Mike Stonehill

I am a happily married 51 year old with an amazing 3 year old boy. I struggled for many years in my late teens early twenties with a severe drug addiction and also have had my share of troubles with pornography. My drug addiction almost sent me to prison for a long time for nearly killing a man with my car. I recently quit my job as the administrator of a church that I had been at for many years to be a stay at home dad. I  have a passion to reach people with the hope of Christ and have always had a passion for those that have struggles with addictions because I personally know the incredible grip addictions can hold on us. I believe there is not only a hope but a promise of victory if we decide to follow Christ and serve Him. God’s love is intense, uncompromising and freely given. My job is to show others what God has shown me and done in me and help others live a life empowered by God.

Mike Stonehill

I’ve asked myself the question a lot lately, “What’s happening? Why is this issue of pornography and unhealthy sexual activity so prevalent today?”

I live in northern California and I am amazed that a week doesn’t go by where I don’t read a story on the news about a teacher, coach or counselor being charged with sexual conduct with a child. I’m sure all of you have heard something about Penn...

So the recent discussion point here has been about fetishes and lifestyles. When it comes to sex, there is an abundance of “issues” to choose from.  I suppose there is no limit of ways to “customize” sexual interest and what turns you on.  But what can you do when the issue you are dealing with becomes an out of control issue that is more of a problem than something that you enjoy. Or perhaps...

“ I don’t really want to be involved in this, but geez, if my wife would only…”

Have you said this or heard someone struggling like you say this? “I am just more sexually active than my prudish wife is, and if I don’t look at porn and masturbate I am going to just have chronic blue balls and live a life of pain!” It may have slight variations on the wording, but there is always some words of...

The question: What do you do to try and prevent lust from growing?

If you are here reading these blogs we can assume you are seeking help in overcoming an issue with porn and sexual habits that are not healthy or edifying. You want to know how can I fight this thing that keeps attacking me and causing loss of joy, hope, and peace of mind. Simply put here is an interesting...

I Don’t Like the Addiction Anymore...

by Mike Stonehill

First off let’s start by changing the question to “Why can’t I apparently seem to change?” I want to encourage anybody reading this to change the perspective to begin thinking yes you can stop. I am not a “positive confessor” or “name it and claim it” person. But I do believe if your mind is set on a particular thought process, it will...

Why is a Manhole Cover Round?
 
Foreword from Wikipedia
 
The question of why manhole covers are typically round was made famous by Microsoft when they began asking it as a job-interview question. Originally meant as a psychological assessment of how one approaches a question with more than one correct answer, the problem has produced a number of alternate explanations, from the pragmatic...

What Am I Looking at?  

By Mike Stonehill

Ummmm... I’m just looking at naked women right? Just pictures of women that need money so they pose for pictures, and men give them a lot of money to stimulate them sexually and meet their need for sexual fulfillment. It’s just that simple right? Well, not exactly.
   
   Most of you reading this are coming here to get help with something you are...

Let’s assume that most of you that are reading this post are engaged in trying to stop your struggles with porn or sexual sin of some sort. If you are checking out this site and others to get help you have engaged in the pursuit of change. You see an area in your life that you don’t like and you want to change it. Perhaps you have tried and tried to get victory in your struggles and have had a...


There is a Lincoln Brewster song I like called “ The Rest of My Life Will Be the Best of My Life.” The words have been a great encouragement to me for a while.


I'm running a race that I'm not gonna lose
Cause everything changed when I met You
So I'm laying all my tomorrows in Your hands...

I'm standing on every word You've said
I'm holding on to Your promises
And I know my hope and my...


“For though the righteous fall seven times, they rise again, but the wicked stumble when calamity strikes.” Proverbs 24:16

We will fail. It’s not we might if we have a weak moment, we might if someone tempts us, we might if we just are not righteous enough, we might because God is not happy with me. It’s a forgone conclusion, we will fail. God knows that. When He says in Leviticus 19: “Be...