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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 …
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 …
“But YOU, Sovereign LORD …”

Some days God speaks to my heart in quiet moments with gentle Scriptures, subtly touching my heart until I hear. And other times His Word seems to roll over me, invoking my past, present and future like a clap of thunder making my heart quake but sit up and take notice. The last couple of… Continue Reading …
“Manning Up”

We’ve all heard the term, or been told to, “Man Up.” It’s usually a reference to “stop whining.” In that context, even if it’s true, it’s shallow at best. In the context of a lifestyle free from unwanted sexual behaviors or habitual sexual sin, it goes a whole lot deeper. When God needs me to… Continue Reading …
“That Guy”

Our God has a sense of humor. How can you look at platypuses … platypi? … or armadillos or manatees or any number of other animals and not think so? With that in mind, let’s try something lighter-hearted, yet still with a point. There must always be a point. Right? On August 1, 1995 a… Continue Reading …
Abundance

As Lynn and I were doing our Psalms devotional last night (Dr. Tim Keller’s Book) God did what He is so good about doing for me – He gave me dual confirmation of something important I’m supposed to “get.” We were in the April 2nd devotional which is Psalm 49, verses 9-16. Psalm 49 is… Continue Reading …
An Apology To Women

Sometimes a blog is simply better using another person’s voice, another person’s thoughts or another person’s heart. Such is this blog. For this week, I’m linking to someone else’s heart who got it “just right.” A friend of mine with whom I meet weekly, shared it with me. He said he “got it from his… Continue Reading …