TECHNOLOGY

This is the single biggest thing that will have an effect on your generation’s relationships.

So don’t feel shame, but feel the conviction that if you want God’s best for you, how we use technology matters.

 

fightthenewdrug.org

 

“You have heard that it was said, ‘You shall not commit adultery.’ 28 But I tell you that anyone who looks at a woman lustfully has already committed adultery with her in his heart.”

– Matthew 5:27-28

“Do not arouse or awaken sexual love until the time is right.”

– Song of Songs 2:7

“Beloved, I urge you as sojourners and exiles to abstain from the passions of the flesh, which wage war against your soul.”

– 1 Peter 2:11

 

“If your right eye causes you to stumble, gouge it out and throw it away. It is better for you to lose one part of your body than for your whole body to be thrown into hell. 30 And if your right hand causes you to stumble, cut it off and throw it away. It is better for you to lose one part of your body than for your whole body to go into hell.”

– Matthew 5:29-30

“Flee from sexual immorality. All other sins a person commits are outside the body, but whoever sins sexually, sins against their own body.”

– 1 Corinthians 6:18

 

The first few times I, you know, had sex, I was not saying no to things that were not good. It was because I thought that’s what I was supposed to be attracted to.”

– Billie Eilish (full interview here)

 

If you take your expectations from pornography, you will not have healthy expectations for your relationships.

 

STEPS TO FIGHT PORN

  1. Cut it off
  2. Flee it
  3. Get accountability

 

 

WHAT YOU VIEW, SEND, AND SEARCH ON TECHNOLOGY HAS A REAL-LIFE IMPACT ON YOUR RELATIONSHIPS.

 

“Flee from sexual immorality. All other sins a person commits are outside the body, but whoever sins sexually, sins against their own body.”

– 1 Corinthians 6:18

 

RESOURCES

Should I Tell My Parents I Struggle With Porn?

Setting up parental controls on iPhone

Setting up parental controls on Android

Top 10 porn blockers to download

fightthenewdrug.org

Kentucky Sexting Laws

 

 

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