Naperville Freedom Group
Naperville Freedom Group is a Christ-based recovery group helping men stay sexually pure within a sexually provocative culture. Naperville Freedom Group provides a safe and confidential environment for men in their journey toward sobriety and healing from sexual compulsive behaviors.
Sexual compulsive behaviors may consist of lusting, sexual fantasy, internet and/or other pornography use, internet and/or phone sex, sexual and/or emotional infidelity, sexual acts with other women or men, and other secret sexual sins. While every man has different sexual compulsive behaviors; the commonality that we all share is that our sexual compulsive behaviors have become unmanageable and have caused severe stress to our self and the lives of our family.
Naperville Freedom Group uses the recovery materials of Dr. Doug Weiss, Executive Director of Heart to Heart Counseling Center in Colorado Springs, Colorado for freedom from these sexual compulsive behaviors. These recovery materials are thorough and effective, combing sound Biblical principals with proven psychological methods.
Naperville Freedom Group is by no means a replacement for professional counseling. Naperville Freedom Group exists only as an additional recovery resource; providing men with the ability to connect with other men whom struggle with similar sexual compulsive behaviors. If you require counseling, we encourage you to contact Dr. Doug Weiss at Heart to Heart Counseling Center by calling (719) 278-3708.
God's Grace in Recovery from Sexual Compulsive Behavior
"Are you tired? Worn out? Burned out on religion? Come to me. Get away with me and you'll recover your life" - Matthew 11:28 The Message
Do you feel as if God has abandoned you to the sexual sin and sexual compulsive behavior in your life? Have you prayed and fasted countless times for God to remove this sexual sin only to find yourself continually repeating these compulsive behaviors? Is Sunday a religious routine where you feel you need to act as if you have it all together just to fit in? and where there is no room for brokenness? Where would you even begin to talk about your brokenness, and who would you talk to?
The good news is this is NOT what Jesus has planned for your life. Jesus loves you just as you are, regardless of the stench of your sexual sins. The grace of Jesus does not call you to have it all together, or to be without problems, or to have a happy face on all the time. This type of thinking is a false and twisted idea promoted by religious people not by Jesus. He calls you to come to him with all your junk and all your mess and all your brokenness so that you can experience life as he intends for you.
So if you find yourself questing if God has abandoned you, ask yourself a question. Deep down inside, deep down in your being what do you believe about the charachter of Jesus? Although we may have questioned in the past prior to our journey toward recovery, we know that Jesus is essential to our recovery. What we cannot begin to understand is how he can love us so much despite the past we have lived. Let go of your pride and truly get away with Jesus to recover your life.
Honesty & Healing
Rarely are there men in the Naperville Freedom Group who put forth time and effort who do not recover; however there are the poor and unfortunate do not recover these are the men who refuse to get honest with themselves and others. The book of James in the Bible speaks to the power of this honesty in order to be healed.
James 5:16 in the New International Version states, " Therefore confess your sins to each other and pray for each other so that you may be healed. The prayer of a righteous man is powerful and effective."
Eugene H. Peterson's contemporary paraphrase of this verse in The Message states, "Make this your common practice: Confess your sins to each other and pray for each other so that you can live together whole and healed. The prayer of a person living right with God is something powerful to be reckoned with."