Pornography Addiction in Churches (You're not the only one struggling)

72 million people visit pornographic websites anually

47% of Christians say porn is a major problem at home

72% of men visit porn sites
50% of Christian men are addicted to porn
28% of women visit porn sites
20% of Christian women are addicted to porn
70% of teens have viewed pornography
51% of pastors struggle with pornography addiction

Average age of 1st internet exposure to pornography - 11 years old
Largest consumer of internet pornography - 12 to 17 age group
15 - 17 year olds having multiple hardcore exposures - 80%
8 - 16 year olds having viewed porn online - 90% (most while doing homework)
7 - 17 year olds who would freely give out home address - 29%
7 - 17 year olds who would freely give out email addresses - 14%
Children's cartoon characters linked to thousands of porn links - 26 (including pokemon and action man)

Men admitting to accessing porn at work - 20%
US adults who regularly visit internet porn sites - 40 million
Promise Keepers men who viewed porn in the last week - 53%
Adults admitting to internet sexual addiction - 10%

13% of women admit to accessing porn at work
70% of womem keep their cyber activities secret
17% of ALL women struggle with pornography addiction
Women, far more than men, are likely to act out their behaviours in real life, such as having multiple partners, casual sex, or affairs
Women favour chat rooms 2x's more than men
1 out of 3 visitors to adult website's are women
9.4 million women access adult websites each month

51% of you say porn is a temptation
69% of you started looking at porn out of curiosity
37% of you say it's currently a struggle
53% of you have visited porn sites in the past year
18% of you look at porn a couple of times a month
30% of you do not talk to anyone about your dirty little secret
4 in 10 of you looked at porn today

100% of you need accountability

Recovery can happen, marriages can be saved and families can come together.

Your first priority: Get someone to talk to. As they start to walk toward forgiveness, loved ones need to talk things out and develop their own forms of accountability.

Seek God: If you are not walking closely with the Lord right now, we encourage you to get back on the horse. Seek Him with all your heart. Your relationship with God is your lifeline. God will give you strength to love your spouse with Christ's love.

Don't condemn: Condemnation does not solve problems it elevates them. Most likely your reaction to the problem will be anger and condemnation. We encourage you to take a step back and let that anger find another outlet other than your loved one. Pray, call a friend, talk to your pastor. You by no means will be 100% perfect with this, but you must place yourself in a position to ward off the anger, as it will cause more division.

Show some love: Love may be the last thing you feel like showing your loved one right now. You're not a doormat for someone's porn problem. Adopt a "tough love" approach with your loved one. Set clear boundaries for behavior and consequences for breaking them.

Intervention: In some cases your loved one might be unwilling to admit to confront his/her dirty little secret. With some prayer and council from friends, family and pastoral care we suggest an intervention. An intervention is a big step to help cut the sin off at the knees.

Proverbs 28:13 - He that covereth his sins shall not prosper: but whoso confesseth and forsaketh them shall have mercy.

So why the post you ask?

Cause I'm still on the long hard road to total freedom and I want you to join me to victory in Jesus Christ if you're still struggling...

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