In The Battle

One thing that I have always struggled with is my sexuality. Pornography as we know is everywhere. Here are a few statistics.

When it comes to online pornography:

There are roughly 4.2 million pornographic websites. (12% of all websites)
Daily pornographic search engine requests: 68 million (that's 1 in 4 of all search engine requests)

Internet users who use porn: 42.7% (are we scared yet?)
Average daily pornographic emails/user: 4.5 per Internet user
Monthly Pornographic downloads (Peer-to-peer): 1.5 billion (that's 35% of all downloads)

So why do I bring up these stats? It's a little shocking... isn't it? And here is what I have to say. It doesn't have to be this way. So many guys want to be free of this. I know I did.

One thing that really stands out to me about these guys are... that they live like their is no villain in there lives. Now.. what do I mean about that?
Simple. Satan only comes to steal, kill, & destroy. And make no doubts about it... he is out there and always plotting his next move against you.

Jesus warns us about Satan.... "The thief cometh not, but for to steal, and to kill, and to destroy: I am come that they might have life, and that they might have it more abundantly. I am the good shepherd: the good shepherd giveth his life for the sheep." (John 10:10-11)

Now the good news... Notice Jesus says... that the good shepherd gives his life for his sheep! Jesus stands in the gap for us. Think about all the super hero movies you have ever watched before in your life. Superman... Batman.. Spiderman.. Don't they always risk themselves and their lives for the lives of others? How much greater then is Jesus who GAVE his life for us?

There are a few resources out there for guys to be accountable with others. www.xxxchurch.com has free software (yes I am currently using it) that keeps a record of what you have looked at online and then reports it to two people. Another software program is comes from www.covenanteyes.com It's not free but it is a very good tool as well.

The real thing that works for me is to find people who would hold me accountable and to uplift me to stay in the battle when I had fallen. I've decided that beating people who are already beaten just doesn't quite cut it.

Posted by DJ at 8:41 AM |