmap for engaging in such endurance. Follow along as he lays out 6 steps for victoriously enduring sexual temptation straight from the gospel of Luke chapter 18.

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Where can we begin in thinking about this disturbing trend? Can Christian couples mutually consent to this activity with integrity? Does God's Word speak into this subject with any clarity?

In today's episode Caitlin McCaffrey (Director of Women's Ministry at Harvest USA) addresses this weighty topic and these challenging questions with Christ-like compassion and a hope-filled emphasis on biblical truths such as God's power to heal, the dignity of human life, and the restoration that can be found in Christ.

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What happens when we give those things up? Does Jesus provide the comfort and pleasure sin once supplied? Can God’s comfort and deliverance really compare with sin’s attractions?

In today’s episode, Women’s Ministry Director Caitlin McCaffrey shows us how God’s comfort differs from the fleeting and false comfort that sin provides. She then encourages us to wait on the Lord as we seek the true comfort that only he can provide.

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In today’s episode, Mark Sanders walks us through four questions to help us think more deeply about sex in marriage and how God’s purposes lead to flourishing in marriage.

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Every generation of the church faces unique challenges in applying scriptural principles to modern questions that the Bible doesn’t directly address. Perhaps one of the most difficult issues of our day is how to respond to an invitation to a same-sex wedding.

More and more Christians are facing this dilemma in their family, workplace, or neighborhood. On the one hand, we want to guard against any miscommunication that we are endorsing what God clearly says is sin. But we are also concerned about a different kind of miscommunication—that we hate the people involved and want nothing to do with them. We want to maintain relationships for gospel influence, but not at the expense of condoning sin.

In today’s episode, Harvest USA President Mark Sanders humbly offers four reasons why Christians should not attend a same-sex wedding.

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In today’s article, Keith Seary explores the difference between desiring marriage and idolizing marriage. He then offers biblical wisdom for single Christians and their mentors to help them navigate their desires with faith in Jesus as our sustainer, creator, and Lord.

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Today, Yohan Huh Prudente encourages parents to point their children beyond themselves to Christ, to receive the grace of the gospel where they fall short themselves, and to model Christ-like living to their children as they engage in these conversations.

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Yet, God has clearly defined purposes and boundaries for sex, sexual desires, and sexuality.

So what should we do if our sexual desires fall outside of those boundaries?

In today’s episode, Harvest USA founder John Freeman shows us that resisting our desires through honest confession, repentance, and submitting our hearts to God is the path to true satisfaction in Christ.

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Though more Christian families than ever are struggling through scenarios like these, many don’t have the resources to deal with it.

In today’s episode, John Freeman shares six supports to help parents walking with LGBTQ+-identified kids.

Have a family member struggling with sexual sin? We offer an 8 week, online support group for parents and families. https://harvestusa.org/get-help-for-yourself/parents-families/

You can read the original article on our website.

The swirling thoughts and emotions we experience when our children rebel against the Lord can lead us to doubt that hope is possible, even when scripture is full of hope for believing parents.

In today’s episode, Joan McConnell walks us through a series of questions aimed at helping parents examine their hearts and building hope in God through sorrow.

Have a family member struggling with sexual sin? We offer an 8 week, online support group for parents and families. https://harvestusa.org/get-help-for-yourself/parents-families/

You can read the original article on our website.

Any member of a local congregation can choose to participate to some extent in the LGBTQ+ mindset and culture. When this comes to light, the leadership of many churches realize that they are (or have been) unprepared to address either the issues, the strugglers, or their families.

In today’s episode, Joan McConnell offers the puzzle pieces for building a church's biblical response to these issues.

Check out more Harvest USA resources related to the church and LGBTQ+ below.

Resources on Same-Sex Attraction: https://harvestusa.org/how-we-help/same-sex-attraction/

Resources on Transgenderism: https://harvestusa.org/how-we-help/transgenderism/

Resources for parents with a struggling child: https://harvestusa.org/how-we-help/a-struggling-child/

Resources on biblical sexuality: https://harvestusa.org/how-we-help/biblical-sexuality/

Have a family member struggling with sexual sin? It is our desire to come alongside you with biblical truth, fellowship, and prayer for what can be a difficult and long journey. Check out our parents and family support groups: https://harvestusa.org/get-help-for-yourself/parents-families/

This question is asked often in our ministry at Harvest USA, and for women struggling with sexual sin, this question can be deeply painful. But there is gospel hope!

