If I were capable to see a print out of porn's cost on my life it would wreck me. I think if I could actually see the wake of my mess I would be done for. Porn and lust controlled my actions for almost 10 years! That is almost half of my life.. I have finally tasted freedom and I never want to go back. So I just want to list out some real areas that porn, and I am sure most addictions, take from us.
TIME: This one is probably pretty obvious. Porn stole my childhood, my teenage years, and really bled into adulthood. Lust whispers to us that it will only be this one time or that it will be quick. I have news, Satan is a liar, always was and always will be. Your worldly cravings always need just a little more from you. With those small little cravings they add up quick to one large sum. Really the best time to kill it is right now!! CREATIVITY: I enjoy writing, I may not be the best at it, but it allows me to express my thoughts. When porn consumes your time and stains your thoughts it is impossible to be creative. I even think art whether it is music, painting, poetry, or writing can help you fight the temptations. I have no clue what I could have created by now if porn wasn't there, but now is the time to find out. REAL RELATIONSHIPS: Porn has been the sole murderer of every relationship I have been in. It has wedged me from friends and it led me directly to isolation. Not cool. In all honestly I hate the sin that has stolen from me. Porn gives you false hope and leads you to see people as objects. Not only has my relationships with people been hurt, but with God I ran directly away from the freedom He had for me! Porn will wreck your character and steal your integrity. It isn't easy to get back, but we must turn away and go towards Jesus! SELF CONFIDENCE: It is very hard to fight an addiction without confidence. Porn creates a cycle of curiosity, indulgence, and shame upon shame. Porn will steal your time, it will steal who you really are, and take your friends. That leaves you in a lonely pity party where there is no hope.. Even after everything porn has taken away, it has given me one unique thing. It has given me a testimony. Jesus called me out of the darkness when I was 16 and on a mission trip. He showed me that I am not perfect and that He so deeply loves me. Even after experiencing that I believed the lies of lust. But lust never gives what it promises, it actually never gives you anything. The only one who is trustworthy is Jesus. If you are reading this today and you don't have a relationship with Jesus, please ask questions you do not want to miss that opportunity. But if you are reading this and you do have Jesus know that He still loves you. The way that porn became a thing of my past is through me being honest with myself and with others. Jesus must be greater than all things in your life. He is better! "There is therefore now no condemnation for those who are in Christ Jesus. For the law of the Spirit of life has set you free in Christ Jesus from the law of sin and death. For God has done what the law, weakened by the flesh, could not do. By sending his own Son in the likeness of sinful flesh and for sin, he condemned sin in the flesh, in order that the righteous requirement of the law might be fulfilled in us, who walk not according to the flesh but according to the Spirit. For those who live according to the flesh set their minds on the things of the flesh, but those who live according to the Spirit set their minds on the things of the Spirit. For to set the mind on the flesh is death, but to set the mind on the Spirit is life and peace." Romans 8: 1-6 Praying for y'all!
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