I think there are some interesting (possibly unintentional?) pro-life themes in the Twilight series - specifically in the last book/film, Breaking Dawn. Find out why on this episode of joyinhope! To support financially and for more joyinhope, visit linktr.ee/joyinhope. To schedule a speaking event, email joyinhopeministry@gmail.com. This podcast originated as a YouTube video here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oiJJ2IvoSjo&t=23s

“God so loved the world that He gave His only Son, so that EVERYONE who believes in Him might not perish but might have eternal life.” John 3:16. EVERYONE. Not “some.” All. To watch the videos by Fr. Mark-Mary and Bishop Barron on this topic, see below: https://youtu.be/a2PSsFtTljs https://youtu.be/vKP9Up_fOVo To support financially and for more joyinhope, visit https://linktr.ee/joyinhope. To schedule a speaking event, email joyinhopeministry@gmail.com. This podcast originated as a YouTube video here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=51wnE2IRwoM

Love is all you really need. But actually. To support financially and for more joyinhope, visit https://linktr.ee/joyinhope. To schedule a speaking event, email joyinhopeministry@gmail.com. This podcast originated as a YouTube video here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p34FY-QHhpk

PARENTS: PLEASE LISTEN WITH KIDS. KIDS: DO NOT WATCH, LISTEN TO, OR LOOK THIS CONTENT UP ALONE. THIS IS SOMETHING TO BE DISCUSSED WITH A TRUSTED ADULT. In this episode, I share how the final step in overcoming an addiction is sharing your witness with others. This comes with time and discernment, but be not afraid. As a friend recently told me, once God liberates you, you have authority in His Name to walk the same road with others, in order that they may be liberated. All for the glory of God. To support financially and for more joyinhope, visit https://linktr.ee/joyinhope. To schedule a speaking event, email joyinhopeministry@gmail.com. This podcast originated as a YouTube video here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dM0ODx3xyzs

PARENTS: PLEASE LISTEN WITH KIDS. KIDS: DO NOT LOOK THIS KIND OF CONTENT UP ALONE. THIS IS SOMETHING TO BE DISCUSSED WITH A TRUSTED ADULT. In this episode, I share how the Lord may be inviting you to embrace accountability from a trusted friend or adult in order to overcome an addiction to masturbation. To support financially and for more joyinhope, visit https://linktr.ee/joyinhope. To schedule a speaking event, email joyinhopeministry@gmail.com. To access my original video on how I became addicted to masturbation (Episode 87), as well as its resources I referenced in this episode, go to the link below: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t9j9vslmrS0 This episode originated as a YouTube video here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8SyUXRh1bLA

PARENTS: PLEASE LISTEN WITH KIDS. KIDS: DO NOT LOOK THIS KIND OF CONTENT UP ALONE. THIS IS SOMETHING TO BE DISCUSSED WITH A TRUSTED ADULT. In this episode, I share the next step in finding freedom from an addiction to masturbation. To support financially and for more joyinhope, visit https://linktr.ee/joyinhope. To schedule a speaking event, email joyinhopeministry@gmail.com. This podcast originated as a YouTube video here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=My0ac5f5g8Y

PARENTS: PLEASE LISTEN WITH KIDS. KIDS: DO NOT LOOK THIS KIND OF CONTENT UP ALONE. THIS IS SOMETHING TO BE DISCUSSED WITH A TRUSTED ADULT. In this episode, I share the next step in finding freedom from an addiction to masturbation. To support financially and for more joyinhope, visit https://linktr.ee/joyinhope. To schedule a speaking event, email joyinhopeministry@gmail.com. This podcast originated as a YouTube video here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=slDNTn4ytnM To access my original video on how I became addicted to masturbation as well as its resources I referenced in this episode, go to the link below: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t9j9vslmrS0

PARENTS: PLEASE LISTEN WITH KIDS. KIDS: DO NOT WATCH, LISTEN TO, OR LOOK THIS KIND OF CONTENT UP ALONE. THIS IS SOMETHING TO BE DISCUSSED WITH A TRUSTED ADULT. In this episode, I share the next step in finding freedom from an addiction to masturbation. Disclaimer: I do get cut off at the end but will share how to bring Jesus with you into places of unavoidable temptation in next week's episode. Stay tuned! To support financially and for more joyinhope, visit https://linktr.ee/joyinhope. To schedule a speaking event, email joyinhopeministry@gmail.com. This podcast originated as a YouTube video here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WHb6Acta97s

