Ephesians 4:17b-19 You must no longer live as the Gentiles do, in the futility of their thinking. They are darkened in their understanding and separated from the life of God because of the ignorance that is in them due to the hardening of their hearts. Having lost all sensitivity, they have given themselves over to sensuality so as to indulge in every kind of impurity, with a continual lust for more.
Well, I’ll be liar if I’ll say that I’ve never seen porn. Honestly speaking, I did saw a porn video, or should I say I saw lots of it. Why? I said “Yes to Jesus” a long long time ago and still, I am one of the many people who saw this disgusting piece of nothingness. Well, because I had a wrong mentality about grace. I know God will forgive me if I sincerely ask for forgiveness, but the process is wrong when one is doing the same thing, the same sin over and over again.
I am writing this because I wanted to spill this out. To tell you that I am not perfect. I’ve asked God forgiveness for this matter so many times, and yet I still fall for it. Many Christians like me are in this situation that they think it’s ‘okay’ to this thing or that thing because they know that just by one “Lord, forgive me.” then they’ll be forgiven. No my friend, that’s wrong! It’s true that when Jesus died on the cross, He died for our sins, ALL OF OUR SINS. But that doesn’t mean that we’ll abused that GRACE that was freely given to us.
It was just last January that I decided to post this on my Tumblr with all the courage I have. Because I felt that many people will find this a way to accept and realize that PORN may ruin someone’s life. Thank God that it has never been an addiction. I knew my limits. I felt God was crying when I was watching it. I know God saw me. It was all guilt and pain, but God’s loving arms are still there to embrace me. Because He knows my sins, and yet He called me by name.
But if it has become an addiction in your case, you may visit http://www.xxxchurch.com/ Remember, the first thing to do is to admit to yourself that “It’s Bad!” and to confess to at least one of your friends about what you were doing. If it has become a routine, the site that I mention above will be a big help! It's not okay to be in this situation! If you don’t feel sorry about doing it and you are currently attending a local church, you may want someone to counsel you from your church. Share it with someone from your church that you trust the most.
So, after this journey in my life, I’ve come to realize that the less you feed your spirit, the more your flesh became strong craving for worldly food. So let’s SAY YES TO JESUS, and SAY NO TO PORN, forever.
Nice courage Rio!
ReplyDeleteI remember as well the time I decided to share the dark world I'm actually living in all these years - that is porn. It was like a leap of faith! But you're right. The first step is really to accept that we have fallen on this. Then comes repentance.
Keep in track with God!