Porn is often a response to EMOTIONS.
- Proverbs 7:25
- Porn often becomes a way of medicating emotions rather than dealing with them properly.
- The Way of Escape - Jacob Hudgins
- Genesis 4:5
- Genesis 25:29-34 - Esau despised his birthright.
- I Kings 19:3, 10
I need to adjust back to wholesome ENTERTAINMENT.
- Psalms 16:8-11
- Jeremiah 2:13
- Porn is like drinking salt water. It may seem like a solution when you are in distress, but it will kill you in the end.
- Jeremiah 4:13
- There will be a period almost like withdrawal when you quit porn.
- When we quit junk food, we must get used to the flavor of healthy food again.
I need to find proper outlets for STRESS.
- Porn seems to offer freedom, but it enslaves us.
- Matthew 11:28
- Psalms 55:1-2, 16-19, 22-23
“Dealing productively with my emotions”
- Have I talked to God about this? (I Peter 5:7)
- Can/should I do anything about it? (Matthew 5:24)
- Are there some things I must accept? (Luke 16:25)
- What does God say about my situation? (I Thessalonians 4:3-5)
- Can others help? (Galatians 6:1-2)
MYTH: I need to have sex (I Corinthians 7:8-9)
MYTH: Marriage will solve my sexual problems (II Samuel 11:4)
- David was married at this time to multiple women!