Weekend Action Steps: Live Different Week 5: Overcoming Lust

 

Here are the action steps for the weekend of June 27, 2010. We wanted to provide you with resources that would help you AFTER you left the weekend service.

Not Even a Hint: Guarding Your Heart Against Lust, by Joshua Harris

(From Not Even a Hint, p. 64) You need to identify what YOUR lust triggers are. Consider these categories (pick up a copy of the book to get more in-depth explanations):  

  • Time of day
  • Tempting locations
  • Television
  • Newspapers and magazines
  • Music
  • Books
  • Internet
  • The mailbox
  • In public

Helpful Family Resources

  • www.homeword.com
  • www.purelifeministries.com
  • www.familylife.com/articles
    • Checking Your Child's Convictions about Pornography (by Dennis & Barbara Rainey)
    • Helping Your Child Avoid the Pornography Trap (By Dennis & Barbara Rainey)
    • Keeping Your Child from the Internet's Dark Side (By Mike Pickle and David Boehi)
    • The Dangers of Pornography (By Dennis and Barbara Rainey)
    • Teaching Your Child to Make Wise Media Entertainment Choices (By Dennis & Barbara Rainey)
    • Protecting Your Child in an X-Rated World (By Frank York & Jan LaRue)
  • www.newlife.com - Purchase "Preparing Your Son for Every Man's Battle" by Stephen Arterburn, for young men ages 11-15 yrs.
  • www.XXXchurch.com - Purchase "How to Talk to Your Kids About Porn" DVD

The statistics are staggering...

  • 40 million Americans visit porn sites daily
  • 4.2 million web sites are dedicated to pornography
  • 47% of Christians said pornography is a major problem in the home
  • Porn revenue is larger than the combined revenues of all professional football, baseball, and basketball franchises
  • Porn accounts for $57 billion dollars a year worldwide
  • 12 billion of that is in the United States alone

We pray lives are changed and hearts are healed.