Show Notes
You've prayed about your porn struggle for years, maybe decades. In your car at 2 in the morning, right after another relapse, you've begged God to just take it away. And it's still here. In this episode, Michael Kamber opens up about the 15 years he prayed that exact prayer and never got the answer he wanted. The conclusion he reached in the middle of it was wrong, and it cost him years of pain and heartache. We unpack why God's silence isn't a verdict on you, why praying alone can quietly b...
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