As a pastor and a professional counselor, there's something I've noticed over and over again in the lives of Christian men - so many men have given up in the battle for their own sexual purity.
Sometimes men come to the place where they simply give up the fight. They acquiesce... they surrender... they wave the white flag to the enemy... they give up... they give in... and they're no longer engaged in the fight for purity.
Said another way, what these men have essentially done is given themselves over to their sexual sin and are no longer even trying to fight against it. It's as if they've accepted this as a reality of their life that they cannot change, and as a result they've given up even trying to change.
In this episode - and the next - you'll discover 3 primary reasons Christian men often withdraw from this battle, and what it's going to take for a man to "get back in the battle" for his sexual purity.
One thing's for sure - if a man's going to be a man of purity, it's not going to happen on accident, and he's going to have to "get back in the battle".
Are you interested in managing your penis, orgasm, and sexual gift in a healthier way?
Are you interested in learning to control sex instead of being controlled by sex?
In this episode Tony offers a review of The Power of Purity Conference - 30 sessions that can change the way you experience your sexual gift, and change your life! With The Power of Purity Conference you can have at your fingertips - 24 hours per day - the information, strategies, and tools that can empower you in the journey from the sexual man you've been to the sexual man God is calling you to be. And best of all, you can access these sessions with complete privacy and anonymity so nobody knows you're doing so. Among other things you'll discover...
* How to expose and renounce the 6 roots of sexual sin from your heart and life.
* How to let God change your heart on the inside so impurity, pornography, and lust no longer hold power over you.
* What it means to shift your sexual gift from the realm of LUST to the realm of LOVE.
* How to prepare in advance so you're equipped to handle the moment of temptation in a way that allows you to say NO to sin and YES to God.
* How to understand the story of your life in a way that will enable you to comprehend yourself better than you ever have before, and how to cooperate with God's redemptive action in your life to be healthier than you've ever been.
Sexual purity is possible, and The Power of Purity Conference will put purity within your reach like never before.
Does a man's use of porn harm his wife's heart?
What if you were a Christian woman and you discovered that your husband was looking at porn? Would it bother you? Would it be upsetting to you? Would it make you feel insecure or unsure about yourself? Would it make you feel like something was wrong with you, because if he was satisfied with you, he wouldn't be looking at porn... right? And then, what if you discovered that he was looking at porn... over and over and over again? Hear the AMAZING story of Jamie Bishop, and how her husband's use of porn deeply effected her heart, and created a growing vulnerability within her that eventually led to her affair with another man. Although this marriage was clearly moving toward complete destruction, you'll be surprised to hear how God intervened in an unusual way to prove there's no situation outside of his redemptive reach. Not only can God heal a man's addiction to pornography, but he can also heal a woman's deeply broken heart.
Does a man's use of porn harm his wife's heart?
What if you were a Christian woman and you discovered that your husband was looking at porn? Would it bother you? Would it be upsetting to you? Would it make you feel insecure or unsure about yourself? Would it make you feel like something was wrong with you, because if he was satisfied with you, he wouldn't be looking at porn... right? And then, what if you discovered that he was looking at porn... over and over and over again? Hear the AMAZING story of Jamie Bishop, and how her husband's use of porn deeply effected her heart, and created a growing vulnerability within her that eventually led to her affair with another man. Although this marriage was clearly moving toward complete destruction, you'll be surprised to hear how God intervened in an unusual way to prove there's no situation outside of his redemptive reach. Not only can God heal a man's addiction to pornography, but he can also heal a deeply wounded woman's heart.
Hear the second half of Kris Bishop's AMAZING story... a man who struggled for years with pornography in the context of his marriage. Although the habitual use of pornography became firmly established in his life as early as high school, Kris assumed his issue with porn would go away when he got married. Little did he know that marriage would not solve his problem, but would in fact expose his problem with porn. As his struggle with porn continued over the early years of his marriage... and as his wife caught him over and over again... it began to take a disastrous toll on both their relationship and their marriage. As the distance and disconnection between Kris and his wife - Jamie - grew over time, their dilemma escalated toward the total destruction of their marriage and home. In the darkest of days it appeared there was no more hope... until God intervened in their hearts and lives in a surprising way. Does the use of pornography harm a marriage? Can God heal and redeem a deeply broken marriage? Listen to this surprising story and find the answers!
Hear the AMAZING story of Kris Bishop... a man who struggled for years with pornography in the context of his marriage. Although the habitual use of pornography became firmly established in his life as early as high school, Kris assumed his issue with porn would go away when he got married. Little did he know that marriage would not solve his problem, but would in fact expose his problem with porn. As his struggle with porn continued over the early years of his marriage... and as his wife caught him over and over again... it began to take a disastrous toll on both their relationship and their marriage. As the distance and disconnection between Kris and his wife - Jamie - grew over time, their dilemma escalated toward the total destruction of their marriage and home. In the darkest of days it appeared there was no more hope... until God intervened in their hearts and lives in a surprising way. Does the use of pornography harm a marriage? Can God heal and redeem a deeply broken marriage? Listen to this surprising story and find the answers!
In the beginning of this episode Tony talks about what it mightlook like for a small group of men of start a Power of Puritygroup.
In an odd story in the Old Testament, a man named Phinehas iszealous for God's honor when sexual immorality is rampant among themen of Israel. In his zeal, Phinehas takes radical actionwhile a man and woman are in the very act of sexual intercourse,and God blesses Phinehas as a result. In much the same way,God is still looking for men who will be zealous for the Lord whenit comes to the issue of sexual purity. Could it be that youand I are called to be "Sons of Phinehas"?
Scriptures referenced include Isaiah 55:8-9 / Romans 12:2 / IThessalonians 4:3-6 / Numbers 25:1-13
Key words - addiction, adultery, christian, intercourse,marriage, masturbation, men, porn, pornography, sex