PARENTS: PLEASE LISTEN WITH KIDS. KIDS: DO NOT LISTEN TO OR LOOK THIS KIND OF CONTENT UP ALONE. THIS IS SOMETHING TO BE DISCUSSED WITH A TRUSTED ADULT. In this episode, I share the fifth step in finding freedom from an addiction to masturbation: identifying your sexual triggers. It's true; knowledge is power, people. To support financially and for more joyinhope, visit https://linktr.ee/joyinhope. To schedule a speaking event, email joyinhopeministry@gmail.com. This podcast originated as a YouTube video here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TvShnChQ9_4

PARENTS: PLEASE LISTEN WITH KIDS. KIDS: DO NOT LISTEN TO OR LOOK THIS KIND OF CONTENT UP ALONE. THIS IS SOMETHING TO BE DISCUSSED WITH A TRUSTED ADULT. In this episode, I share the fourth step in finding freedom from an addiction to masturbation. To support financially and for more joyinhope, visit https://linktr.ee/joyinhope. To schedule a speaking event, email joyinhopeministry@gmail.com. This podcast originated as a YouTube video here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oMuhlhthZHQ Watch Mari Pablo's video made for women struggling with porn and/or masturbation: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9cx3bz4sEO4&t=79s Visit Mari's website for the resources she cites in her video: https://www.maripablo.com/copy-of-resources Order the book "Be Healed" by Dr. Bob Schuchts: https://jpiihealingcenter.org/product/be-healed-dr-bob-schuchts-copy/ Listen to the "Restore the Glory Podcast" by Dr. Bob and Jake Khym, MA: https://www.restoretheglorypodcast.com/ Check out Bob and Jake's series on sexual healing at the link above. Watch Jake's video on healing from habitual sin: https://praymoreretreat.org/healing-from-habitual-sin-healing-2021/

PARENTS: PLEASE LISTEN WITH KIDS. KIDS: DO NOT LISTEN TO OR LOOK THIS KIND OF CONTENT UP ALONE. THIS IS SOMETHING TO BE DISCUSSED WITH A TRUSTED ADULT. In this episode, I share how the next step in finding freedom is addressing the root wound and digging it up, and how prayer and fasting can be powerful tools in doing so. (Disclaimer: I get cut off at the end but was on my last point, so praise God for that!) To support financially and for more joyinhope, visit https://linktr.ee/joyinhope. To schedule a speaking event, email joyinhopeministry@gmail.com. This podcast originated as a YouTube video here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eMJ3VTIEu9w Watch the video me and my friends Luke and Daniel made on the different degrees of sin: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iJGVvFTR1PI Order the book "Be Healed" by Dr. Bob Schuchts: https://jpiihealingcenter.org/product/be-healed-dr-bob-schuchts-copy/ Listen to the "Restore the Glory Podcast" by Dr. Bob and Jake Khym, MA: https://www.restoretheglorypodcast.com/ Check out Bob and Jake's series on sexual healing at the link above. Watch Jake's video on healing from habitual sin: https://praymoreretreat.org/healing-from-habitual-sin-healing-2021/

PARENTS: PLEASE LISTEN WITH KIDS. KIDS: DO NOT LISTEN TO OR LOOK THIS KIND OF CONTENT UP ALONE. THIS IS SOMETHING TO BE DISCUSSED WITH A LOVING, TRUSTED ADULT. After making an episode in which I shared how I became addicted to masturbation, I was shocked by how many people viewed the video and reached out on social media. This has inspired me to start a 10-part series on overcoming such an addiction. In this episode, I share how the second step in finding freedom is running to our Heavenly Father in the Sacrament of Reconciliation. Note: Following these steps may not be exactly how the Lord intends to heal you, but I hope He will allow them to be pivotal points in your journey, as they were in mine. This podcast originated as a YouTube video here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bWfA9sfCkXM To support financially and for more joyinhope, visit https://linktr.ee/joyinhope. To schedule a speaking event, email joyinhopeministry@gmail.com. To watch the preceding episode on how I became addicted to masturbation, go to the link below: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t9j9vslmrS0 To watch my episode on the first step toward healing from an addiction (Admitting Your Addiction), go to the link below: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HBeZc39-f0E To watch the video of Catholic/Christian therapist Jake Khym on healing from habitual sin, which I reference in this episode, go to the link below: https://praymoreretreat.org/healing-from-habitual-sin-healing-2021/ To pray the Rosary with Holy Family School of Faith, go to the link below: https://open.spotify.com/episode/3NyEBgU6g7ZU8Yz3Sl8vDn?si=rr4qhSArSqOuWagDnWpN3g&dl_branch=1