In today’s episode, Caitlin McCaffrey (Director of Women’s Ministry) helps us address our behavior without falling into despair. She then examines behavior from a biblical perspective that provides real hope for change. Finally, she shows us how our union with Christ is the true foundation of our identity.

This episode features Session Two of our brand new video course “Transforming Love: Women, Sexual Struggles, and Help in Christ”. If you were encouraged by today's lesson and want to continue on this discipleship journey, you can sign up for the entire course for free at the link below!

Sign up for Transforming Love: harvestusa.org/courses/transforming-love/

Explore other Harvest USA courses: harvestusa.org/courses/

Mark Sanders examines this issue from a biblical perspective in today’s episode. Along the way, he explores how our hearts and bodies interact, and offers practical ways to pray if we’re struggling with frequent nocturnal emissions.

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In today’s episode, Joy Worrell walks us through the Bible, sharing stories that illustrate the truth that our God is mighty to save unlikely converts.

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Christ told us in Matthew and Luke that we shouldn’t be surprised when truth and error collide and even the closest family ties are affected. He says fathers and sons, mothers and daughters, mothers-in-law and daughters-in-law will be divided against each other because of the truth.

In today’s episode, Joy Worrell offers hope and encouragement for parents facing the difficult reality that truth divides.

Browse our resources for parents.

Do you have a struggling child? Consider getting help from our Parents & Family Ministry.

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Today’s episode features the first session from our brand new video course “Transforming Love: Women, Sexual Struggles, and Help in Christ”. Taught by Ellen Mary Dykas and Caitlin McCaffrey, this self-paced course offers encouragement, practical wisdom, and hope in Jesus Christ for your struggle with sexual sin.

We hope you're helped by today’s lesson. To get access to the full course, register for free at the link below.

Register for Transforming Love

In today’s episode, Keith Seary shares why these truths are challenging and how men also share some of the blame. He then offers four key truths to encourage single evangelical women to remain steadfast to the Lord and four charges to evangelical men to better serve and encourage the single women God has placed in their lives.

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When it comes to physical affection, this can be a loaded question and we are tempted toward extremes: shame and conscience-binding directives on one hand and vague “anything goes” counsel on the other.

We need the Bible’s wisdom as it addresses sex and relationships. Today, Ellen Dykas shares three biblical truths that unpack what loving physical affection might look like when you’re romantically involved with someone but not married to them.

Check out our resources on singleness and dating.

Explore the profound mystery of God’s design for sex: God, You & Sex: A Profound Mystery by David White

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In today’s episode, Ellen Mary Dykas shares a case study that illustrates the challenge betrayed wives face as the church responds to her husband’s sexual sin. She then offers several ways pastors can live out the gospel with hurting wives without sacrificing the worthy time and energy that husbands need in their battle against sexual sin.

Is your heart breaking over the revelation of your husband’s sexual sin? We want to help. Alongside the resources available on our website, Harvest USA offers one-on-one discipleship and support group ministry to wives navigating sexual betrayal.

Help and resources for spousal unfaithfulness.

(Curriculum) Jesus and Your Unwanted Journey: Wives Finding Comfort After Sexual Betrayal

(Book) When Your Husband Is Addicted to Pornography: Healing Your Wounded Heart

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Whether you are a father, minister, or mentor, what does faithful discipleship look like for a boy who doesn’t fit the mold? What does he need from you?

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Seeking further help for your battle with sexual sin? Check out our resources below.

Resources on pornography.

Resources on Sexual Addiction

Curriculum for Men Pursuing Sexual Integrity

Curriculum for Women Pursuing Sexual Integrity

Get Help For Yourself

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In today’s episode, Caitlin McCaffrey offers practical help to ministry leaders as they seek to respond to these sobering statistics and disciple struggling women in their church.

