“68% of church-going men and over 50% of pastors view porn on a regular basis”

If you are a Christian, and if this didn’t shock you, then you may want to read it again.

“For the desire of the flesh is against the Spirit, and the Spirit against the flesh”

Intimacy with God is a holy thing. We were meant to incorporate each other in to each other. That mystery is further demonstrated in the covenant of marriage. Marriage is not just any paper agreement. It is an irrevocable old school, ancient, Old Testament pact between two parties, which can only be broken who specific acts are committed.
When children are exposed to porn, it’s for the long play, first destroying self esteem, then feeding doubt/guilt/fear, which makes a fearsome roar-thanks to the megaphone it carries, for it knows that He Whose voice is like that of many waters can squash it for the bug it is with a Word.
The purpose of pornography is three fold; be separated from Father, be separated from our true selves which is only evident in Jesus, and to fill the wide road that leads to destruction.
In Ezekiel 8 God tells him to look what church leaders were doing behind the wall. Notice that the nations driven out before Israel were doing those horrible acts that God forbade and still forbids.
Pornography triggers to dopamine receptors and the more depraved we get the further we leave God behind, opting instead for pain and depression in the absence of depravity. It’s no different than being addicted to church without having a relationship with King Jesus. We crave the crowd just like we crave the erotic excitement that God built in us for each other.
Married couples are to come together often. That means we must explore our spouses and see what he or she likes in the bedroom.
Pornography is a business that thrives on flesh. How do we know if those actors are really actors and not “bred” to become sacrifices in temple prostitution? Yes, some adults get in it for the love of money. There’s a verse for that, too.
But, here’s the thing, when Jesus cast evil spirits out of people, He never, ever said, “that’s what you get for playing around with baal, ashtoreth, or any of the others. No, He loved the people and the spirits’ pucker factors were 10 because of Jesus.
So, now, we must understand that we are in control of our minds, but need delivery for our spirits, which are our real selves.
Many of us are victims of pornography which was presented to us after decades of molestation.
The simple answer is that “we need Jesus.” The right answer is that we must be saved, that God has power to bring down (destroy) strongholds and principalities.
But, what about “self love.” Watching someone else sending herself or himself to hell for our satisfaction is not self love. That is self-ishness.
So, how do I break the spell of porn over my life?
You have to want to. It is hard to forget the feeling of sexual desire. Proverbs tells us not to awaken it (there are several meanings to the verses), Jesus says leading children to sin will make Him take sides; the victim and the one who ensnares her or him. He created both, yet He says it would be better for one to wear a millstone necklace and go for a one way swim.
I’ll leave you with this; pornography is a brutal, uncaring soul destroyer which has an appetite for the innocent, not any different than sacrificing children for demons.
Father, in Jesus name, come against the pornography industry. Rebuke, bind, cast down, expose and expel this from our land, for now it is in our schools. We have been silent too long and we want You to be our God again. Please. Amen.

My sinful habit was different but it is the same principle. I was so religious but Jesus could not help me until I admitted I had never been born again in a salvation experience from Heaven with the witness of the Spirit on the cleansing blood of Jesus. He helped me to hate my sin the way He hates it knowing it’s my sin that crucified Jesus. I had to keep praying until I knew I was truly born again. Even if you are a pastor, humble yourself and repent with all your heart.