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Seeking God is vital to overcoming sexual sin, yet so often overlooked. Many Christians turn first to man’s wisdom, though the Bible’s answers have lasted thousands of years. God promises that when we seek Him, we will find Him. 🗺️   On this episode, we talk about how seeking God is key to finding victory, why seeking Him wholeheartedly is neither legalistic nor fanatical, and we share biblical principles you can apply to your life to help you seek the Lord in a way you’ve never done before. 🔑   Resources we mentioned: At the Altar of Sexual Idolatry (Book) By Steve Gallagher #682 - Human Wisdom Can't Bring the Change You're Looking For (Podcast) By Pure Life Ministries #683 - The Only Answer You Need (Podcast) By Pure Life Ministries Have Any Questions for Us?  📧Email: [email protected]

In 2 Chronicles 7:14, God promises to hear, forgive, and heal His people when they humble themselves, pray, seek His face, and turn from their wicked ways. But what does it mean to seek God’s face, and why is it essential to freedom from sexual sin? 🔎 In this two-part interview, Pure Life Ministries founder and president Steve Gallagher carefully explores that question. Today, we begin with salvation—a subject whose implications are enormous. 🚨   Resources we mentioned: The Pure Life Mobile App

Have you ever considered the power of seeking—not a passing thought, but a pursuit that consumes your attention, shapes your schedule, and drives you toward a goal? God created us with the capacity to seek, but that desire can lead us deeper into fellowship with Him or deeper into sin. 🔀   In this episode, we’ll explore why both God and the enemy place such value on what we pursue—and what happens when our hearts are aimed at the wrong things. 🚫   Resources we mentioned: How to Minister to Christians in Sexual Sin (Seminar for Pastors and Counselors) Have Any Questions for Us?  📧Email: [email protected]

Resisting temptation isn’t the only way to get free from sexual sin. As we grow in Christlikeness by responding to difficulties with humility, practicing self-control, and putting pride to death, sin begins to lose its grip. Today, Tyler Hollinger and Landon Cook show us how to consider biblical responses to difficult questions regarding anger, envy, and sharing your testimony on social media.   Resources we mentioned: Living in Victory Through the Power of Mercy (Book) By Steve Gallagher How to Minister to Christians in Sexual Sin (Seminar for Pastors and Counselors) Have Any Questions for Us?  📧Email: [email protected]

The world is constantly teaching us what to desire, celebrate, and accept as normal—but much of its message is rooted in deception. Widespread acceptance does not make something good or true. 🎭   Biblical counselor Ken Holloway joins the show to expose the lies behind pornography, dating culture, “me time,” and other worldly desires. You'll also learn how God’s Word leads us into freedom. 📖   Resources we mentioned: Pure Life Ministries Residential Program Overcomers At-Home Program (OCAH) How to Minister to Christians in Sexual Sin (Seminar for Pastors and Counselors) Have Any Questions for Us? 📧Email: [email protected]

Mountains are climbed one step at a time, championships are won one game at a time, and valuable skills are mastered one focused hour at a time. The outcome may be revealed in a moment, but it is built through countless choices. The same is true of walking in purity. 🏔️   In this week’s episode, Regan Bowman joins the show to talk about why boundaries alone are not enough, and to give practical, biblical steps toward victory. The fight is real—but there is always hope in the Lord! ✝️   Resources we mentioned: #666 - Seeing the Lies Behind Temptation (Podcast Episode) By Pure Life Ministries At the Altar of Sexual Idolatry (Book) By Steve Gallagher How to Minister to Christians in Sexual Sin (Seminar for Pastors and Counselors) Have Any Questions for Us? 📧Email: [email protected]

Everything we interact with attempts to influence us, and not always with the best intentions. We face deadly influencers daily. The Bible identifies them as the world, the flesh, and the devil. These MUST be overcome by anyone desiring continual victory over sexual sin. Overcoming is not quick or easy. But it’s worth every ounce of effort.  This week, Luke Imperato shares how victory is attainable over that deadly trio and why it’s worth fighting for. 🥊   Resources we mentioned: How to Minister to Christians in Sexual Sin (Seminar for Pastors and Counselors)   Have Any Questions for Us? 📧Email: [email protected]

