PORN KILLS

Quote from a x-porn star

“I did over 100 xxx hardcore movies where I was slapped, hit, choked and forced to to sex scenes I never agreed to.
As I did more and more scenes I abused prescription pills which were given to me anytime I wanted by several Doctors in the San Fernando Valley. I was given Vicodin, Xanax, Norcos, Prozac and Zoloft.” –

The quote above hopefully got your attention!
Psalm 4:2 2 How long, O you sons of men,
Will you turn my glory to shame?
How long will you love worthlessness

This is the message of the Bible in a nutshell. Why do we exchange what is most pleasurable for what is not? This has been done to those that perform in the porn industry and for those that watch it. I find that many that are wanting to get out of the bondage of porn try amputating everything out of their lives (which is good), by not stare at a “good looking” women (or man) when walking or driving, or putting a filter on the computer, or it could be getting rid of the cable box that has caused repetitive stumbling. Now as I have said, this is good and a must, no doubt. But I would like to make a addendum to it if I may. Those of us who have been in this bondage have to have a heart change to remain in a continual place of purity. All the amputation in the world can happen yet lust will still be at the door of your brain, if there is not a change of heart. We have sought worthlessness as pleasure, and to no avail! It has not worked. So let’s do this…Matthew 7:7, Jesus tells us to ask, seek and knock. So let’s ask for a new heart, one that see’s Jesus as more pleasurable than porn, so much so that we like king David in Psalm 27 can say One thing I have desired! What was that one thing? He says, “To behold the beauty of the LORD!”
Oh, how awesome this is. Though King David no doubt had beautiful women at one time in his life around him, he learned through a heart transplant that the Lord was so much more pleasurable.
Our prayer at Running Light Ministries is that we would not only run light, by removing the heavy burden of porn in your life, but by seeking the gift of a heart transplant that see’s God in His splendor, as more pleasurable than anything!

There is nothing pleasurable about the porn industry, it is a illusion. Don’t be deceived!

By Beau Ouellette

After watching a clip from the Aultrailiam Sex Party my heart was deeply burdended.  I hope you are as well.  Linking sexual preference with race as equality issues is not good reasoning.  I’ll take this reasoning to some foolish conclusion…

Some people like to murder, it’s there preference in dealing with situations…they like it!  But let’s not make a law saying that it is ok to do because it’s good for equallity (I mean they can have there fun too..right?)

Race (a misunderstood word), or better people groups, are born people groups.  Wanting to get married to the same sex and have a “family” is something you choose.  Only technology today makes this option available and presentable.  You can’t have kids no matter how many times you try in homosexual relationships.  We live in a day where having children in unatural relations is possible, but that does not mean that is is correct.  You might have a family, but it is a synthetic family interestingly.  This use in technology is re-defining marriage and family.  Owell and Huxley were on to something in 1984 and Brave New World.

Maybe they should call it another name in the law books as to throwout the argument politically?!  Instead of same sex marriage, let’s not call it marriage, but call it something different as to not re-define, but to define.  And instead of family, let’s call it a synthetic family or saccharin family’s.  Something created not naturally, but through tampering.  It would be less of a political hot topic if looked at it in this different way, in my opinion,with laws corresponding to these different ways to live.  But if this is not the real goal of the sexual party and they want to be like “us” by re-defining family and marriage then let the battle continue…because it will.

Some just love a fight…

I found this description of how Eskimo’s deal with the danger of wolves to be a picture of sin in our lives.  No one wakes up in the morning and desires to be a porn head.  But with one look at a time, or one chat at a time, danger becomes imminent.  Read over this and think about it.  The quote is taken from bac2torah.com by R’ Richard Pustelniak.

A razor-sharp, double-edged knife is repeatedly dipped into fresh blood, which is allowed to freeze on the blade. This process continues until the blade is rather thickly coated with frozen blood. Then the knife handle is packed into the snow, in an upright position, leaving the blade exposed. Wolves have a keen sense of smell, and soon the wolf is attracted to the fresh blood-sicle.

