Vegas Baby Vegas
I just want to say that for the last 15 years a group of guys and myself all head to vegas annually for a weekend trip. This year was the year that I had stopped looking at porn and going to strip clubs and was trying to get closer to God. However, I had no intention of telling my buddies that I was addicted to porn and I no longer think it is moral to go to strip clubs. I told myself I would just go with the flow and if I went to a strip club I would enjoy it. Well a voice in my head kept telling me that if I went to a strip club I would be part of the problem of keeping those women in that life style. Well I asked God what do you want me to do? He told me just to keep gambling. Sounds completey un biblical but Saturday night me and my friends could not lose at the tables. We were out til 5:00 AM. My chips went up and down all night long but I still managed to come out ahead. My friends won too. Sunday that same voice said I would lose at the tables only bet on football. I know you have to have faith to be a good christian but I had a hard time believing that God would help me gamble so I ignored the voice figuring I was just talking to myself and sure enough I couldn't win at the tables but I did win all my football games and once again came broke even for the day. After that there was no question in my mind the hand of God was at work. No one felt the need to go to the strip club because we were all winning and there were plenty of attractive women just walking around the casinos. I personally was approached by to very beautiful women who worked at a strip club. They were offering free admission and a free limo ride to the club for my friends and I. I told them no thank you. Later a hooker outside of one of the casinos approached me and I told her no thanks. I think God was testing me. Over the weekend I drank alcohol constantly and smoked about 4 cigars. I never got a headache or hungover and felft great the whole weekend. I didn't hit hardly any traffic on the way home. If the lord works in mysterious ways then I truly believe the lord took care of me and my friends that weekend. When I got home I tithed from my winnings to a homeless shelter and bought my kids a couple presents.

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Thank you for sharing that, hoping2bhelpful.
While I certainly don't condone gambling, you're right that God works in mysterious ways. It sounds like He may have been allowing you to win to keep your mind distracted from going into the clubs. That was definitely God warning you not to go in there.
Good for you, that you resisted temptation and rejected the invitation of those women. So glad to hear that you are gaining victory in that area of your life. Even so, I wouldn't really recommend Vegas as a regular hangout.....especially if you still feel pressured by your friends to engage in activities that you know you shouldn't be engaging in.