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How bad can it be—everyone watches porn, right? It’s your own choice whether you want to or not, it doesn’t hurt anyone else. If you don’t like porn, just don’t watch it.
These are common ideas today. But scientific research has found just the opposite. It tells us exactly why pornography is bad and why it’s a good idea to stop watching it today. As we look at the evidence, we’ll evaluate whether porn is good or bad from a number of different angles.
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Winston Churchill once said:
This is no time for ease and comfort. It is time to dare and endure.
I think for most, if not all, of us who struggle with the unwanted sexual behaviors, ease and comfort is what got us here. We took the easy way out. We did what was comfortable all the while saying, “Well, at least we are not hurting anyone.” Ease and comfort sounds good, but oftentimes it is the one thing that keeps us stuck: stuck in our feelings and emotions, and stuck in relationships. For healing to take place, we need to change our focus and look at what it means to take time to dare and endure.
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7 million men between the ages of 25 and 54 spend an average of seven minutes a day working. "And what did they do with their time?…Basically, they did nothing much…No wonder pornography is flourishing on the internet.” Read this alarming story here.
The Christian church is facing a potential tsunami of sexual sin, broken marriages and families due to porn use within the body of Christ. See the results of this comprehensive study by the Barna Group and Covenant eyes.
Check out the most-downloaded e-book from Covenant Eyes, Your Brain on Porn. Lots of valuable insights about how pornography and sexual sin damages the brain and how to fight it!
http://www.covenanteyes.com/2014/07/18/your-brain-on-porn-revised/
If you are seeking freedom from sexual sin and need a plan and some help to get there, we have a new Armory group meeting on Wednesday nights from 6:30-8:30pm in Rancho Santa Margarita. Click here to find out more and take action!
It’s mid-February and time to check in: How are your New Year’s resolutions going?
If you’re like the majority of the population (about 80-90%), you’ve given up by now, about six weeks in. All those lofty goals have gone out the window and you’re back to your old routine, your old problems, and your old habits...
http://www.covenanteyes.com/2018/02/19/resolutions-fade-timeless-tools-to-quit-porn/
If you're tired of seeing the influence of pornography spread in our culture, here are some things you can do right now to combat it.
http://www.covenanteyes.com/2017/12/04/3-ways-to-fight-porn-culture/
Understanding the underlying factors that drive your consumption of porn is key to victory. This article contains useful insight to uncover some of these factors.
http://www.covenanteyes.com/2018/01/25/who-watches-porn-3-key-predictors-of-porn-use/
A challenging article regarding why Christian men's use of pornography may be the single greatest danger to the church today.
https://www.purelifeministries.org/blog/why-pornography-is-the-greatest-threat-to-todays-church
