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Have you tried telling anyone about this secret sin? One of the most effective ways to keep us bound up in sin is to make us so ashamed of it that we never risk asking for help. And if you try to fight giants alone, most likely you're just going to get squashed. Keeping something secret turns it into a bigger monster than it really is and before you know it, what started as a little struggle has become something that owns you every day. My advice is to find someone who cares about you and loves Jesus - maybe your parents or a youth leader - then open up to them about what's going on and ask for help. It's scary to be that vulnerable with someone else but a shared burden is much easier to deal with than a secret one that's slowly killing you. Satan loves to use guilt and shame to keep us from becoming who Christ wants us to be, don't give him the satisfaction. All of us are dealing with something we don't like to talk about, but bringing those things into the light helps us see the truth about them and gives us the weapons we need to destroy them.

Ephesians 5:11-13 says "Take no part in the unfruitful works of darkness, but instead expose them. For it is shameful even to speak of the things that they do in secret. But when anything is exposed by the light, it becomes visible"

I recently hit rock bottom after a series of blows that made me want to walk away from God. I was so tired of bad things happening that I started believing every lie I was hearing about who God is instead of focusing on the truth. It wasn't until I broke down with my friends and opened up about what was going on that I started to get better. They spoke the truth to me and loved me which was all I needed to get back up and keep going. The goal is to bring things into the light so we can see them clearly and fight them well. I'm praying that God will lead you to the right person and for the strength you need to be really honest with them.