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About Blazing Grace

       As of February 2008, Blazing Grace's ministry and website became part of TechMission's Safe Families program. Mike Genung took a leave of absence from Blazing Grace in order to concentrate on other responsibilities. For much of 2009, the pastoral oversight was handed over to Jayson Graves and his staff at Healing for the Soul. Jayson has long been a friend of Blazing Grace and Safe Families and has been co-hosting the ministry's radio shows for years.  

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Healing for Wives Who've Been Hurt

 

 Healing for Wives Who've Been Hurt
 From Adultery or Porn Addiction

 
 by Mike Genung

 
A few years back, I asked my wife to write me a letter describing how my struggle with sex addiction affected her. The following is her letter:

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The First Step to Freedom

The First Step to Freedom
By Mike Genung

You have not yet resisted to the point of shedding blood in your striving against sin…
Hebrews 12:4

From 1991 through 1998, I spent much time and effort trying to break free from the
bondage of sexual sin. After years of failure, I finally took what would be the first step to
freedom in early 1999. Here’s what it looked like:

I finally had enough pain.

I was 36 years old before the inner torment, shame, pain and emptiness of acting out
overrode any of the short-lived pleasure lust had to offer. Prior to this time I had bought

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Dealing with a Slip

Dealing with a Slip
by Mike Genung

The path to freedom from sexual sin is difficult, and can be marked with setbacks. How
we deal with a slip can determine whether we fall again, or whether we stand up, dust
ourselves off, and move forward. The following is a list of do’s and don’ts for those times
when we stumble.

Do confess your sin to a safe person or group as soon as possible.
Don’t give lust the opportunity to fester and strengthen its grip on you through isolation
or an attempted cover–up. Transparency heals the after–effects of shame so you can stand
firm again against the next wave of temptation. Resist the pull to isolate, and go against

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I Inhaled

I Inhaled
by Mike Genung

"When I was in England, I experimented with marijuana a time or two, and I didn't like it.
I didn't inhale and never tried it again."
-Bill Clinton, during the 1992 presidential campaign.

Many have had a hard time swallowing Bill Clinton’s famous “I didn’t inhale” line.
It conveys a tone of cover up, of a politician trying to side step his actions. During the
presidential campaign in 1992, “I didn’t inhale” quickly became a national punch line for
the evasion of responsibility.

Conversely, Clinton’s vice president, Al Gore, freely confessed to smoking pot during his

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