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Blessings Beyond Measure

As I sit here and watch our wedding video again, I think of all the amazing things that have happened in the last several years and I am overwhelmed and, no shocker, tears have been running down my face. Our Almighty Heavenly Father is keeping His promises in ways, and to depths, not that long… Continue Reading …
Welcome

We are Greg & Lynn Bruce and we’re glad you stopped by. Created To Be Free Mentoring is dedicated to helping men and women who are dealing with addiction, specifically sex addiction, to find freedom. If you know you have a problem but have no idea where to start, think you’re “all alone,” been “found… Continue Reading …
About Us

This blog was accepted for publication by our Affiliate Partner, Covenant Eyes. I’m told, due to “googling” restrictions, I shouldn’t post the same blog in two different locations.I apologize for the additional link. You can find our story here. Continue Reading …
Ephesians 5:21ff

I wrote this as an email to a Pastor friend of mine when he asked me how I view this particular passage now that I’m out of my addiction; he needed it for a sermon he was preparing. “Ben (not his real name) – I am no theologian. You know this. You’ve asked me for the “Rest of the… Continue Reading …
Fear

Fear – noun – 1. a distressing emotion aroused by impending danger, evil, pain, etc., whether the threat is real [healthy] or imagined [irrational]; the feeling or condition of being afraid; 4. reverential awe, especially toward God. [bracketed terms added by me] Stand In Your Love When darkness tries to roll over my bones, When… Continue Reading …
Fidelity and Forgiveness

I hope by giving full credit and recognition it is permissible to reproduce in full the following Daily Devotion from Chuck Swindoll here in my blog. I get these devotionals in my email from Insight for Living Ministries (www.Insight.org). I have an abiding respect for Pastor Swindoll and this one hit a critical target for… Continue Reading …
Focus

This week’s blog took a really wide and circuitous route before coming around to this topic. Last night’s 7 Pillars group also helped me settle into it. Thank you, Gentlemen. The lesson has one of my all time favorite (true) stories in it (7 Pillars of Freedom, Pillar 3, Lesson 1, pg. 80. See Book… Continue Reading …
Freedom

I speak and write a lot about freedom. I named our blog site after an aspect of freedom – we were created to be free. Dictionary.com has seventeen definitions for the word freedom and they’re all accurate from where I sit, although maybe a bit short-sighted. There was no mention of truth and its setting… Continue Reading …
Freedom Process

When I was “found out” on August 28th, 2015 and I very nearly destroyed everything I held dear, I wondered if God would really be there for me. As an addict I believed the lies I’d told myself and was convinced that He hated me, that I was too far gone and that He had… Continue Reading …