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Madison Prewett has candidly shared insights into her recent experiences following public discussions on her purity beliefs and how she has overcome perceived challenges. ‘Thank you, Jesus. The past couple days have been unexplainable,’ Prewett, 29, expressed via her Instagram Stories on Sunday, June 29. ‘Repentance. Confessions. Freedom. Worship. So thankful for @tonyaprew @unite_us.’ The Bachelor Nation alum shared a photo of her mother, Tonya, addressing attendees at the annual Unite Student Leadership Gathering, where Prewett’s husband, Grant Troutt, also spoke during the church service. ‘I’m learning from the best Bible teacher I know,’ she gushed, adding, ‘@Grant_Troutt is always my favorite.’
Having tied the knot in 2022, Prewett and Troutt, both 29, chose to remain celibate until marriage. This decision is a testament to their fervent embrace of religious values and modesty, a commitment mirrored in their parenthood journey with daughter Hosanna, born in January.
Prewett recently delved into confronting ‘sexual sin’ on her podcast, sharing, ‘We’re going to tie in why purity matters to God, why holiness matters to God, why that’s a call for the children of God,’ on the June 23rd episode of ‘Stay True.’ Reflecting on her struggle over many years, she gratefully noted, ‘Thankfully, by the grace of God and by the power of Godly community and people around me, I have been free from porn and masturbation for — I don’t even know — 10 years, but that was something that enslaved me and marked me for so long.’
Prewett elaborated, ‘No matter how much I loved Jesus, I could not shake that sin. I could not break free from porn and masturbation.’ She attributed some of her struggles to TV shows she watched, where characters frequently engaged in sexual activities. ‘I had already had moments of being curious about things and having certain feelings or wondering certain things or fantasizing about certain things. I had not told that to anyone,’ she recounted on Monday’s podcast episode. ‘I had not pursued to do anything about that, but I was curious, and I was about 13 years old. I went over to a friend’s house and her parents weren’t around, and she turned on this show that was extremely inappropriate.’
From that point, Prewett recalled experiencing novel desires that left her feeling ashamed. ‘Anytime you live in secret, it’s only going to create more sin, and it’s only going to create more shame because that’s where the enemy thrives,’ she commented. ‘I was not able to break free until I brought other people into it, until I stopped letting the enemy run my life with living in secrecy and living in isolation.’