Confession can help free you from porn
Therefore confess your sins to each other and pray for each other so that you may be healed. The prayer of a righteous man is powerful and effective. James 5:16 (New International Version)
If you are caught in the grip of a sexual compulsion, one of the most frightening things we can think of is telling someone about our problem. We worry about the consequences. Some worry about losing their jobs, their marriages, their credibility, and their standing. We fear condemnation and judgment, most likely because we have been judging and condemning ourselves for a very long time. If we cannot accept ourselves, we are fairly certain that others will reject us too. We know that once the “cat is out of the bag” that there can be no turning back–that something will have to be done. Once we have the courage to admit to ourselves that we have a “problem” the next most difficult step is to actually is to confess to an appropriate person the things we have been doing. Read more
Sexual Compulsions and Denial Pt. I
Show me a person who is addicted to internet pornography, or acts on sexual compulsions that they know they shouldn’t, and I’ll show you a person who is in denial. Denial is defined as
This post was written by teach4him--a member of the Purity Project in Oklahoma City. If you have questions or comments of a personal nature, you may reach him at teach4him@purityproject.comthe refusal to acknowledge the existence or severity of unpleasant external realities or internal thoughts and feelings.1 Read more
How Self-Worth impacts your problem with porn
What we think of ourselves and the worth we believe we have have powerful consequences. For those of us who suffer from sexual compulsions, it has everything to do with whether we act out or not. The three sources of self-worth are: ourselves, others and God.
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This post was written by teach4him--a member of the Purity Project in Oklahoma City. If you have questions or comments of a personal nature, you may reach him at teach4him@purityproject.com
My Story by teach4him
For the past 15 years I have been a slave to internet pornography—pictures and videos. Before that time, I was not a more righteous person, I just didn’t want to be caught in public with pornographic materials or be seen publicly in places which were quite seedy back then. In other words, when the internet came about and I could have total privacy and I didn’t think anyone could possibly know what I was doing—the seeds of my secret desires began to grow.
During the time that I was doing all of this—I never felt right with God. How could I? I knew I wasn’t doing the right thing; and, I really didn’t want too do what I was doing; but,it seemed that I couldn’t stop myself. I would stay up late at night only to be shocked that it would be 2 in the morning. I became constantly sleep deprived. Read more
