Overcome Porn: The 40 Day Challenge Sample

Day 25: Paul’s death blow to addiction

It’s Day 25 of Overcome Porn: The 40 Day Challenge. Let’s take a moment to summarize where we’ve been so far.

Over the last 12 days, we’ve been talking about the second strategy mentioned in 2 Timothy 2:22: run to. We must not just flee from sin and temptation; we must also run to holy pleasures that displace the power of sin. This means:

• We must live lives experiencing pure, wholesome pleasures as good gifts from a loving God.
• We must cultivate a heart of thankfulness and gratitude, which will foster genuine contentment.
• We must repent of passivity and a constant desire for entertainment—which produces restlessness and boredom—and instead apply ourselves to creative pursuits, service to others, and activities that promote our health.
• We must pursue genuine intimacy with others in community, and, if we are married, also pursue emotional and sexual intimacy with our spouse.
• We must find the idols of our hearts that drive our obsession with pornography. In the tempting moments we must turn away from those desires that are ruling us and look to Christ as the one who truly satisfies us.
• We must practice God’s presence moment by moment, remembering Christ is better than the pleasures of sin.
• We must meditate on the hope we have in Christ, relishing in God’s love for us, knowing a day is coming when we will be completely transformed by God, and allowing that hope to inspire us.

Yesterday you read about how Paul describes freedom from sin. Today we’ll read how Paul outlines this even more fully.

Action Step

Read "Paul vs. Porn: How the old apostle delivers a death blow to a modern addiction." In this article, you will learn four critical truths from Roman 6–truths that build on one another and lead to freedom from sin.

Reflection

On a practical level, what can you begin doing on a regular basis to remind yourself that you are already dead to sin?

Link to ‘Paul vs. Porn: How the old apostle delivers a death blow to a modern addiction': http://www.covenanteyes.com/2015/05/11/paul-vs-porn-how-the-old-apostle-delivers-a-death-blow-to-a-modern-addiction/