There\u2019s a trick the devil uses to keep many men bound to porn. And the scary part? 95% of Christian men in recovery don\u2019t even realize it\u2019s happening. Here\u2019s how it plays out. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
You\u2019re walking on the road, minding your business. Then you see a lady \u2014 maybe her cleavage is showing, or her shape catches your attention \u2014 and instantly, you feel this sudden urge to watch porn. You\u2019re triggered.
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But what you probably don\u2019t realize is what your mind is doing in that moment. Without saying it out loud, this is what\u2019s going on inside: \u201cWow. She\u2019s beautiful. She\u2019s revealing her cleavage. But she\u2019s not mine. To have her would be a long journey. I\u2019d have to talk to her, impress her, risk rejection. She\u2019s not just going to give herself to me.\u201d <\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n And then your brain offers you a shortcut: \u201cWhy go through all that when there\u2019s a better option with porn? There\u2019s a better woman. Her body is even more flawless. She\u2019s not teasing \u2014 she\u2019s showing everything. I don\u2019t have to talk to her. I don\u2019t have to make her laugh. I don\u2019t even have to be brave. She\u2019s already waiting \u2014 and she\u2019s all mine.\u201d <\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n This is the subconscious trick the devil plays with your mind. And until you realize that this is the real battle happening inside you, you\u2019ll keep falling \u2014 not because you\u2019re weak, but because you\u2019re unaware. So how do you boycott this setup? You start before the temptation shows up. <\/p>\n\n\n\n In your recovery from porn addiction, before you leave the house \u2014 or even pick up your phone in the morning \u2014 you need to take a moment to pray and be real with God. Say something like: > <\/p>\n\n\n\n \ud83d\ude4f\ud83c\udffd <\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n That\u2019s how you win against the enemy\u2019s tricks. Be prepared. Don\u2019t be ignorant. The lustful things you stumble across aren\u2019t always coincidences. They are calculated traps by the enemy Have a strategy. Have a hiding place, before the temptation comes. Bonus Tip. When you are praying, visualise your day, visualize yourself as a sheep, being led by the Good Shepherd Jesus, and visualize how he would lead you through. <\/p>\n\n\n\n Think about times in your day feelings of loneliness, tiredness, and stress could come upon you triggering you to want to watch porn, visualize the good shepherd, leading you away from that part, along the right part. Please make sure you do not leave your prayer times each day without seeing that you didn\u2019t see a relapse in that day. That\u2019s victory<\/p>\n\n\n\n <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" There\u2019s a trick the devil uses to keep many men bound to porn. And the scary part? 95% of Christian men in recovery don\u2019t […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":4603,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[25],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4509","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-devotional"],"acf":{"choi\u0441e_menu_page":"global_settings","full_width":false,"header_transparent":false,"header_white":false,"menu_type_page":"default","menu_align_page":"default"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/therootcourse.com\/devotional\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4509","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/therootcourse.com\/devotional\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/therootcourse.com\/devotional\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/therootcourse.com\/devotional\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/therootcourse.com\/devotional\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4509"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/therootcourse.com\/devotional\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4509\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5318,"href":"https:\/\/therootcourse.com\/devotional\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4509\/revisions\/5318"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/therootcourse.com\/devotional\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/4603"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/therootcourse.com\/devotional\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4509"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/therootcourse.com\/devotional\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4509"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/therootcourse.com\/devotional\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4509"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}\n
God, I know I\u2019ll likely see things today that could trigger me \u2014 but I receive Your strength<\/strong>. Help me to look away. Your Word says You will lead me along paths of righteousness. It says You won\u2019t let me be tempted beyond what I can bear. So Father, make a way of escape \u2014 even if I come across something that tries to stir up lust. Help me to live vigilant. Help me to remember that my love for You is worth more than the satisfaction 30 seconds of orgasm could ever give me. Help me today, Lord.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote><\/figure>\n\n\n\n