Are you addicted to Pornography? Jesus can heal you!

Pornography comes in many forms and in today's time is available to anyone. Millions that view pornography in many forms such as television, magazines and of course the internet are apt to be suffer pornography addiction. The media minimizes the affects of pornography on individuals; however, the truth is that pornography does harm its prey. The images that are produced by pornography are made to allure our human nature in the areas of desire or lust and what some call sexual idolatry.
What is lust? Lust is defined as an intense and uncontrollable desire in the area of sex. Lust is a passion or an urge to anything that may promise pleasure or fulfillment when received. Lust is normally centered on self and may be selfish in nature. Lust is not love. Lust can be out of control when encouraged and can take up a person's time, income and interests. Pornography also releases a special hormone to the brain while being aroused. This release causes the images that are viewed to be kept in memory for a longer time than images that are not sexual in nature.
Let's look at sexual idolatry for a moment. Idolatry may be considered the adoration to an object as being a god. Idolatry may also be and attachment or dedication to an item or something. For some pornography has assisted in developing an excessive commitment to sex. When a person's mind becomes like an altar for these type of sexual images, there may need to consider their use of pornography as the culprit.
One may want to consider these negative side effects that can be associated with viewing pornography.

• An imbalance sexually
• Thoughts that cannot be controlled
• Self-gratification
• Strife in a marriage and divorce
• Inclined to sexual crime
• Unable to stop looking at pornography even if the user wants to stop

The mind is the part of the body that suffers the most in the area of pornography. Again, as the saying goes, "garbage in garbage out.

I just want to say that I have received my miracle, I still think of it and wonder how amazing my Master is, I struggled with porn for mmmmm probably around 24 years and could not get rid of it. One day Jesus took that fleshy desire out of my body, I could not believe it....... I praise Him everyday, for me that was a huge miracle! I still sit at my pc and have more time than ever before to go back to my old ways, but I have now the power to say no and that temptation is almost gone, praise God!

Porn is poision, fortunately I gave my life to Jesus when I was young and He protected me bringing me back to the path!

To all who has this issue with porn, I know it is tough......I would like to tell you that the devil is a liar, he told me that I am an adult, I do not sleep around, so by looking at porn is actually a good thing for my marriage, but people it is such a deceit, it did hurt my partner and I was always afraid someone will be going on my pc when I am not around, NOW I am free, what a blessing!

I curse porn, I rebuke it in the name of Jesus Christ, I command you to leave the lives of those who are in a struggle for their freedom! LEAVE! in Jesus name! This is to glorify God the Father the Almighty in Heaven.

I hate porn, it is the cause for so much hurt and resentment, for sure from the devil to break up families and hurt people physically and spiritually.
My brothers, there are people you would never expect fighting this fowl temptation, even people you think are close to the Lord, but we must never reject or judge them, for they need all support they can get! This does not mean that the whole congregation is suppose to be informed, that can be done by the person in question when he is ready to do so.......

This issue is something not many wants to bring up, so I want to thank you Wholearmor! Be blessed my friend!

I am currently struggling with a pornography addiction, and I wanted to know what your miracle was Hawk007, because although I pray and read my bible as much as I possibly can, I think I still need support from other people who have gone through what I'm fighting.

Hello Mark,

Your seeking to be released from pornography is a very good start, God knows the desires of your heart and when you truly want to set Him first in your life He will be there for you. I believe porn is probably one of the biggest tools satan uses to prevent especially men to grow spiritually. Time and again I would eradicate all the porn material, thinking that is it! just to then later become weak and indulge in this ungodly things.....one thing is certain, if you are His child He will never leave you of forsake you, so do not feel guilty, repent stand up and push forward, a born again Christian is perfect in the eyes of God not because what we have done but only what the Blood of Christ did. When we start to seek Jesus, have a desire to know Him better and want to be doers of the Word we start to walk away from the things of the world, most of my Christian life I was passive and I believe that is why I struggled with porn so so long......when I made a choice and told God I want to seek Him seriously my time spend on porn changed to doing research on the things that interest me most and that were testimonies, NDE's, reading the Word, becoming more involved in the Church, making the type of friends that also love Jesus who also diligently seek Him as well as doing courses to learn more, Oh, and watching dvd's on faith, people who have experienced hell like Bill Wiese, people who have died for 2 days and got ressurected giving us their experiences(the Lasarus phenomenon), etc. There is a lot out there to keep us busy.......another thing was that my original church denied the baptizing of the water as a symbol of leaving your old life and accepting the new whith Jesus Christ, so I went and got baptized out of obedience and things started to change in my life, more and more satan was losing his hold on me......

