When driving your car, it is possible to have your foot on the gas and still go nowhere – if your transmission is in neutral or park.
Many of us do recovery this way. We make a lot of noise but we are going nowhere. We may be doing all the right things, but if our heart is in neutral, we make zero progress. We are just spinning our wheels.
Paul calls this “having a form of godliness but denying its power” (2 Timothy 3:5).
We go to meetings. We attend therapy sessions. We even do Step work. But if our hearts are not in it, all the work in the world will yield no results.
Recovery Step: Get your heart right. Then get to work.
Mark and Beth Denison, married for 36 years, launched There’s Still Hope as a national movement to call men and women into lives of sexual integrity. Their ministry offers 90-day recovery plans for addicts and one-on-one and group coaching for addicts and their spouses. TSH also produces resources for pastors and churches to confront the porn epidemic that is destroying so many lives.
Dr. Denison was a senior pastor for over 30 years, NBA chaplain, and board chairman at Houston Baptist University three times. With a Master’s Degree in Addiction Recovery, Mark is a certified PSAP and active member of the American Association of Christian Counselors.
Mark has written four books on recovery: Porn in the Pew, 365 Days to Sexual Integrity, A 90-Day Recovery Guide, and 40 Days to Porn-Free Living. His latest book, Jesus on the 12 Steps, will be released later this year.