The first lick excites the wolf and it begins to lick with increasing zeal, meanwhile, the cold of the frozen treat is beginning to numb the tongue. Eventually, the licking will begin to expose the razor sharp blade, but by this time the tongue is well beyond feeling the pain as the blade begins to cut into it.

Now fresh, warm, blood is being released. Without the warning of the pain, the wolf is unaware that it is actually enjoying its own blood. Zeal increases, until, in the morning, the wolf is found…lying in the snow, with a red stain in the snow around its head.

Sin will try to convince one that all that is desired is a small area of the map, and the rest will be left alone. But, it will not be satisfied until the whole map is consumed:

No more excuses for getting a filter on your computer!  Safe Eyes is awesome and will not freak your PC out.  This is moving in the grace of God, towards Him!  It is called cutting off every weight that brings us down.  Hebrews 12:1-2 speak of this weight of sin that we need to throw off.  Porn is just that to millions upon millions of people world wide, DEAD WEIGHT!  I hope this article gives you some insight on the ever increasing need for filtering and it’s technological progress.  GET IT!

Posted on January 9th, 2010 by Stanley Holditch

25 million American households watch online TV and movies every week, and that number is growing. With tech growing increasingly mobile (and all indications at CES 2010 are that it is) TV and movie viewing through the Internet is going to grow as a concern for parents right along with it.

Safe Eyes 6 Family Internet Manager, which will be available for download later this month, gives parents the ability to filter according to standard FCC ratings like TV-MA and R.

This is important because the advent of online TV and movies has created a loophole in terms of filtering out objectionable content for kids. While it remains as important as ever to be vigilant about content created specifically for the web such as your standard video on YouTube, shows like Nip/Tuck, CSI, and Sons of Anarchy are bringing increasingly graphic sexual and violent content to the web. And of course there is no “late night” when it comes to the Internet: these shows are available for viewing on their network sites and sites like Hulu.com.

Safe Eyes 6 gives parents the ability to close this loophole by choosing what ratings are appropriate for their child. This feature works on Hulu.com, iTunes, and all major network sites like NBC.com. Safe Eyes 6 is currently the only product of its kind with this ability, representing another industry first. For more on Safe Eyes 6 and its features, check out our preview page.

This was a question I had from a student at Setting Captives Free.  I thought it was so good I had to share it!

how do I glorify God in my purity? How does my purity bring him glory? Is it when I can tell others he helped me? Is it when I assist in God’s helping others? Or is it just being pure that gives him glory? I know how my freedom will benefit me, but how will my freedom benefit God? How can I do it for him when I don’t know what he gets from it? Perhaps if I knew what I’m doing for him by being free, it will be easier to stop focusing on what I get out of it.

(My answer) By showing He is of greater value than porn or any other thing my friend.  When I value my wife I show it by my waiting for her…she is of that value to me.  God is always about his worth because there is nothing greater.  So to wait on the Lord shows His Glory because it puts greater value on God, than another.  God is happy and  God  is pleasurable.  The way this is shown to the World is by His redeemed that find greater pleasure in Him.

I hope this helps…  This by the way is the message of the Bible.  God is greater than!

Matthew 10:37 (New King James Version)

37 He who loves father or mother more than Me is not worthy of Me. And he who loves son or daughter more than Me is not worthy of Me.

I pray that you pursue greater pleasure

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Oh, no!  The holiday’s are here!

The holiday’s are a very trying time for so many who are either trapped in the web of bondage to sexual immorality or those caught up in the sin of another, like a family.  The grief shared by a spouse of one in bondage is very painful and real.  With the holiday’s coming there can be thoughts of what is there to be Merry about?  Or why did God bring this into my life?

My prayer is that you look for God to get all the Glory for your actions from here on out!  No longer asking the why, but instead seeking how you can show Christ in your situation to a world that doesn’t know the value of Him and so Glorify His Name!

For those dealing with the struggle to sexual sin the holiday’s mean free time.  And free time is not good time for you.  Here are some practical things to do so that you do not stumble during this time.  They are all graces of God…gifts!  Seek it, as more precious than anything, for they are off the Happy God!