Are you a woman struggling with sexual sin? Harvest USA has many resources for you:

1. Sexual Sanity for Women: Healing from Sexual & Relational Brokenness
2. Sex and the Single Girl: Smart Ways to Care for Your Heart
3. Sexual Faithfulness: Gospel-Infused, Practical Discipleship for Women
4. (Coming March 21, 2025) Transforming Love: Women, Sexual Struggles, and Help in Christ
5. Seek help from our women’s ministry.

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Today, Ellen Mary Dykas shows us that “men will be men” often excuses selfish behaviors and attitudes, the harm this brings to women, and how a gospel lens gives us higher expectations for Christian men and women.

This article originally appeared in the 2024 edition of the Harvest USA Magazine: Discipling Men & Women in Our Modern Age

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How do we prepare for or respond to the sudden storms that hit our lives? Ellen Mary Dykas offers four practical ways to seek our Savior and resist sexual temptation.

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In today’s episode, Yohan Huh Prudente shares a framework for engaging these conversations as Christians and applies it to the topics of Transgenderism and Artificial Intelligence.

Explore more resources on the topic of Transgenderism: https://harvestusa.org/how-we-help/transgenderism/

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For me and for you, believer, the foremost remedy is remembering who we are in Christ.

Remember Truth: Our identity in Christ

Remember Faith: Our adoption in Christ

Remember Hope: Our longing in Christ.

Remember Love: Our sanctification in Christ.

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Feminism seeks “progress.”

Are these really the best aims for Christians as younger women (Gen Z and millennials) are trending away from the church? How can church leaders faithfully shepherd and equip the next generation of women?

Caitlin McCaffrey offers several factors for the church to consider when shepherding the young women among them.

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What are some features of singleness that can draw out—or perhaps even enhance—some of the blessings of a believer’s union with Christ? Caitlin McCaffrey explores them in today’s episode.

Are you looking for resources to help you think about singleness and dating biblically? Check our resources page.

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Mark Sanders offers us 3 lessons:

1. Not all “conservative” movements are good.

2. Young men need compassionate, relational investments from older men.

3. Young men need a vision of greatness.

This article originally appeared in the 2024 edition of the Harvest USA magazine: Discipling Men and Women In Our Modern Age

You can also read the article digitally on our website.

Here are six things for the church to consider to help Detransitioners follow Jesus:

1. Start slow and show love.
2. Understand their story.
3. Reframe their suffering and sin through a gospel lens.
4. Present a biblical vision for male and female.
5. Help Detransitioners with practical questions.
6. Detransitioners need the ordinary means of grace.

Looking for help and resources on the topic of Transgenderism? https://harvestusa.org/how-we-help/transgenderism/

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What should be your focus during sex with your spouse?

What do I do if I’ve developed a sexual fetish?

What if I’m single and struggling with a sexual fetish?

In today’s episode, Mark Sanders helps us define sexual fetishes, understand what the Bible has to say about them, and offers practical tips to live according to God’s design for sex.

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What is the remedy? Rather than embracing a “Loss Mindset” that believes pornography may still offer us something good, we need “The Freedom Mindset” that sees pornography for what it is, and rejoices in being set free.

Are you struggling with pornography? We have several resources to help you as you navigate these struggles: https://harvestusa.org/how-we-help/pornography/

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When the demands of life and the temptations to turn to sexual sin press against opportunities to spend a moment with your Savior, turn to Christ, for in him alone, we find rest—the faithful rest of our souls.

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In today’s episode, Keith Seary shows us what it looks like to live out God’s design for men’s friendships as the social, familial, and honorable working creatures he created us to be.

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In today’s episode, Keith Seary shares what your children might be seeking online, and how you can lovingly provide them with digital boundaries.

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What can we do when past events threaten to steal our joy, hope, and peace?

Today’s episode explores four actions that help us respond to these painful anniversaries with hope in our ever-present Savior.

1) Remember our past events in God’s presence.

2) Renew our minds in the gospel.

3) Rehearse the truth about God’s healing comfort and sovereign purposes.

4) Resolve to pursue what helps stay anchored in the gospel.

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In today’s episode, Ellen Mary Dykas encourages us to respond in faithfulness and humility to these challenges while we acknowledge and obey Christ, our loving Creator and Lord.

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