Overcome Porn: The 40 Day Challenge Sample

Day 2: Is it even possible to break free from porn?

It’s Day 2 of Overcome Porn, and today we begin our look at the first key to freedom: Run From. (The other two strategies are Run To and Run With, but we’ll talk about those later.)

2 Timothy 2:22 starts by saying, “Flee youthful passions.” Over the next 12 days, the goal is to equip you with strategies and important truths about how to do this.

The above passage is probably one of the most concise bits of advice in the Bible about how to fight lust. In the full text, Paul lists three essential steps: (1) run from, (2) run towards, and (3) run with.

We are told to run from youthful passions, the cravings of lust. This includes physically fleeing: running away from tempting situations. This includes visually fleeing: shifting our eyes away from lustful images. This includes mentally fleeing: bouncing our thoughts away from lustful imaginations.

When we want freedom from our nagging habitual sins, we often want a private solution to our seemingly private problem. We don’t want to involve anyone else. But the Bible doesn’t point us to private solutions. Christian accountability relationships are one of God’s means of changing us from the inside out. If you haven’t chosen one already, make sure you seek out someone to hold you accountable, especially for your Internet use.

Action Step

In this video, Matt Fradd talks about the important mentalities we need to have if we are going to flee from temptation. Tomorrow we’ll get really practical, but today we need to lay some groundwork.

Reflection

Have you ever promised yourself to “never view porn again”? Think about why it is important for you to commit to integrity one day at a time. Just as Joseph ran from Potiphar’s cheating wife (Genesis 39:1-23), you too can run from temptation. Today you have been equipped with the know-how to outrun the most powerful temptations.