Amputation! Cut out any opportunity to get into a old sin.  Get the filter going on the PC, or only use it with your family around. Matthew 5:29-30

Accountability! Call your accountability partner daily through the holidays and at least leave a message telling how things are going.  Eccl 4:9-12

Fortify! Go to bed early!  Late nights are bad for us.  Be active on a house project or take the kids out often.  Also working out can help us not become lazy, but I suggest you be careful where you workout.  (I do it at the house)  Proverbs 26:14

As I mentioned at the beginning of this article, due to the sin of a person sexual the damage done in the house can be absolutely devastating.  And when all is “Merry” around you, it can be quite hard to fake it, when family is around.  Can I suggest one thing?

Find your delight in HIM!  Jesus is your shield and your great reward! (Gen 15:1)  I love what Proverbs 16:20 says, “whoever trust in the Lord, happy is he.”  It does not say happy are you when you trust in your spouse, kids, job etc… but trust in Him!  Make Christ your pleasure today as Mary did who sat at His feet.  He makes you complete! (Col 2:10)

Make this holiday a time where you bath yourself in the beauty of holiness in Christ!  We suggest that you begin a new Bible study called “United Front.”  Just go to http://old.settingcaptivesfree.com/spouses/

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By Beau J. Ouellette

For those that do not think the influence of the Porn industry has not permeated every area of life, please travel to L.A. and simply put it on the local news and watch.

My wife and I had this opportunity last week while in Newport Beach.  As I turned on the news our jaws dropped when we say the weather newscaster.  She was around 30 with absolutely no blemish to speak off, a body that is worked out often in the gym, and well…  I don’t no how to put this, but I think she had something pushing her top part up to her chin.  And of course, she was wearing a tight sweater.  Of course, I was not surprised in the slightest.  I grew up not too far away.

Some of the most common questions I get from brothers trying to get off of Porn is the constant battle in the mind as they cannot seem to get away from images that remind them of Porn.  They often say the stuggle happens when they see a woman dressed provocatively, and from my trip to L.A. I was reminded of such situations.

What I share with them though is that we need to first think through why they wear what they wear or do the things to their body that they do.

Are they satisfied?  I mean really satisfied?  Or are they on a never-ending search seeking peace which they can only find from a spiritual awakening yet they are trying to fulfill it by a worldly means?

Those who have to compete constantly for approval show that they seek love yet they look to things that cannot give it.

It reminds me of where God’s people were at in Isaiah 55…

1 “Come, all you who are thirsty,
come to the waters;
and you who have no money,
come, buy and eat!
Come, buy wine and milk
without money and without cost.

2 Why spend money on what is not bread,
and your labor on what does not satisfy?
Listen, listen to me, and eat what is good,
and your soul will delight in the richest of fare.

How sad!  I have been there.  I needed to have ear rings, a nose ring, the right cloths (especially shoes), hair that is white, no red!  You get the idea.  My heart was not fulfilled though someone might have found me attractive, my excitement only lasted for a time and then gone, it was.

Christ invites us to something far better…Greater joy!  Do you and I want it?

“Ask and you shall receive that your joy may be complete” John 16:24

So I let those struggling with the thoughts know that what they are looking at are broken cisterns that can hold no water.  (Jer 2:13)

When my mind looks at a women who is trying to impress I now feel sad for them, knowing that they are most likely not satisfied in their life, marriage, dating relationship, car, house, condo, yacht or whatever the L.A. lifestyle has to offer.

Moses, David, Abraham, Issac, Daniel, Solomon where extremely rich people, yet they chose something far better, better yet someone!

Let’s continue to look at the world through the lens of scripture and see it for what it is… Lost.

While driving home from work the other day I noticed the driver of the car in the lane next to me appeared to be a female. I think the long blonde hair gave it away. As I was pulling along side of her car, I was tempted to look over to see what she looked like. But instead I kept my eyes focused on the road and went on my way. You may be thinking, “that’s wonderful, Dave; what’s the big deal about that?”

