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1 Peter 5:8-9 NIV

[8] Be alert and of sober mind. Your enemy the devil prowls around like a roaring lion looking for someone to devour. [9] Resist him, standing firm in the faith, because you know that the family of believers throughout the world is undergoing the same kind of sufferings.

Can someone please tell me if you struggle with temptation to consume secular media, particularly movies/ tv shows?

I'll go first. I watched this seemingly harmless tv serial as a teenager. With a tendency to live in my head, this show made me live in an alternate reality where I would imagine myself to be in it. All the while I forgot to live my life. I was no longer making risky choices/ working on relationships/ putting effort into my work because I was already doing all that in my pretend life.

And as we humans tend to, after going a little too deep, I would come back. I would bring my life back to normal. All for it to happen again next year. I do this with other shows too but this one was my first and the one that affected me the most.

Now. I understand that the problem lies in my head. I am the one who's ruining my life not the show necessarily. But this is the mask the enemy puts on to enter my space. This is what he tells me (half truths and whole lies) as he makes this show and idol in my life.

Slowly and unintentionally I end up giving it the position of God in my life. I let it influence my behaviour. I draw inspiration from its characters' motivations. I make life plans based on how it portrays the world to be - which is not true. The world isn't how it shows us to be.

Even now as God is being merciful on my account, and drawing me out of the mess I've created out of my life AGAIN, I struggle to understand how I let this problem get so big. No one else in my life could tell I'm going through this. And that could be because many people actually do this too and do this without regret. The people of the world wouldn't have a problem indulging in the god of the world.

But what about me? I'm not of the world. I've given my life to Jesus. I've given control over to Him over my present and future. I proclaim that my past self has died when I got baptism. Yet I keep going back to my patterns. And God in His grace keeps bringing me back.

Can someone please share your experience with similar struggles with sin so that I won't feel so alone in this process?

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Do intentions matter as much as actions do?

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Reminding myself again that secular media is not good for my spirit person's wellbeing.

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God, is so good..

God, is so good..

God, is so good, is so good..

To.. me..

Yeshu achha hain..

Yeshu achha hain..

Yeshu achha hain.. achha hain..

Tu sada.

Yesu manchivadu..

Yesu manchivadu..

Yesu manchivadu, manchivadu..

Naakai...

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This is something I've added to my prayers recently. Man was tasked to be responsible for the earth and its creatures and individually each of us do our part as best as we can.

I've promised myself I wouldn't work myself to death in this hustle culture and do just enough to live and thrive and spend the rest of my energy in praising God.

Luke 12:27