PARENTS: PLEASE LISTEN WITH KIDS. KIDS: DO NOT LISTEN TO OR LOOK THIS KIND OF CONTENT UP ALONE. THIS IS SOMETHING TO BE DISCUSSED WITH A LOVING, TRUSTED ADULT. After making an episode in which I shared how I became addicted to masturbation, I was shocked by how many people viewed the video on YouTube and reached out on social media. This has inspired me to start a 10-part series on overcoming such an addiction. In this episode, I share how the first step in finding freedom from any addiction is admitting to yourself - and to God - that you are indeed addicted and need His help to break your chains. Note: Following these steps may not be exactly how the Lord intends to heal you, but I hope He will allow them to be pivotal points in your journey, as they were in mine. This podcast originated as a YouTube video here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HBeZc39-f0E To support financially and for more joyinhope, visit https://linktr.ee/joyinhope. To schedule a speaking event, email joyinhopeministry@gmail.com. To watch the preceding episode on how I became addicted to masturbation, go to the link below: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t9j9vslmrS0 To watch the video of Catholic/Christian therapist Jake Khym on healing from habitual sin, which I reference in this episode, go to the link below: https://praymoreretreat.org/healing-from-habitual-sin-healing-2021/

Abortion is a very deep, personal, and sensitive topic. I offer this episode in an effort to speak the truth in love, and to provide perspectives you may not have considered before. This podcast originated as a YouTube video here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jVnQdN2yu4E To support financially and for more joyinhope, visit https://linktr.ee/joyinhope. To schedule a speaking event, email joyinhopeministry@gmail.com. If you or a loved one have experienced the horrors of abortion, there is hope and healing for you. Project Rachel and Rachel's Vineyard are two organizations that provide healing from abortion: ~Project Rachel: https://www.usccb.org/topics/project-rachel-ministry ~Rachel's Vineyard: https://www.rachelsvineyard.org Abby Johnson, former Planned Parenthood clinic director, founded a ministry dedicated to helping those who find themselves in the abortion industry leave their jobs and find new work. This institution is called And Then There Were None and can be accessed at the link below: https://linktr.ee/attwnministry Ways YOU can join the fight for life: ~Spiritual Adoption Prayer: http://www.spiritualadoption.org ~Life Novena (Respect Life Prayer prayed for nine days straight): https://www.instagram.com/p/B9ibAxkFZka/?utm_medium=copy_link ~Coalition for Life (Google nearest one to you) ~Book/movie, Unplanned, story of Abby Johnson: (Book) https://www.ignatius.com/promotions/unplanned/ (Movie) https://www.unplannedfilm.com ~Pro-Life Action League: https://prolifeaction.org ~Students for Life: https://studentsforlife.org ~March for Life: https://marchforlife.org ~National Right to Life: https://www.nrlc.org ~(Kansas) Value Them Both Amendment: https://www.kansasamendment.com ~Live Action, founded by Lila Rose: https://www.liveaction.org

PARENTS: I HIGHLY ENCOURAGE YOU TO LISTEN TO THIS WITH YOUR CHILDREN. KIDS: DO NOT WATCH, LISTEN TO, OR LOOK THIS KIND OF CONTENT UP ALONE. THIS SUBJECT IS SOMETHING TO BE BREACHED WITH A LOVING, TRUSTED ADULT. Jesus, please heal us. Father, please love us. Holy Spirit, help us to be okay, and to know that we are not alone in this. To watch the preceding episode on how I was exposed to pornography, go to the link below: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aTzjefpSOzk To watch a talk I gave to a group of high school women on this subject, see the link below: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dvd-ekyhbxg To access the Angelic Warfare Confraternity website, particularly their two daily prayers, see here: http://www.angelicwarfareconfraternity.org/two-daily-prayers/ To pray the prayer for purity through the intercession of Our Lady that I reference in this episode, go to the link below: https://www.catholicculture.org/culture/liturgicalyear/prayers/view.cfm?id=1255 For a prayer through the intercession of St. Joseph, Spouse of the Blessed Virgin Mary, for purity: https://osjusa.org/prayers/for-purity/ **To order a Miraculous Medal to wear around your neck, which is a powerful way to receive special graces of protection from Our Lady, see below: https://catholicshop.com/miraculous-medals/ **For a St. Benedict Medal, which also has special graces of spiritual protection, go to this site: https://vatican.com/2/Medals-Saint-Benedict-Medal **NOTE: Ask a Catholic priest to bless these items in order to attain their fullest graces. To read my blog on Chastity Project, go to the link below: https://chastity.com/2021/04/how-my-parents-exposed-me-to-porn/ I recommend the following resources for healing: 1) The book "Be Healed" by Dr. Bob Schuchts https://jpiihealingcenter.org/product/be-healed-dr-bob-schuchts-copy/ 2) The Restore the Glory Podcast by Dr. Bob Schuchts and Jake Khym, MA: https://www.restoretheglorypodcast.com/ Though I do not mention this resource in the episode, I have had several close friends experience healing through a ministry called Covenant Eyes. Their website can be accessed here: https://www.covenanteyes.com/ The book "Uncompromising Purity" speaks to women who struggle with sexual sins, offering practical advice for overcoming these sins by the grace of God and good decisions on our part: https://chastity.com/products/uncompromising-purity/ This podcast originated as a YouTube video here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t9j9vslmrS0 To support financially and for more joyinhope, visit https://linktr.ee/joyinhope. To schedule a speaking event, email joyinhopeministry@gmail.com.

