Safeguard your Life from Porn
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Excerpt: Safeguard your Life from Porn
Course: Freedom From Pornography
Speakers: Brittni De La Mora
Safeguarding Your Life: Practical and Spiritual Steps
To stop watching porn, you need to actively safeguard your life. One of the most effective ways to do this is by cutting off access to pornography and building a strong defense. This includes both spiritual and practical measures.
Spiritual Safeguards
Spend daily time with God, immersing yourself in His presence and Word. Equip yourself with the full armor of God to stand against the enemy’s attacks. This includes:
Helmet of Salvation: Renew your mind and protect your thoughts.
Breastplate of Righteousness: Guard your heart and live righteously.
Belt of Truth: Embrace and live by the truth of God’s Word.
Boots of Peace: Walk in peace and readiness to spread the gospel.
Shield of Faith: Deflect the fiery darts of the enemy with unwavering faith.
Sword of the Spirit: Use the Word of God to silence the enemy’s lies.
Practical Steps
In addition to spiritual defenses, take practical steps to remove pornography from your life:
Accountability Partner: Find someone to hold you accountable and support you in your journey.
Device Restrictions: Avoid taking your phone or laptop into private spaces like your bedroom or bathroom. Consider turning in your devices at night.
Identify and Avoid Triggers: Recognize what triggers your desire to watch porn and avoid those situations. This could include social media, certain locations, or even specific relationships.
Social Media: If scrolling through social media triggers you, consider cutting it off temporarily.
Environment: Avoid places like the beach if they are triggering.
Relationships: If dating someone leads to intimacy that tempts you to watch porn, avoid being alone with them.
Do Whatever It Takes
Adopt a "do whatever it takes" mentality. This may include extreme but temporary measures like:
Porn Blockers: Install software to block porn websites on all your devices.
Flip Phone: Consider using a flip phone to limit internet access.
Prayer and Reflection: Spend time in prayer, asking the Holy Spirit to reveal your triggers and help you recognize and avoid traps.
Proverbs 1:17 reminds us, “If a bird sees a trap being set, it knows to stay away.” Recognize the enemy’s traps and stay away from them. The enemy aims to steal, kill, and destroy, using porn as a tool to achieve this.
Conclusion
Remember, these measures are temporary. You deserve to make porn a thing of the past. With a combination of spiritual and practical steps, you can overcome this struggle. Do whatever it takes to protect your mind, heart, and soul, and trust that this season will pass. Your freedom and peace are worth the effort.
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Freedom From Pornography
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Part 1: Stories of Struggle
Session 1: What is the Struggle?
Video: Introduction: Freedom from Pornography
Topics: Early Exposure and Unseen Wounds
Session 2: The People
Video: Brittni’s Story
Video: Humanizing the Struggle
Video: Safeguard your Life from Porn; Warfare Prayer to Break the Chains
Topics: The Broken People Who Make Porn; Taking Action Against Using Porn
Part 2: The Roots of Dependency versus Design
Session 3: How Does This Dependency Begin?
Video: Ripping the Veil off a Dark Industry
Video: What’s in the Search Bar
Video: Exploring Wounds through Attachment Style
Video: Exposing the Lies of the Sexual Revolution
Topics: The Truth about the Industry; What’s Driving Your Porn Use
Session 4: Biblical Roots
Video: Knowing Your Enemies
Video: Rejecting Synthetic for Authentic; Looking for Patterns and Capturing Thoughts
Video: Inner Healing Prayer for Pornography
Topics: Three Enemies; Gypsy Moth Mating Disruption; Inner Healing Prayer
Part 3: Reconnecting and Reattaching
Session 5: Reconnecting With An Authentic God
Video: The Healing Power of the Gospel
Video: Habits for Healing with God
Video: The Three-Part Bible Formula for Freedom
Topics: How God Sees You; Wild Mustangs; Learn the Formula for Success
Session 6: Working On Self
Video: Breaking the Addiction-Shame Cycle
Video: Creating Infrastructure for Healing
Video: The Neuroscience of Addiction; What Porn Does to Your Brain
Topics: Judgement and Shame; Visceral Reactions; Your Brain’s Reaction
Session 7: Working With Others
Video: Practices for Building Community; Relationships of Trust
Video: How to Find Good Accountability
Topics: Communities; Who to Trust; Action Before Failure
Session 8: Healing With A Spouse
Video: Providing Helpful Accountability; Confess the Temptation, Not the Mistake
Video: How to Share with your Partner
Topics: Being a Safe Listener; Sharing Safely; Listening Triad
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