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relapsed today after going the furthest I ever have (38 days). i don't want to go back to what I allowed - porn and masturbation stronghold in my life. starting again at day 1. i guess whether it is day 39, day 1000 or day 1, we still have to press forward with the same determination and with the Lord.

This devotion was in my inbox, from Biblegateway.com:
Praise the Lord!
I will give thanks to the Lord with my whole heart,
in the company of the upright, in the congregation.
Great are the works of the Lord,
studied by all who delight in them. Psalm 111:1-2

Whoever cannot be alone should beware of community. Such people will only do harm to themselves and to the community. Alone you stood before God when God called you. Alone you had to obey God’s voice. Alone you had to take up your cross, struggle, and pray and alone you will die and give an account to God. You cannot avoid yourself, for it is precisely God who has singled you out. If you do not want to be alone, you are rejecting Christ’s call to you, and you can have no part in the community of those who are called…

But the reverse is also true. Whoever cannot stand being in community should beware of being alone. You are called into the community of faith; the call was not meant for you alone. You carry your cross, you struggle, and you pray in the community of faith, the community of those who are called. You are not alone even when you die, and on the day of judgment you will be only one member of the great community of faith of Jesus Christ…

Whoever cannot be alone should beware of community. Whoever cannot stand being in community should beware of being alone.

Prayer for Today
O Lord, when I am too much alone, help me seek community. When I am too dependent on the community, help me to set aside time to be alone.

I am grateful for this community here, Christian fapstronauts and nofap. God be with us and help us also in our alone times and in our online fellowship.