Let’s start today with an A.W. Tozer quote: “The smaller your God, the bigger your problems.”
I’ve always found that to be true. When I minimize God, I maximize everything else. The smallest pebbles become boulders. My propensity for worry explodes.
When I first entered recovery, it was a daunting proposition. Make major life changes after decades of living another way?
Impossible.
Or is it? Recovery is only too big a task when you serve too small a God. I learned to quit asking God to lower the challenge to my level, and to raise me to a higher level. And I learned to cast my cares on the One who cares for me (1 Peter 5:7).
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.
