Ever felt something and wondered why? Ever hurt and wondered why? Ever gone to the doctor or specialist in hopes of discovering why? Let’s consider today that understanding why can help us move forward in life! Let’s grab hold of the why so that we understand and can do something about it!
Going back to our devotional and its purpose, we capture the why as it is described as follows:
This is a reading plan for dads who want to quit porn. It was written by Keith Rose, a content creator at Covenant Eyes. Fallen Heroes looks at Psalm 68 to re-orient your perspective and teach you how to break free. It challenges you to think about heroism in a completely different way.
Fallen Heroes: A Devotional for Dads Who Struggle With Porn | Devotional Reading Plan | YouVersion Bible
Scripture from Today’s Devotional:
‘Your God has commanded your strength [your power in His service and your resistance to temptation]; Show Yourself strong, O God, who acted on our behalf. Because of Your temple at Jerusalem [Pagan] kings will bring gifts to You [out of respect]. Rebuke the beasts [living] among the reeds [in Egypt], The herd of bulls (the leaders) with the calves of the peoples; Trampling underfoot the pieces of silver; He has scattered the peoples who delight in war. Princes and envoys shall come from Egypt; Ethiopia will quickly stretch out her hands [with the offerings of submission] to God. ‘
Psalms 68:28-31
What better place to start than in God’s Word to try and understand? What better place to start than in God’s Word to find out why? God’s Word never returns void! God’s Word is active and alive! God’s Word is sharp enough to get to the core of the matter! God’s Word is enough!
Why you may ask did God create you? Let’s be the dads who grab hold of the reality that God is our strength and gave it to us so that we can use it in His service and resist temptations! Let’s be the dads who are able to stand firm and strong, putting on the full armor of God because God is working on our behalf! Let’s be the dads who respect God and bring Him the praise, honor, and glory He deserves! Let’s be the dads who rebuke the devil, resisting him so that he will flee! Let’s be the dads who as much as it depends on us live peaceably with others! Let’s be the dads who point people to God so that in seeing our good works they will glorify our Father in heaven!
Today’s devotional has been provided to us by Covenant Eyes.
Reading through today’s devotional, here are some takeaways for me: (check out the devotional on your own too to see if you pick up other nuggets, and please share your findings in the comments)
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Takeaways from Today’s Devotional:
Sometimes “The underlying cause of the pain was different from the actual pain point“
- Ever considered the why or the cause or the trigger that causes you to do to something you know is wrong?
- Ever considered there may be something else going on or at play here?
- Today’s devotional speaks of a situation where there was knee pain and how it was actually a symptom of something else:
- So why?
- Let’s be the dads who are willing to dig in and understand or discover the why!
- Let’s be the dads who are willing to dig in and try to find the trigger beneath the surface!
- Let’s be the dads who consider and reflect upon what’s happened in the past that could have caused us to get into and even stay in bondage!
- Let’s be the dads who realize that pride is a huge tripping hazard!
- Let’s be the dads who realize that “pride is another big reason that hero-dads often struggle with porn“!
- Today’s scripture as explained through today’s devotional speaks to us on this:
- Let’s be the dads who consider how “pride fuels porn“: “Pride says you deserve to look at porn.“
- Let’s be the dads who consider how “pride fuels porn“: “Pride motivates you to hide your porn use to save your heroic image.“
- Let’s be the dads who consider how “pride fuels porn“: “Pride tells you that you’re a strong enough hero to handle it on your own instead of seeking accountability to other believers.“
- Let’s be the dads who consider how “pride fuels porn“: “Pride tells you that you’ve beaten lust for good and you can let down your guard.“
- Today’s closes with a call to kill the pride today and some questions to reflect upon:
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