Pastors son can fall?
How is everyone doing? I’m new here and as a Christian raised in the faith it’s very hard and embarrassing to say that I’m a Pastors/ preachers kid and I have fallen into lust and all that comes with this. I’m here to claim that through Christ this will be conquered. Not by self or by what I can do but by God, praying, fasting, and using tools God has put in my life to use. “Nay, in all these things we are more than conquerors through him that loved us. For I am persuaded, that neither death, nor life, nor angels, nor principalities, nor powers, nor things present, nor things to come, nor height, nor depth, nor any other creature, shall be able to separate us from the love of God, which is in Christ Jesus our Lord.” Romans 8:37-39
First off, welcome. I’m a Christian, I know a lot of Christians, and I’m very familiar with how the church operates. I would say don’t beat yourself up any more than necessary. PK’s have an already difficult time living up to everyone standards, and this additional shame probably won’t help. You’re a human, a man, and every human being on earth has fallen into sin of some sort. Most of them into lust. Shame for me has been extremely damaging in my faith walk, and can quickly turn from “guilt over legitimate sin“ to deep, dark, shame that Satan uses to keep you in place. Reject that. Deeply embraced the knowledge that you are forgiven, Jesus’s blood was shed YOU, you do have freedom, because of the cross. If you feel like you have to live up to a perfect image, I would specifically try to break that thought. Meet up with somebody and tell them. Sin lives in the darkness, you just gotta expose it, brother. 🤍 Praying for you.