Published on May 3, 2024 in Christian Life Freedom from Porn & Sex Addiction Wives by Mike Genung
This is the second of a three-part series on healing the heart. In part one we looked at bringing down the walls and barriers that block our healing. Now we move into the heart. With nearly every man and woman I’ve worked with, regardless of Read More
Published on April 26, 2024 in Christian Life Freedom from Porn & Sex Addiction Wives by Mike Genung
This is the first of 3 articles on healing the heart. This first week we will look at that which keeps us from healing, particularly, the walls we build in our hearts. In the early 2000’s I led a men’s support group in Colorado Springs. Read More
Published on April 19, 2024 in Freedom from Porn & Sex Addiction The Church Wives by Mike Genung
Last week I wrote about reflections on Ravi Zacharias’s story. Ravi was an apologist and speaker with a worldwide ministry. After he died in 2020 it came out that he had been molesting female massage therapists and others for the 10 years prior to his Read More
Published on April 3, 2024 in Freedom from Porn & Sex Addiction Wives by Mike Genung
It’s late at night. She rolls over and sees her husband is missing. She gets up, walks down the hall, and sees light emanating from the bottom of the door to their office room. She opens the door and walks in. He is bathed in Read More
Published on December 1, 2023 in Blazing Grace Freedom from Porn & Sex Addiction Wives by Mike Genung
Blazing Grace began in 2000; at the time it was just me leading a Christ and grace centered support group for men in Colorado Springs. In 2004 I put the Blazing Grace website up. Most of the original content was for men, with some added Read More
Published on October 16, 2023 in Blazing Grace Freedom from Porn & Sex Addiction Wives by Mike Genung
Many of you are familiar with our 8 week course for men who want to recover from porn addiction, and our 10 week course for wives to help women heal from porn and adultery in their marriage. In both courses, group participants are paired up Read More
Published on July 7, 2023 in Wives by Mike Genung
Everything we do at Blazing Grace is about restoration, with an eye on helping people cultivate a vital, love relationship with God – especially when it comes to marriages. I’ve seen God take marriages that were close to divorce and resurrect them. No matter how Read More
Published on January 12, 2022 in Blazing Grace Freedom from Porn & Sex Addiction Wives by Mike Genung
A guy gets hooked on porn as an eight-year-old. In his twenties he meets the girl he will eventually marry. Doesn’t tell her about his secret habit. They get married. As the years go by his heart grows cold; laughter, joy, and their sex life Read More
Published on August 10, 2021 in Christian Life Wives by Mike Genung
Gaslighting: a tactic in which a person, in order to gain power, makes a victim question their sanity. Elizabeth Packard was born in Ware, Massachusetts, to Samuel Ware, a minister, and his wife Lucy. After graduation from school, at the urging of her parents, Elizabeth Read More
Published on May 19, 2021 in Blazing Grace Wives by Mike Genung
Judges 4 introduces us to Jael, the wife who brutally took down Sisera, the general of the enemy army. She remained calm in the face of an adversary who was a threat to her and her household. Ladies, you are Jael. The wife who is Read More
Published on March 26, 2021 in Blazing Grace Wives by Mike Genung
Our next Wife’s Heart Retreat will be held in Beulah, Colorado, Thursday May 20 through Sunday morning May 24. Our time together will include: * A safe place to share your story * Separating who you are from your husband’s sin. * Your identity as Read More
Published on December 2, 2020 in Blazing Grace Wives by Mike Genung
I have a treat for you today. In this video, Sandy England shares the story of her and her husband’s recovery from porn addiction and adultery. Sandy is the leader of our wives ministry; as you’ll see in the video, she shares from her heart. Read More
Published on May 14, 2020 in Wives by Mike Genung
By Sandy England Wives Ministry Facilitator, Blazing Grace Recently, in one of our wives groups we started looking at the fact that our husband is not the real enemy. The responses from the other women were telling, and included: “What?? Then who is?” “My husband Read More
Published on December 6, 2019 in Wives by Mike Genung
The Next Wife’s Heart Retreat Thursday February 20 – Sunday February 23, 2020 By Mike Genung June of last year, we had our first wives retreat here in the mountains of Beulah, Colorado. When the women arrived, all of them looked beaten up, worn out, Read More
Published on November 22, 2019 in Wives by Mike Genung
What would you say is the key to breaking the stronghold of porn in the church? After spending most of the past 20 years in this ministry, I can say it is not groups, counseling, books, men, pastors, churches, conferences, nor is it me, Blazing Read More
Published on September 16, 2019 in Wives by Mike Genung
Earlier this month, I wrote about “Turn and Connect,” the Biblical method which provides the way to overcome lust, fear, and other issues, which is written about in detail in The Road to Grace, for those who struggle with sex addiction, and The Wife’s Heart, Read More
Published on May 31, 2018 in Wives by Mike Genung
Ladies, Discover the Blessing of Journaling For the hurting wife who is coping with her husband’s porn and adultery, it’s critical that she is able to consistently express her pain, anger, and confusion. The Wife’s Heart Journal provides you with a great way to open Read More
Published on April 13, 2018 in Wives by Mike Genung
There are several ministries to persons who struggle with porn that advocate waiting until the husband has six months of abstinence from porn before telling his wife. I disagree with that approach, for these reasons. Lying and hiding are always woven into the character of Read More
Published on February 15, 2018 in Wives by Mike Genung
The Next Wife’s Heart Retreat: June 28-30, 2024 A time of healing and restoration for wives who are recovering from their spouse’s porn or adultery. The Wife’s Heart Retreat is held in the mountains of Beulah, Colorado, in a pristine, secluded setting where you can Read More
Published on January 24, 2018 in Wives by Mike Genung
“Wives, submit to your husbands…” Ephesians 5:22 stirs up controversy, doesn’t it? “Submit” is a verse that is dangerous when taken out of context; it can be used to attempt to bludgeon, bully, or manipulate the wife into accepting behavior which should never be tolerated, Read More
Published on November 30, 2017 in Wives by Mike Genung
by Mike Genung 10 years ago, I was given a poster with the images of 3 players of the Los Angeles Lakers, all who played in different decades. Under their pictures are the records of losing seasons: 36-43, 40-42, and 34-48, with the words “They Read More
Published on November 21, 2017 in Wives by Mike Genung
Years ago, my wife Michelle wrote a letter to me describing how my sexual sin had affected her. This letter is shown in my book The Wife’s Heart, Healing from Your Husband’s Porn and Adultery; we’ve received quite a bit of feedback that Michelle’s letter Read More
Published on October 26, 2017 in Wives by Mike Genung
February of this year, I released The Wife’s Heart; Healing from Your Husband’s Porn and Adultery, and it immediately became the top seller for my books. 70% of the emails we receive are from hurting wives, yet there are fewer resources for wives than for Read More