Why running from temptation might be keeping you stuck—and how to flip the script.

🔥 What We Talk About:

Most of us were taught: "Just flee temptation." But what if that advice is keeping you spiritually weak?

In this episode, Justin and Richard dismantle a commonly misused phrase—“flee temptation”—and explain why that mindset can actually deepen your slavery to sin. They walk through what Scripture actually says (and doesn’t say), and challenge you to view temptation as a training ground, not a trap.

Key highlights:

• 📖 Scripture never says “flee temptation” — we show you what it does say instead
  
  
  
• 💪 Why temptation is spiritual leg day—the thing that makes you strong, not sinful
  
  
  
• 🧠 How your mindset (Expectation Effect) shapes your strength in moments of weakness
  
  
  
• 🛠️ Practical steps to engage temptation without fear and walk in freedom
  
  
  
• 🙏 A powerful prayer for those still wrestling with shame, discomfort, or fear
  
  
  

🧩 Practical Tools & Takeaways:

• Matthew 4:1 — Jesus was led by the Spirit into temptation
  
  
  
• Hebrews 4:15 — Jesus was tempted in every way, yet without sin
  
  
  
• James 1:12 — "Blessed is the one who endures temptation..."
  
  
  
• Reframe: Temptation isn't your enemy—it’s your opportunity to grow stronger in truth.
  
  
  
• Identity Shift: Stop seeing yourself as weak and about to fail. You are free, equipped, and filled with the Spirit.
  
  
  

💬 One-Liner Takeaway:

“Temptation is not the problem—it’s the place where freedom becomes real.”

🎧 Listen now if you’ve ever thought:

• “Why am I still tempted if I’m free?”
  
  
  
• “Does temptation mean I’m sinning already?”
  
  
  
• “How do I stop running and start growing?”
  
  
  

This episode flips your view of temptation and gives you a gospel-centered framework for enduring it with confidence and clarity.

🧠 Freedom is your new normal.
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🔥 EPISODE SNAPSHOT

Freedom doesn’t happen alone.
It’s not just about willpower, filters, or white-knuckling your way through temptation.

If you want real, lasting freedom from porn—you need a grace-filled community.

In this episode, Richard and Justin unpack how shame drives isolation, and why the enemy loves to keep you there. You'll hear personal stories, biblical wisdom, and an invitation into something far more powerful than “trying harder.” Because according to Scripture—and experience—transformation is a team sport.

🧠 WHAT YOU’LL LEARN

• Why shame isolates—and grace brings healing
  
  
  
• How Jesus modeled vulnerability in His darkest hour (Gethsemane wasn’t a solo mission)
  
  
  
• What Sequoia trees and your spiritual health have in common
  
  
  
• How real confession leads to real healing—not guilt
  
  
  
• Why freedom thrives in truth-filled, grace-driven relationships
  
  
  

💬 QUOTABLE MOMENTS

“Community isn’t a crutch—it’s a strategy of heaven.”

“Confessing to God is powerful. But confessing to a brother? That’s where healing explodes.”

“The devil wants you isolated. God calls you into family.”

💡 BIG IDEA:

Freedom is your new normal—but it doesn’t grow in isolation.
If shame keeps you quiet, community breaks the silence with truth.

🛠️ PRACTICAL TAKEAWAY

• Don’t just find any community—find a grace-filled one.
  
  
  
• Surround yourself with people who speak to your identity in Christ—not your past.
  
  
  
• Want to go deeper? Richard and Justin are launching a 60-day coaching program where you’ll be surrounded by men who get it, support you, and walk with you toward lasting transformation.
  
  
  

🎯 WANT TO JOIN THE COACHING PROGRAM?

If you’re ready to stop hiding, start healing, and actually live out the freedom Jesus already purchased for you—we’d love to walk with you.

📥 Send us a message on Instagram
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🔥 EPISODE SNAPSHOT

Sex isn’t dirty.
Desire isn’t sin.
And freedom doesn’t mean shutting down your sexuality.

In this episode, Justin and Richard confront one of the most harmful lies in Christian purity culture: that sexual desire is inherently sinful. But what if the urge to procreate is no more evil than the urge to urinate?

We explore how God designed sexuality as a gift, why shame has hijacked it, and how the gospel empowers us not to repress desire—but to redeem it. Through vivid metaphors (sugar, smartphones, beach balls in the pool) and biblical insight, this episode unpacks how real transformation starts with renewing your view of sex itself.

🧠 WHAT YOU’LL LEARN

• Why sexual urges are not sinful—they’re signs of a healthy, God-designed body
  
  
  
• The damaging cycle of shame and repression (and how it always backfires)
  
  
  
• How pornography floods your brain with fake “sugar” and makes real intimacy less satisfying
  
  
  
• The gospel’s promise of heart-level transformation—so thorough that your desires are rewired
  
  
  
• Why freedom isn’t about losing desire, but redirecting it back to its God-given purpose
  
  
  

💬 QUOTABLE MOMENTS

“It’s no more evil to want to procreate than to urinate.”

“Shame makes us push sexuality down like a beach ball in a pool—until it explodes back up.”
—Richard Young

“If you’re in Christ, you don’t need to be afraid of your desires. You need to redeem them.”

“You don’t stop craving porn by trying harder. You stop craving it when your soul is full.”

💡 BIG IDEA:

Sexuality isn’t the enemy. Shame is.
God created desire. The enemy corrupted it.
And the gospel restores it.

🛠️ PRACTICAL TAKEAWAY

Your urges don’t need to lead to sin.
They can lead to gratitude.
Instead of saying “What’s wrong with me?” when you feel desire, try:

“Thank you, Lord, for making me fully alive.”

Freedom starts by seeing sexuality the way God sees it.

@riyoun31

richard@lovereality.org

@jkhoehello@justinkhoe.com