PARENTS: I HIGHLY ENCOURAGE YOU TO LISTEN TO THIS WITH YOUR CHILDREN. KIDS: DO NOT LISTEN TO NOR LOOK THIS UP ALONE. THIS SUBJECT IS SOMETHING TO BE BREACHED WITH A LOVING, TRUSTED ADULT. Jesus, please heal us. Father, please love us. Holy Spirit, help us to be okay. To read my blog on Chastity Project, go to the link below: https://chastity.com/2021/04/how-my-p... I recommend the following resources for healing: 1) The book "Be Healed" by Dr. Bob Schuchts https://jpiihealingcenter.org/product/be-healed-dr-bob-schuchts-copy/ 2) The "Restore the Glory Podcast" by Dr. Bob Schuchts and Jake Khym, MA https://www.restoretheglorypodcast.com/ Though I do not mention this resource in the episode, I have had several close friends experience healing through a ministry called Covenant Eyes. Their website can be accessed here: https://www.covenanteyes.com/ This podcast originated as a YouTube video here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aTzjefpSOzk To support financially and for more joyinhope, visit https://linktr.ee/joyinhope. To schedule a speaking event, email joyinhopeministry@gmail.com.

Discernment should not be crippling for Christians. For those who find it hard to choose, discover the freedom Christ wants for you in this week's episode. Go to the link below to order the book "Pray, Decide, and Don't Worry: Five Steps to Discerning God's Will," which I reference in this episode: https://ascensionpress.com/products/pray-decide-and-don-t-worry-five-steps-to-discerning-god-s-will This podcast originated as a YouTube video here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7o4ZaafoxZk To support financially and for more joyinhope, visit https://linktr.ee/joyinhope. To schedule a speaking event, email joyinhopeministry@gmail.com.

Has God ever asked you to do something outside your comfort zone? This might have been a move across the country, across the world, or simply within your soul. Learn how to discern such an invitation on this week's episode. Special thanks to my friend Allison Balderrama for her help with this episode! This podcast originated as a YouTube video here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e5PNXlz4cNk To support financially and for more joyinhope, visit https://linktr.ee/joyinhope. To schedule a speaking event, email joyinhopeministry@gmail.com.

We all get lost sometimes. We stray from the straight and narrow, and we can be tempted to stay away when we get trapped in a cycle of shame. Find out why God doesn't want us to stay here and how we can break this cycle on this week's episode. This podcast originated as a YouTube video here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8Nz99ROLKfU To support financially and for more joyinhope, visit https://linktr.ee/joyinhope. To schedule a speaking event, email joyinhopeministry@gmail.com.

The most recent episode of The Chosen (Season Two, Episode 6, "Unlawful") does an incredible job of depicting the Blessed Virgin Mary's role in the Christian life. Find out why in this week's episode. To consecrate yourself to Jesus through Mary, I recommend the following consecrations: 1. For a first-time individual: "33 Days to Morning Glory" by Fr. Michael E. Gaitley, MIC https://www.ignatius.com/33-Days-to-Morning-Glory-P2410.aspx 2. For a group consecration: "Mary's Mantle Consecration: A Spiritual Retreat for Heaven's Help" by Christine Watkins https://queenofpeacemedia.com/marys-mantle/ 3. For a returning individual: "True Devotion to Mary" by St. Louis de Montfort https://tanbooks.com/tan-classics/true-devotion-to-mary-with-preparation-for-total-consecration/ These consecrations are listed in the formats that I utilized, though any of them can be used on an individual or group basis at any time. To pray the prayer for purity through the intercession of Our Lady that I reference in this episode, go to the link below: https://www.catholicculture.org/culture/liturgicalyear/prayers/view.cfm?id=1255 This podcast originated as a YouTube video here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HNsRfF9eogA To support financially and for more joyinhope, visit https://linktr.ee/joyinhope. To schedule a speaking event, email joyinhopeministry@gmail.com.