Porn-Real Pleasure

Series: Porn

May 15, 2016
Derek Allen

Using Psalm 16, Pastor Derek teaches us that rejecting porn is not rejecting pleasure--it's rejecting a lesser pleasure in order to pursue a greater pleasure which can only be found in God Himself.

Episode Notes

Porn: Real Pleasure

Proverbs 7:1-27, Psalm 16:1-11

And now, O sons, listen to me, and be attentive to the words of my mouth. Let not your heart turn aside to her ways; do not stray into her paths, for many a victim has she laid low, and all her slain are a mighty throng. Her house is the way to Sheol, going down to the chambers of death.” Proverbs 7:24-27

Psalm 16

1.    The Lord is Good.

2.    The Lord is Beautiful.

3.    The Lord is Life.

4.    The Lord is Joy.

“What does this greed and helplessness proclaim, except that there was once within us true happiness of which all that now remains is the outline and empty trace? Man tries unsuccessfully to fill this void with everything that surrounds him, seeking in absent things the help he cannot find in those that are present, but all are of incapable of it. This infinite space can only be filled with an infinite, immutable object, that is to say, God himself.” Blaise Pascal 

Next Steps for every person and family:

1.    Commit to live porn free.

2.    Give your spouse or someone else freedom and permission to ask questions.

3.    Set up boundaries to protect you and your family from exposure to porn and other explicit images.

4.    Ask God to help you see porn the way He sees it—ugly, destructive, and sinful.

5.    Ask God to show you the deeper and more fulfilling pleasure that can only be found in His presence.

If you are struggling with porn, tell someone! You cannot fight this battle alone. 

Additional Resources: www.xxxchurch.com, www.pinkelephantresources.com, the R-tribe app (available in Google Play and the App Store, more information at www.rtribe.org), “Wired for Intimacy: How Pornography Hijacks the Male Brain” by Williams Struthers

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