Overcome Porn: The 40 Day ChallengeSample

Today we are going to begin taking stock of what we gain when we pursue purity.

When it comes to saying no to lust and pornography, there are tailor-made promises in the Scriptures that hold out to us the blessings of having a sexually pure mind and body. The apostle Peter writes that we can become more like God Himself through His “precious and very great promises” (2 Peter 1:3).

Practically speaking, this means that just as we have fed our minds on pornography, we should now feed our minds on God’s hope-filled promises. Just as we have spent hours engrossed in sexual media, we should spend hours filling our imaginations with God’s vision for our lives.

• If you fill your mind with that which is honorable, just, pure, lovely, commendable, excellent, and praiseworthy, then God’s peaceful presence will be with you (Philippians 4:8-9).
• If you are not enslaved to your lusts, you will be freer to serve others in love (Galatians 5:13).
• If you are sexually pure, your life will be fruitful, and that fruit will be full of goodness, rightness, and truth (Ephesians 5:8-9).
• If you are sexually pure, your mind will no longer be foggy, your heart will be teachable, and you will be filled with the life of God (Ephesians 4:17-19).
• If you are sexually pure, you will no longer waste time but instead make the most of it (Ephesians 5:16).
• If you are sexually pure, you will be an honorable person (1 Thessalonians 4:4).
• If you are sexually pure, you will not be enslaved to your passions (1 Corinthians 6:12).

Action Step

Read and reread these promises. Rewrite all these promises as an “I Want” declaration to yourself:

I want to be aligned with his will and surrounded by his peaceful presence. I want to master my desires, not being a slave to them. I want to be full of goodness, full of life, full of honor, full of worship, tender-hearted, and clear-minded. I want to make the most of my days. This is God’s vision for my life, and this is his promise to the pure in heart.”