For many people lust is like a coin. On one side, lust tailors promises to the individual. Lust promises to satisfy needs of intimacy, acceptance, satisfaction, fulfilment, happiness, and relief from pain. It disguises itself as a ‘solution’ to these needs, only to provide the opposite, such as separation, rejection, emptiness, loneliness and more pain. [...]

RESPONSIBILITY – LIVING FROM THE INSIDE OUT
The first three articles in this series provided insight, tools, and strategies to begin the journey out of pornography addiction. This article will look at what to expect when it comes to dealing with the emotions, beliefs, and inner attitudes that begin to surface, and offer strategies to begin [...]

ACTION – WHERE BELIEF AND FAITH CONNECT
The first article in this series talked about the need to develop an awareness of the problem of pornography or lust, both as a church body as well as individually. The second article talked about the importance of accepting there is a problem if wanting to be free of [...]

ACCEPTANCE – AN ANTIDOTE FOR DENIAL
Part one of this series talked about the importance of the church developing an awareness of the seriousness of the problem of pornography or lust addiction, the powerlessness that people experience when in its grip, and the need for God’s power in order to progressively overcome it.
This article looks at the [...]

Pornography is having a huge negative impact on our society due to its accessibility and being somewhat normalised in our culture.
While pornography’s effects on the individual viewing and acting out to the material are enormous, a person’s pornography use also impacts their spouse, family and friends.
Scott Morgan discusses how pornography effects relationships and offers hope [...]

AWARENESS – LUST, A HIDDEN PANDEMIC
By the time a person reaches 21 years of age, Barna’s research estimates they will have viewed more than 2,000 hours, on average, of pornographic images that reduce the dignity and value of human life. (Barna, 2010, Media Exposure, Addiction). There is no distinction between Christian and non-Christian, except that [...]