90 Days to Wholeness: A Porn Addiction Recovery Devotional for WomenSample

Before we dive too much deeper into how to surrender behaviors, let’s talk about the why. Some like to argue that a little porn now and then isn’t a bad thing and that masturbation is a natural exploration of one’s body. But we’re not talking about dabbling. Even if we were, if it’s “not that bad,” why is it so difficult to stop?

God entrusts us with free will which affords us a lot of choices. However, just as the scripture says—everything is permissible, but not everything is beneficial—that certainly applies to sexual immorality. We’re not told to flee from sexual immorality because God is a fuddy-duddy about sex. It’s because sexual immorality is a sin against the body… the temple of the Holy Spirit. He knows what it is capable of and how it affects our hearts. It’s different than any other sin—thus—making it the most difficult to overcome.

A couple of days ago, you were asked to consider some of the lies you’ve been believing about your inappropriate sexual behaviors and perhaps some of the justifications you have been putting on them. How have you seen these same behaviors affect your heart in ways that other “lesser” sins have not?