Porn Free With John BevereSample

Renew Your Mind  

Today, I want to focus on a critical aspect of getting free and staying free from pornography, or any other stubborn sin habit. 

If you have been born again, it means your old self was crucified with Christ, along with its sinful passions, and you’ve now been raised to life in Him. God has placed His Spirit in you and given you His nature. 

Knowing this truth, the natural question that follows is this: why do I still sin? One of the reasons is because your mind needs to be renewed. When your mind is renewed, you’ll no longer think as the world does—according to the flesh. 

The battle over porn is won on the battlefield of the mind. Paul wrote, “And do not be conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind, that you may prove what is that good and acceptable and perfect will of God” (Romans 12:2 NKJV). 

So how do we renew our minds? By filling ourselves with the truth of God’s Word. Paul instructed, “We demolish arguments and every pretension that sets itself up against the knowledge of God, and we take captive every thought to make it obedient to Christ” (2 Corinthians 10:5 NIV).

Whenever you have a thought that is contrary to God’s Word, you have to replace it with truth. That means you must first know the truth by spending time getting to know God through His Word. Remember when Jesus was tempted in the wilderness? He countered every temptation the enemy threw at Him with Scripture. 

If you want to win the war in your head and walk in victory, then you must begin doing the same. In another passage, Paul tells us that we must take up “the Sword of the Spirit, which is the Word of God” (Ephesians 6:17 ESV). 

If you want to win the war, it’s time to pick up your weapon and start fighting back. As you get God’s Word in you and begin to combat the lies of the enemy, they will lose their power over you. Then you’ll begin to run in the path of freedom, discovering the life God intends for you.