Dear Pastor Joseph Prince, I am a twenty-three-year-old girl from India. I was saved in 2011. Before that, I was addicted to pornography.

After my salvation, I learned that pornography is a sin. So I made up my mind to stop indulging myself in it. I was able to abstain from it for some time, but after a few months, I fell back again into the same dirty pit.

There were sermons preached in my church against pornography, but they did not tell me how to overcome the addiction. As a new believer, I felt lost and alone. I could only share my problem with my fiancé, who is also a believer. He supported me and kept lifting me up in the worst days of my temptation.

Condemnation haunted me day and night. How could I let myself fall into sin when I am a Christian and a female? I felt it was very shameful thing for a girl to walk this path. But whenever I was tempted and did nothing to satisfy myself, I would experience terrible abdominal pain. I usually gave in to keep myself from experiencing the pain.

My struggles with pornography continued. One day, as I was sitting and thinking, I asked myself, “How has knowing Christ made a difference in my life?” Nothing was different in that I was still doing pretty much the same things and still addicted to pornography. That was not right. Something was missing. I felt heartbroken.

Soon after that, God took me to a meeting where the message of grace was preached. I realized that God’s grace was the missing link. However, that revelation and the message I heard did not stay with me and I fell back into my old habits. I became very worried that sexual immorality would wreck my relationships as I heard that preached in my church.

Then one blessed day, I downloaded around fifteen of your online videos and watched them repeatedly. I began to understand the message of pure grace better. I would even get new revelation from hearing the same message over and over again.

One of your sermons, The Power Of Right Believing, was a lifesaver for me. I now know the truth that Jesus is my righteousness and the only fight left for me is to believe that I am no more a sinner but righteous in Christ. From then on, I would not let myself feel condemned whenever I sinned, but I would believe without any shame that I am still righteous before God. And even though my problem with pornography worsened, I kept on confessing that I am righteous in Christ.

Now, I have been freed from the chains of pornography. I am no more under bondage to sexual immorality. The message of grace has truly set me free! The truth has set me free!

There is more power in right believing than in right doing. Like you said, “When you believe right, you will live right.” I testify and bear witness to this. I am happy now and I will be marrying my fiancé soon. The fear of sin wrecking my marriage has left. Hallelujah! Praise the Lord! Thank You, Jesus!