Attacking Porn!

This is my braveheart moment…You guys know what I am talking about.  The time that I have to step up, jump at the forefront even if it means going through the heat of battle.  We can have freedom and today I am proclaiming it.  I may never fight a giant, or kill a bear with my bare hands, but today I am proclaiming war.

“Heavenly father, may this battle bring you glory! On my own I am nothing, but in you, I have strength, authority, and the ability to overcome.  This is the most bold move that I have ever made, but I know that you are with me.  Father, defeat pornography, and sexual addictions through this. Let our lusts and desires be turned into a passion that will proclaim your freedom to everyone that is in bondage. Lord, I am yours, use me!”

Any of you that have read rachel’s blog know that porn has been a struggle for me.  I have had many people close to me question why I opened up about it.  Plain and simple, I had to.  An alcoholic doesn’t have to open up about their addiction, it shows.  A smoker has an obsessive need to smoke and you cant miss that addiction when its time for smoke breaks at work.  Many addictions are visible.  Not porn…..its the dirty little secret that plagues married men everywhere.  I intend in the next few posts to expose porn. Pray for me as I begin this all out attack on porn.

First up…..How does it start???

Just like the saying that Rome wasn’t built in a day, porn starts small.  For many young guys porn begins by either a dirty magazine or media.  It is so difficult to attack porn because it is everywhere.  You cant turn on the tv or go to a grocery store without having images everywhere.  Just walk down the magazine aisle of your grocery store and you will understand what I mean. 

The most common phrase in advertising is that “Sex sells”. With this mentality in our society it is no wonder that porn, affairs, lust, and everything sexual is our strongest battle.  Often times as a christian man, I feel like I’m walking through the everglades with 50 lbs of chicken around my neck…knowing that alligators are all around waiting to attack.  Even though I may not see much of the attacker, I know that the attack is coming.

Just imagine your adolescent in the midst of all this danger, it is waiting, lurking, and ready to make that attack, the only thing that we can do is prepare for it. The picture that came to mind is a scene from an old James Bond movie.  He is put in the middle of lake full of alligators.  James Bond (being “the man” that he is) runs across the tops of those alligators and makes it to safety.   2 Timothy 2:22 says that we are to flee youthful lusts.  After being entangled by pornography it is no surprise to me that the best defense is to turn and run.  The key, is to know what direction to run! If you just run away from lust, you will still be entangled.  The only way to make it safely to dry ground is to run above the trap of sexual sin and run TO JESUS