Hudson Taylor, founder of the China Inland Mission, is one of the most well-known missionaries of all time. This week, we go through the biography, Hudson Taylor’s Spiritual Secret. 📖   Biblical counselors, Bernardo Arjona and Landon Cook join the show, and you’ll hear how Hudson Taylor’s heart for the Chinese and the beginnings of his work parallel the work here at Pure Life, as well as some insights that are relevant to overcoming sexual sin.   Resources We Mentioned: Hudson Taylor's Spiritual Secret (Biography) By Dr & Mrs. Howard Taylor How to Minister to Christians in Sexual Sin (Seminar for Pastors and Counselors)   Have Any Questions for Us? 📧Email: [email protected]

Proverbs 18:2 describes the next form of pride we’re tackling–know-it-all pride. It says, “A fool does not delight in understanding, but only in revealing his own mind.” You don’t have to know everything to be a know-it-all—you just have to believe you have all the answers. This pride is easy to spot in others, but could we be displaying it without realizing it? We’ll explore why know-it-all pride is so appealing, whether anything good can come from it, and how it can become entangled with sexual sin.   Resources we mentioned: How to Minister to Christians in Sexual Sin (Seminar for Pastors and Counselors) i: The Root of Sin Exposed (Book) By Steve Gallagher   Have Any Questions for Us? 📧Email: [email protected]

Today, we continue our discussion on pride by examining self-protective pride—a subtle but dangerous form of pride employed by those in sexual sin because of the shame they feel. When faced with vulnerability, do you default to building up a wall? Do you seek to preserve your image above all else? Biblical counselor Ryan Stempien joins us to expose how this pride takes root, why it's so destructive, and how Christians can overcome it.   Resources: How to Minister to Christians in Sexual Sin (Seminar for Pastors and Counselors)   Have Any Questions for Us? 📧Email: [email protected]

Much of American Christianity is riddled with the false belief that you come as you are and can stay as you are. Paul disagrees with this when he says, "Reckon yourselves to be dead indeed to sin, but alive to God in Christ Jesus our Lord." The power of salvation in Christ is evidenced in a life free from the bondage of habitual sin and that power is available to those who respond in faith to the grace freely offered from the Lord.   Have Any Questions for Us? 📧Email: [email protected]   Scripture quotations are from The ESV® Bible (The Holy Bible, English Standard Version®), copyright © 2001 by Crossway, a publishing ministry of Good News Publishers. Used by permission. All rights reserved.   Scripture quotations taken from the NASB (New American Standard Bible) Copyright 1971, 1995 by The Lockman Foundation. Used by permission. All rights reserved.

God wants to be with a people who reflect His very nature. So, Psalm 101:5 says, “No one who has a haughty look and an arrogant heart will I endure.” A haughty person believes they are better than others in almost every way possible - an attitude our culture encourages all the time, but one which has no place in God’s kingdom. In fact, the higher we think of ourselves, the farther we are from God. Gabriel Gonzalez joins the show to talk about how Christians can overcome this dangerous form of pride.   Resources: i: The Root of Sin Exposed (Book) By Steve Gallagher Exposing the Root of all Sin (Video Series) By Pure Life Ministries   Have Any Questions for Us? 📧Email: [email protected]

You can’t talk about living an overcoming life without talking about pride. It’s the epicenter of every sin. Whether sexual sin, anger, jealousy, or worldliness, the list goes on—you can trace all sin back to pride. And it resides in every human heart. If there are sins dominating your life, you won’t want to miss this episode. Patrick Hudson gives us an overview of pride, its nature, and a pathway to overcoming it.   Have Any Questions for Us? 📧Email: [email protected]

Living in a corrupt culture, it can be easy for Christians to conform to the lifestyle of unbelievers and forget our call to be separate from the world. We tend to justify this behavior by using God’s forgiveness and grace as an excuse to allow behavior God has forbidden. But if we examine Scripture closely, it is clear that our freedom in Christ is a call to something higher. 1 Peter reminds us of this when it calls every believer to, “‘Be Holy for I am Holy,’ says the Lord.”   Have Any Questions for Us? 📧Email: [email protected]

Many battling sexual sin try to overcome it alone. That is a recipe for disaster. At Pure Life Ministries, every staff member is walking down the road of freedom and knows how to guide others in the same direction. In this episode, three Pure Life biblical counselors answer a variety of real questions like: How do I respond after a fall? Can I win my ex-wife back? Is God's design for marriage possible after homosexuality? These, and more, are answered honestly, and entirely, with the Word of God.   Resources we mentioned: The Mercy Prayer At the Altar of Sexual Idolatry (Book) By Steve Gallagher Pure Life Ministries Residential Program Overcomers At Home Program   Have Any Questions for Us? 📧Email: [email protected]