Practices for Building Community

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Excerpt: Practices for Building Community

Course: Freedom From Pornography

Speakers: Ryan Miller

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Finding Your Community

So, what do you do if you feel you lack a supportive community? The truth is, community exists, whether you recognize it or not. If you're not part of a trusted faith community, I believe that's the ideal starting point.

Building Trusted Relationships

Once within a faith community, it's vital to identify safe individuals. As you test the waters of those relationships, share vulnerable aspects of yourself. If they respond with grace, you've found a safe haven.

It's unwise and unbiblical to disclose your struggles to everyone. Instead, seek trusted relationships where vulnerability is met with grace.

Accountability

If you lack an accountability partner or group, prioritize finding one. This is paramount. We are wounded in relationships and healed in relationships. Discovering relationships built on trust is essential for walking in your God-given fullness and overcoming this struggle for good.

Joining Faith Communities and Seeking Safe Relationships

If you're not already part of one, seek a trusted faith community as a starting point. Within that community, find individuals who demonstrate grace and understanding. Gradually share vulnerable aspects of yourself and observe their responses. Find an accountability partner or group to provide support and guidance.

Conclusion: The Power of Community in Your Journey to Freedom

Overcoming pornography is a journey best traveled with others. Isolation perpetuates shame and vulnerability. Community, particularly within a faith context, offers the support, grace, and accountability necessary for lasting healing and freedom. Prioritize building trusted relationships and allow the power of community to transform your life.

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• 1) See the outline below and check out other sections from the FFP course.

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• 3) Connect with a Share The Struggle Coach for one-on-one support. Let’s face it, some of us have tried kicking this thing, and we’ve had no luck. It’s time to start looking toward forms of support that can help us see and feel the beautiful life God has in store for us.

Freedom From Pornography

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Part 1: Stories of Struggle

Session 1: What is the Struggle?

• Video: Introduction: Freedom from Pornography

• Video: Stories of Struggle with Matthias and Ryan

• Video: Healing Prayer to Break Chains

• Topics: Early Exposure and Unseen Wounds
  

Session 2: The People

• Video: Brittni’s Story

• Video: Humanizing the Struggle

• Video: Safeguard your Life from Porn; Warfare Prayer to Break the Chains

• Topics: The Broken People Who Make Porn; Taking Action Against Using Porn

Part 2: The Roots of Dependency versus Design

Session 3: How Does This Dependency Begin?

• Video: Ripping the Veil off a Dark Industry

• Video: What’s in the Search Bar

• Video: Exploring Wounds through Attachment Style

• Video: Exposing the Lies of the Sexual Revolution

• Topics: The Truth about the Industry; What’s Driving Your Porn Use

Session 4: Biblical Roots

• Video: Knowing Your Enemies

• Video: Rejecting Synthetic for Authentic; Looking for Patterns and Capturing Thoughts

• Video: Inner Healing Prayer for Pornography

• Topics: Three Enemies; Gypsy Moth Mating Disruption; Inner Healing Prayer

Part 3: Reconnecting and Reattaching

Session 5: Reconnecting With An Authentic God

• Video: The Healing Power of the Gospel

• Video: Habits for Healing with God

• Video: The Three-Part Bible Formula for Freedom

• Topics: How God Sees You; Wild Mustangs; Learn the Formula for Success

Session 6: Working On Self

• Video: Breaking the Addiction-Shame Cycle

• Video: Creating Infrastructure for Healing

• Video: The Neuroscience of Addiction; What Porn Does to Your Brain

• Topics: Judgement and Shame; Visceral Reactions; Your Brain’s Reaction

Session 7: Working With Others

• Video: Practices for Building Community; Relationships of Trust

• Video: How to Find Good Accountability

• Topics: Communities; Who to Trust; Action Before Failure

Session 8: Healing With A Spouse

• Video: Providing Helpful Accountability; Confess the Temptation, Not the Mistake

• Video: How to Share with your Partner

• Topics: Being a Safe Listener; Sharing Safely; Listening Triad

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