So, you’ve made the courageous commitment to stop looking at porn. Congratulations! A very commendable and healthy life change. Then, reality hits. You find that just because you made a commitment, success is not guaranteed. In fact, you may even find that you are looking at porn more than ever!…
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Did I Just Lust After That Woman?
Not too long ago I received an e-mail asking a specific question about lust. The man asked: Hey Luke, Personally, God brought me to a brick wall some years back with my porn addiction, and showed me that it had had to end, period. It felt like God hit me…
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The 4 Stages of Temptation
Recently I introduced this series of the porn addiction cycle and why it is so complicated and difficult to get out of this seemingly never-ending turmoil. I mentioned how James states in Chapter 1, “Blessed is the man who remains steadfast under trial, for when he has stood the test he…
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Why Support Teams Are Vital to Your Porn Recovery
I struggled on and off with looking at porn for 40 years. When the internet and the phone in my pocket made it easy to access porn at any time, it did not take long for me to become addicted. My addiction was uncovered because I was accused of having…
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Is It Possible to Break Free From Porn?
Many people ask me—usually at the end of one of my presentations about the effects of pornography—if it’s truly possible to be free from porn. They feel they’ve tried everything and are beginning to despair. They’re beginning to think that, while it might be possible for some people to break…
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From Shattered to Victorious: A Letter to Wives
I remember looking in the mirror, sickened by what I saw. How could anyone love that person in the reflection? After all, she looked weary, scared, and hopeless. I cried out loud to the Lord to rescue me before I was completely lost. I had promised myself that I wouldn’t…
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Is Confidentiality Christian? Should you keep a friend’s sin secret?
Luke Gilkerson, blog manager at Covenant Eyes, often receives questions about the issue of confidentiality. Here are a few examples he shared with me: 1. When I’m an accountability partner for someone else, what is the place of confidentiality when it comes to knowing their confessions and secret sins? 2.…
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How to Be the Best Ally Ever
Being an ally, or accountability partner, in someone’s journey to overcome porn is a privilege and a responsibility. Most people are honored when asked to be an ally. It shows that the addicted person trusts them and wants them to be part of their recovery process. However, some people are…
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Why Are We So Lonely? (Part 2)
The Andy Griffith Show is a classic American sitcom about a widower sheriff and his young son who live in the small, idyllic town of Mayberry, North Carolina. The show focuses on the colorful residents of Mayberry and their humorous antics. Characters like Barney Fife, Gomer Pyle, and Ernest T.…
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Finding Purity of Heart Through Jesus
I struggled with pornography and masturbation for the larger part of a decade. I was first exposed to porn at the age of eight and was captivated by it after I got my first smartphone in the seventh grade. I watched porn every day, sometimes multiple times a day, and…