So Mark, I believe it was choices I made in my life and God saw my sincerety and man o man, one day that desire vanished, I truely can say that is probably one of the biggest miracles He could give me. God looks at our hearts, He knows, so my advice to you my friend is fill your time with the things of the Lord, you will find it very interesting and never stop praying....ask that you will be cleansed with His Blood as well as covered to protect you against the evil one...... you will find that you will be tempted by satan even more with free porn, etc. , just stand strong and say with the power of Him that is in me than he who is in this world, nothing can come against me and prosper! The devil will flee!

If you want to talk on pm you are welcome!

Through our Lord nothing is impossible! Jesus loves us soooooo much!

I love god.

I've been fighting porn addiction for around 9 years or so along with other sexual sins that I can't even believe I did. I never put money into buying it, though. I've been a Christian practically my whole life and there were times I'd come back to God only to go through the cycle of sinning and going back to God. About a month ago, I felt extreme guilt for my actions over the years and I feel that God pulled me back to Him stronger than ever by convicting me. Tomorrow marks my 7th week free of that garbage. This has been the hardest time of my life, but I read His Word and pray more than I ever have and I hope to get the joy back in my life. To all those who are young in their teens or are tempted by this, DO NOT get into this stuff no matter what. I don't care if your friends ridicule you to no end or you have to turn someone down. Flee from all sexual immorality. Believe me when I say it, flee from it. Good luck to anyone out there struggling with this as I will pray for you.

Hi,

I believe porn is a much bigger problem than we could imagine, it takes a hold of you and start to kill you from inside, so that you almost die, it causes a person to turn away from the Lord, for more and more the thought of what you are doing is making you shy to stand before the Lord and so we tend to hide in darkness!

I have a hunch that Jesus is pushing to get His followers to repent, for the time is running out and He is coming soon! I do not believe any Christian would like to be caught watching porn when the trumpet is blown and in a twinkle of an eye we will be meeting Him in the clouds!

I know how it is when you are a teenager, porn is almost part of the furniture, but fortunately we have a loving Shepard that will go out and seek His lost sheep, bringing them back to His place of Glory!

Remember David, he did bad things, but still it was written "the man after God's own heart", why? because he had a repentive heart! We need to repent and run to God, He will forgive us and help us walk through the valley of death!

Like you said, I too believe our choice of friends are very very important! It is so easy to push the button on the keyboard to jump back to our old ways, but when that thought comes up I say to myself, God freed me from this horrible habit, how smart will I be to go and fulfill my fleshy desire and will He bother to help me again? I am trying my best not to invite the devil in my "house" again and it has been a bumpy road, not the porn, but other attacks from the devil.........living in faith is not so easy, but that is the only way we can please God and live as righteous people.

At the end of the day I am the property of the Lord and I will prevail, for He conquered death and we are victorious with Him!

Stand strong my friend, you are a winner!

Ouch! Porn is a hard temptation to overcome

i am married, so it is a little easier for me, just to remember my wife is part of me, and she is the most precious creature created for me, and there will be none better. But still the temptation will come, as we are mostly surrounded by it in the west.
I try to remember what she will be restored to upon Jesus' return. This makes the ugly hearts of the harlots easier to see, and therefore easier to avoid.

But for those who have no "better half", try to remember that for every man there is a woman to complete him, and you can be assured she is not on some dvd or site prostituting herself.

I threw away a playboy collection I had been collecting since I was 17, about 4 yrs ago. Literally hundred of them. It was not easy, as they still had a monetary value, but I refused to pass them off to some other who could stumble with them.

Pray, Pray, Pray. And if you can't come to closure as to your recieving a better half, consider your "organ" sacred and clean, and belonging to the Father, not yourself.
Again, ouch.

I still struggle with covetous as I see others with bigger houses and better trucks. So, I have many other temptations still attacking me.

I just try to get into the Word, during times of temptation. Or say a quick and to the point prayer, and usually the temptation subsides.

Praying for those.

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Hi,

God made us and knows us more than we can ever imagine, He knows our short comings and therefore is very pleased if we have a desire try to stand up and walk the way He set out for us, He knows we are not able to stand alone, so sometimes He lets His children try just to fall again and call out to Him! Why do we get sick or are in bondage, is it not so that everything turns out for good to all believers? I have such a bondage, but the more I think about it, I am believing that it is a way that keeps me out of temptation and closer to Him.......so is my epilepsy really a bondage or a blessing? I would rather have that condition and go to heaven than having perfect health and go to hell!
I cannot stop praising and thanking God that He miraculously freed me from the stonghold of porn and I am living proof that God can take away that "drug".....it is just amazing.....as soon as I started to focus my time on Jesus, the filth just vanished! I am not perfect, but I believe we are all being cleansed by the Blood of Christ as we go along in our lives and He has a great plan for all of us! Sow the seed(Gospel) and it will not come back empty!