Monthly Archives: December, 2019

Without a heart transformed by the grace of Christ, we just continue to manage external and internal darkness.Matt Chandler, The Explicit Gospel

For more, see Fasting To Break Pornography Addiction And Control Lustful Behavior (5 Powerful Benefits). I’ve experimented with a number of disciplines over the...

The way to chastity is not to struggle with incontinent thoughts but to avert the thoughts by some employment, or by reading, or by meditating on other things.

An animal will conquer others. A Spirit-filled man conquers himself.Mark Driscoll

Except our own thoughts, there is nothing absolutely in our power.Rene Descartes

You have power over your mind - not outside events. Realize this, and you will find strength.Marcus Aurelius, Meditations

Addiction is a decision. An individual wants something, whatever that something is, and makes a decision to get it. Once they have it, they...

It's always easier to avoid temptation than to resist it.Randy Alcorn, The Purity Principle

The fear of God is a profound respect for His holiness, which includes a fear of the consequences of disobeying Him.Randy Alcorn, The Purity...

People who quit pornography often feel good that they are no longer supporting an industry that preys on troubled young women. Ron Gavrieli is...

We are addicted to our thoughts. We cannot change anything if we cannot change our thinking.Santosh Kalwar

There is no dignity when the human dimension is eliminated from the person. In short, the problem with pornography is not that it shows...

The proof that we believe something isn’t when we agree with what someone teaches us, it’s when we act on it.John Bevere, Killing Kryptonite:...

In essence, engaging in sin is exchanging a short-term positive for a long-term negative, for after it’s over sin stings us with the long-term...

Pastor John Piper has spoken extensively about lust and has an abundance of helpful things to say on the subject, taken from his personal...

A pure heart faces the worst kind of evil in this world. But as it sleeps it's blessed, and it wakes up cleansed and...

In this article, I want to expand on a thought that came up in The Benefits of Going Off the Grid. The last thing...

My strength is as the strength of ten, Because my heart is pure.Alfred Tennyson

God's will is always your sanctification.Kevin DeYoung, Just Do Something: A Liberating Approach to Finding God's Will

Sanctification is possessing the mind of Christ, and all the mind of Christ.John Lake

Society is slowly, but surely, wising up to the detriments of pornography. Pornography's been compared to alcohol for it's mind-numbering properties. Pornography's been compared...

Long looking with admiration produces change. From your heroes you pick up mannerisms and phrases and tones of voice and facial expressions and habits...

The way to conquer sin is not by working hard to change our deeds, but by trusting Jesus to change our desires. David Platt

If you yield yourself up to His divine working, the Lord will alter your nature; He will subdue the old nature, and breathe new...

All things as they move toward God are beautiful, and they are ugly as they move away from Him.A.W. Tozer, The Attributes of God:...

We talk a lot on this site about the importance of having a pure heart. A pure heart isn't just about avoiding pornography and...

If Christ has died for me, I cannot trifle with the evil that killed my best Friend.Charles Spurgeon

A pure heart is superlatively rare and even more attractive.J.S.B. Morse

It is safe to tell the pure in heart that they shall see God, for only the pure in heart want to.C.S. Lewis, The...

True beauty lies in purity of the heart.Mahatma Gandhi

It is a common misconception that only religious people have an interest in quitting pornography, but nothing could be further from the truth. Pornography...

The purest and most thoughtful minds are those which love color the most.John Ruskin, The Stones of Venice

Have you ever felt like a slave to your phone? All my phone has to do to get my attention is make noise, and...

The pain of discipline is nothing like the pain of regret.US Marine Corps

Without self-discipline, success is impossible, period.Lou Holtz

Happiness comes from righteous living and the development of a noble character. You can observe this by noticing that people who are truly happy...

Why are those who are notoriously undisciplined and unmoral also most contemptuous of religion and morality? They are trying to solace their own unhappy...

A vital part of the happiness formula is self-discipline. Whoever conquers himself knows deep happiness that fills the heart with joy.Norman Vincent Peale

Discipline equals freedom.Jocko Willink, Extreme Ownership: How U.S. Navy SEALs Lead and Win

Disciplining yourself to do what you know is right and importance, although difficult, is the highroad to pride, self-esteem, and personal satisfaction.Brian Tracy

I've never heard of anyone who quit porn and later regretted it. Granted, it can be difficult, especially during the first several weeks of...