You have to understand something about males and cars. I can’t speak for females, but guys, almost to a T, get their learner’s permit, learn to watch the road and be aware of their surroundings, and then get their license. Then when we are out on our own, we learn to look around and see who is in the car next to us. We look for girls. Men look. It is what we do. I’m not saying it is what we SHOULD do or that it is right, but it is what we do. And after awhile it becomes a habit. It may seem harmless enough for young single men, but at some point it should come to and end. Like by the time we get engaged would be a good time, and certainly by the time we are married. But old habits sometimes die hard. Sometimes they go away only to sneak back into our lives.

Over the past year or so God impressed on my heart that this was a part of my life that I needed to give up. I didn’t have a problem with that; I was embarrassed at myself that it was even an issue. But it was a bad habit that needed to be dealt with. Why? What’s so bad about looking? Well nothing in and of itself, and even if there is no lust involved, it sure does not honor my wife, whether or not she is beside me in the car.  But it would send the wrong signal to other men who may be watching me, and at the very least, the enemy does not need much to gain a foothold in our lives. For those of us who were in bondage to sexual immorality, does it make sense to open the door to him?

So I took this incident as a victory, and felt really good about honoring the Lord and honoring my wife. And then it dawned on me: I was free to look at that girl, but I was also free NOT to. I had the freedom to make that choice, and only because He set me free.  Before Jesus freed me from slavery to sin, I was just that: a slave to sin. I had no choice. I was a sinner; I was born a sinner and all I could do was sin. I could choose to not commit an act of sin, but I was never free from sin. I could never choose to be righteous or God-honoring.

Now that He has freed me, I am righteous. I am cleansed and forgiven. I am able to NOT sin; I can live life as a forgiven sinner, accepted and holy in His sight. Does that mean that before Christ saved me, I would not have been able to avert my eyes? No. We can still make decisions and do what is right, and we can do what is wrong. But I would never have been able to be anything but a sinner in the eyes of the Lord.

Am I saying that looking at women is sin? No, not necessarily. It really comes down to the condition of your heart. But it is a good illustration of the power we have to choose between sin or denying our selves and submitting to Him. We are free in Him, and we have the freedom to sin if we want to, but we are also free from sin!

Then Jesus said to His disciples, “If anyone desires to come after Me, let him deny himself, and take up his cross, and follow Me.” Matthew 16:24

I have a 15-year-old teenage son.  He is much, much different from me.  He loves to be home hanging out with his family.  He is a teenager of the modern world…the TECH world.  He has played video games since a little boy.  First it was Crash Bandicoot on the Playstation, then super Mario on the game cube and now it’s X-BOX live!

He looks like a tech nerd with head gear on and a funny looking mic, like a Disney pop star would have on.  It’s funny for me to see, for it is much different from my Southern Cal teenage life.  This is his world.  He talks to his friends through X-Box live, watches them play their games and even joins in to do group gaming!  Incredible.  He doesn;t need to leave his house to get with his friends and go play cowboys and indians!!!  It’s a different world.

But one part of this X-Box tech that troubles me is the opportunity for porn to get in.  I haven’;t seen it yet, but the potential is overwhelming.  Just as V.O.D. is a 2 billion dollar business in the world, just think if the porn industry will make their material available over X-Box live networks!  Today you can get your NETFLIX subscription from X-Box live so that your X-Box cousul controls all the movies you rent through Netflix!  See how it can happen.  A company like New Fontier Media that distributes porn can partner with Microsoft X-Box and BAM…porn on your gaming council.  The new Playstation are now linked to playing Blue Ray Disks and boast their great movie tech, just think when all you need to do is boot up your gaming consul, click the movie link, go to porn and there you go!  You can even talk to your friends while you watch!?

Technology can be really cool!  But be on guard parents!  Porn will try and find a way!

Safe Eyes for your internet is a start!!!

And check your kids X-Box setting for parental controls.

1st Peter 5:8  “Be Alert!”