The following are testimonies from a man and his wife:
Kwabena writes, "I was involved in sexual impurity at an early age. I went from soft-core movies on TV to full immersion in pornography online and this had a hold on my life for over 20 years.
I had no hope of breaking free. I went deeper and deeper into sexual impurity and didn't know what to do. I tried filters, accountability partners (but I was not honest with them). I even tried exorcism from pastors to be free from this sin. I could only go for a month without self-gratification or pornography. I was so hopeless and thought I should just give in and live with this sin.
Several years ago, I found Setting Captives Free 1.0 and started taking the Way of Purity course, but I was not finding freedom with the Radical amputation. I installed filters on people's computers, yet I would go around them when my slave master, porn, came calling. The progression was taking me down the wrong path, and I feared that this sin would always be in my life.
But then Setting Captives Free 2.0 launched, and I started to take the new purity course. I was shocked that the course was talking about grace and the cross. Initially, I thought, "Please skip this cross stuff and tell me what I need to DO to be free." But the lessons kept talking about the cross and what God has done for me. I had to pray that this "gospel" (Jesus' death, burial, and resurrection) and the cross will be "internalized/penetrated" in my heart. I found freedom but then started to drift from the cross; hence, I started living in bondage again.
My mentor encouraged me to retake the course which I did, and God has ministered to my heart. I used to count the days of freedom, but now I've stopped because now I don't just want freedom from my sin, now I want to know Christ who has ransomed me. God has changed my heart. First, I used to feel like "I had to watch porn" or "It's Friday, so go and watch porn." But now, God through the cross has broken this stronghold and set me free.
Friends, if you knew who I was, how far into sexual sin I went, you would be shocked. But now pornography and sexual immorality have lost its hold on me. Jesus has healed and will continue to heal my heart.
I know the devil will come at an opportune time to tempt me, but with me standing in the power of the might of God at the cross, I shall prevail. Even if I should fall, I know I'm not a slave to sin anymore.
Glory be to God for what He's done in my life. My fiancé (now wife) wanted to break up with me because of this sin, but God granted her grace, and she took the Setting Captives Free course A United Front. We are now recently married. I'm so thankful for the grace of God in our lives.”
Nana writes, "It's been a month since Kwabena and I got married. It's been a time of loving, learning, and growing. Before we were married, I saw evidence of Kwabena's heart changes and rejoiced with him. After getting married and seeing him every day, I thank God for the man he is and the one he is becoming.
Kwabena's love for God and commitment to Him is very evident. His dependence on God for purity, growth, love, financial blessing, etc. is so encouraging to me. I learn from him every day. I have struggles and weaknesses, and I am grateful that I have a husband who teaches me (with his life) to go to God with EVERYTHING and to truly trust Him to come through.
I used to live in fear every day, thinking, "What will I do if Kwabena falls back into sexual sin?" "Where's my hope?" And although I prayed for my husband (then fiancé), sometimes the fear was greater than my hope and trust in God. Seeing God work so mightily and powerfully in Kwabena's life and my life has given me greater hope for the future. I know that nothing is impossible with God (Luke 1:37).
Sometime last year, God showed me in His word that if a brother sins in a way that doesn't lead to death and we pray for that person that God would give him life (1 John 5:16). Through what we went through, God has shown me His faithfulness to do what He says He will do. I know for a fact that God can restore our relationships with Him; He has the power to change even the most "hopeless" situations.
I am not perfect, and I know I need my husband's love and forgiveness every day. I pray that my husband and I both learn to pray for and love each other and that God will continue cleansing us and giving us life.
I rejoice with my beloved husband for this new life he is living in Christ, and I trust God to keep us both in faith, hope, love, and purity."